Sidestepping on Iraq (NY Times Op-Ed 7/31)

[foole]

(There's got to be other threads here on this editorial, right?)


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Mr. Bush's vague and sometimes nearly incoherent answers suggested that he was either bedazzled by his administration's own mythmaking or had decided that doubts about his foreign and domestic policies could best be parried by ignoring them.

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Mr. Bush still hung onto his most well-worn buzzwords, however. Iraq was a "threat" — just as the tax cuts were "a job-creation program." The president and his advisers obviously still believe that the constant repetition of several simplistic points will hypnotize the American people into forgetting the original question.

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http://nytimes.com/2003/07/31/opinion/31THU1.html

[mike_c]

1. good editorial....

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[foole]

2. & it's short -- makes for a nice little text email, ...

would fit on a small flyer, ...

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[meti57b]

3. awesome editorial!

I still harbor a bit of surprise that the press has done a 180 on duhbie, as it did really seem that the republicans owned all media.

After we win in 2004, we must not forget Iraq, like we forgave and forgot Iran/Contra after 1992. We will investigate and publicize everything!