Month: February 2007

Open Thread

From the Department of Stupid: MEET THE PRESS, March 16, 2003. MR. RUSSERT: And you are convinced the Kurds, the Sunnis, the Shiites will come together in a democracy? VICE PRES. CHENEY: They have so far. One of the things that...

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Will Generals Stop Iran War?

Also at DKos. I’ve been saying for some time that the only way the Pentagon might block a strike on Iran would be through key four-star officers resigning in protest.  Michael Smith and Sarah Baxter of the...

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A Look Back at the Pre-War Lieberman

Sometimes it pays to revisit history. On February 4, 2002, the Financial Times (LexisNexis) reported about the security meeting in Munich. Annual meetings in Munich of top defence experts from both sides of the Atlantic have...

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Potential Mistrial in the Libby Case

Via firedoglake: ***BREAKING: There has been exposure of at least one of the jurors to media coverage of the trial. There is discussion going on in chambers with Judge Walton and counsel for both sides as to how to proceed....

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