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27691 why we are so weak -- rank: 1000

Marc Rodrigues wrote: > >given a choice, which do you think "the world" would prefer being rid >>of, Saddam or Bush? Who is a greater threat to "the world"? Which >>population - U.S "progressives" or Iraqis who don't like Saddam - is >>more or less helpless to do anything about their threat to "the world"? > >that sums it up pretty good there. whats the response from the pro-war >"left" crowd? Why must we ape t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 14 09:47:16 PDT 2002

27692 that was then... -- rank: 1000

[One of the CFR pundits, Rachel Bronson, told me yesterday that the Bush admin had long wanted to go after Iraq, and it wasn't fair to say they were inspired by their failure to find ObL. Here's a WP piece, courtesy Sam Smith's Progressive Review, that paints things a little differently.] DAN BALZ, BOB WOODWARD AND JEFF HIMMELMAN WASHINGTON POST, January 29, 2002 - Iraq posed nearly as serious a problem for the president and his team as Afghanistan. If Hussein, a wily and unpredictable survivor, ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 13 13:39:16 PDT 2002

27693 Cooper on the anniversary -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >It must be such a warm and fuzzy feeling to sit above the dust and heat, >impartially judging humanity on left and right from one's superior view >of the plains below. A posture you'd have no acquaintance with, right? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 13 12:26:46 PDT 2002

27694 Is this true? -- rank: 1000

Luke Weiger wrote: > > As far as I can tell from The Nation's website, his last pre-9/11 >> column was about Gary Condit, and the first post-9/11 was the nasty >> "Against Rationalization" column, with its sneer at the >> Chomsky-Zinn-Finkelstein set > > <http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011008&s=hitchens>. >> >> Doug > >Thanks, Doug. Skimming through the column for the first time in many >months, I can't seem to ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 13 12:17:39 PDT 2002

27695 Is this true? -- rank: 1000

Luke Weiger wrote: > >From the letters section of Alterman's blog: > >Name: Steve Simels >Hometown: Manhattan > >Re: Hitchens support of the war. This is a bit of revisionist history. >Hitchens first Nation column post-9/11 was a smarmy you-had-it-coming >screed; when he realized that wasn't going to over well, he suddenly changed >his tune, and people have let him get away with it. In any case, Hitchens >position on any given issue is always about one thing-his ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 13 10:19:39 PDT 2002

27696 Post world exclusive: GIs already in Iraq -- rank: 1000

New York Post - September 13, 2002 GIS HIT THE GROUND IN SECRET WAR By NILES LATHEM WASHINGTON - U.S. Special Forces commandos already are secretly operating inside Iraq, The Post has learned. Military sources said last night that Special Forces teams have been performing liaison and reconnaissance missions in Kurdish-controlled areas in Northern Iraq and in Shiite southern Iraq for several weeks as part of the first steps for a military offensive. Sources said the Special Forces teams are helpi ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 13 07:49:32 PDT 2002

27697 Cooper on the anniversary -- rank: 1000

L.A. WEEKLY - SEPTEMBER 13 - 19, 2002 Dissonance A Year Later Only fear and loathing remain by Marc Cooper THIS FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 MARKS NOT ONLY A HORRIFIC TRAGEDY, but also a year of tragically missed opportunities -- for both the right and the left. For the right, September 11 offered the possibility of transcending a national case of smug insularity. I had hoped that the crumbled twin towers, like any near-death experience, would have generated some soul-searching reflection. The unpr ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 13 07:44:10 PDT 2002

27698 Falwell's new neighbor -- rank: 1000

[wow, moving to Lunchbag, as Charlottesville wags dubbed it, is really making a sacrifice!] SOULFORCE LEADERS MOVE TO LYNCHBURG, VA - HOME OF RELIGIOUS-RIGHT LEADER REV. JERRY FALWELL Co-founders, Rev. Mel White and partner Gary Nixon, join with others to confront the "untruths" of Jerry Falwell ******************************************* September 12, 2002 For Immediate Release <http://www.soulforce.org> ******************************************* (Lynchburg, VA) Rev. Mel White ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 13 07:28:14 PDT 2002

27699 bounces -- rank: 1000

A reminder - I'm deleting most bounced posts unread. If you post from an unsub'd account, it will bounce, and I'm not likely to rescue it. So, if you post stuff that doesn't show up, that's probably why. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 13 07:21:34 PDT 2002

27700 it's ok to bomb wedding parties -- rank: 1000

Pilots to Face Charges in Afghan Bombing Thu Sep 12, 9:54 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force is expected to announce criminal charges as early as Friday against two American F-16 fighter pilots who mistakenly bombed Canadian troops in Afghanistan ( news - web sites) in April, killing four and injuring eight, U.S. defense officials said on Thursday. A joint U.S.-Canadian investigation was completed during the summer and officials said then that the two men were responsible for the &q ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 12 20:01:49 PDT 2002

27701 mug shot -- rank: 1000

As someone pointed out earlier today, America is back to being frivolous. At 2:08 PM -0400 9/12/02, editor at thesmokinggun.com wrote: >We've seen tons of mug shots featuring shabbily-dressed perps, so >kudos to actor Nick Nolte--popped yesterday on a DUI charge--for >knowing how to dress for a booking photo: > >http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/nnolte1.html

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 12 16:02:34 PDT 2002

27702 Council on Foreign Relations -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >Just heard Doug's radio show, where he interviewed two operatives of >the Council on Foreign Relations, who were quite red in tooth and >claw on the subject of Iraq. Their message was pretty simple: USA >All the Way. High time to rename this outfit the Council Against >Foreign Relations. I was a bit surprised by their bellicosity. I'd assumed they'd be a bit more circumspect - multilateral, diplomatic, partisans of Empire. Nope. Carl's right - USA! USA! Look ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 12 15:32:03 PDT 2002

27703 [Fwd: [anarchysf] Harry Potter -- Ha!] -- rank: 1000

JBrown72073 at cs.com wrote: > > > The "Harry Potter" toy broomstick from Mattel has a vibrating feature >> > that has proven to be too popular with teenage girls. >> >Back to the future. The manufacturer I'm sure knows that the 'broomsticks' >witches were reputed to ride were in fact dildos. But see, technology does >improve things. Hey, Mattel also brought us Barbie, a figure modeled on a German cartoon prostitute. Does Donald Wildmon know about ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 12 11:33:59 PDT 2002

27704 Afghan war dead? -- rank: 1000

Charles Jannuzi wrote: >Oh, my , you probably wet yourself, too. But as >you know, this is just history for an alternative >universe known as Lukeworld. Can't wait for the >sequel. Chill out, man. No reason to be so nasty. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 12 09:39:55 PDT 2002

27705 Concordia bans Middle Eastern events -- rank: 1000

Chronicle of Higher Education - web daily - September 12, 2002 Campus Unrest Spurs Concordia U. in Montreal to Ban Campus Activities on the Mideast By JANICE PASKEY Montreal's Concordia University has banned all campus activities related to the Middle East after a violent demonstration on Monday that forced the cancellation of a speech by Benjamin Netanyahu, the former prime minister of Israel. Mr. Netanyahu canceled after pro-Palestinian protesters smashed windows in the campus building where h ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 12 09:21:54 PDT 2002