guardian.co.uk - 12/2/2008
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George Bush, in a moment of reflection ahead of his departure from the White House, last night admitted that the decision to go to war against Saddam Hussein on the basis of flawed intelligence was the biggest regret of his presidency. The acknowledgment marks the first time that Bush has ...
online.wsj.com - 12/5/2008
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online.wsj.com —
JAMES TARANTO Barack Obama was elected president a
month ago and does not take office for another
6 weeks. But his most fervent supporters already have reason to be disappointed in him. Witness the headline of a "news analysis" in today's New York ...
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'Muted by Reality'
downingstreetmemo.com - 12/4/2008
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downingstreetmemo.com —
As originally reported in the The Sunday Times
, May 1, 2005 SECRET AND STRICTLY PERSONAL -
UK EYES ONLY DAVID MANNING From: Matthew Rycroft Date: 23 July 2002 S 195 /02 cc: Defence Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Attorney-General, Sir Richard Wilson, ...
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The Downing Street Memos :: The text
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First Rewrite of History
Jules Crittenden —
... The most recent of so many. UK Guardian , under the headline “Iraq war my biggest regret, Bush admits,” reports that in an ABC interview Bush “last night admitted that the decision to go to war against Saddam Hussein on the basis of flawed intelligence was the biggest regret of his presidency.” Sounds great, though neither nor lead actually reflect what he said: “The biggest regret of all the presidency has to have been the intelligence failure in Iraq,” Bush told ABC television in an interview scheduled for broadcast last night. “I wish the intelligence had been different, I ...
Everything Right is Wrong Again
Shakesville —
The most infuriating thing about Bush's folksy "interview" for me was his "gee, shucks, what can you do?" brushoff of the nightmare he created in Iraq: ...
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'So what?'
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Changes
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Say What?!
washingtonbureau.typepad.com 11/13/2008 — The Bush administration will soon be history, but that hasn't stopped its senior members from trying to rewrite history for the next couple of months ... and no doubt, long after. We were watching a video of CSPAN's interview with...
Bush v. New York Times
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New Sign Of Progress In Iraq
riehlworldview.com 12/15/2008 — And no I'm not kidding, though it obviously won't be greeted that way. Yes, the shoe or foot is a sign of great disrespect in Islamic culture. So much so that Saddam had a stone doormat installed as a state insult to Bush, Sr. The US Army chiseled it ...
Hegemony On Steroids--"The Neocons Couldn't A Dunnit!", Part 2
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Meanwhile, Back in Iraq
corner.nationalreview.com 12/22/2008 — The number of daily attacks in Iraq has fallen almost 95% from levels a year ago. Also of note, the murder rate in Iraq in November was 0.9 per 100,000 people. That is lower than the rate from before Saddam was overthrown. For those keeping score, the ...
Victory In Iraq Day
confederateyankee.mu.nu 11/25/2008 — The Iraq Wars are over, and we have won. Let me say that again. WE HAVE WON THE IRAQ WARS. And yes, I do mean to use the plural, as we have, along with our allies, won three intertwined...
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Reuters: Politics 12/1/2008
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