We live in Orwellian times indeed:
1. An explosive "smoking gun" memo surfaces, proving that Bush carefully planned the removal of Saddam Hussein long before the issue of WMD's had even surfaced, yet the US press virtually ignores it.
2. Hundreds, if not thousands, of pro-democracy protesters are being massacred by an evil Central Asian dictator who boils people alive, yet the warbloggers have nothing to say on the matter. The Bush White House just express concern. Where's that pre-emptive invasion plan, George?
3. Anti-US protests erupt across the Muslim world and the Bush White House blames a magazine for running a story that has been getting reported in various other publications for the last two years. Never mind that the reporter who wrote the story is the same guy who broke the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Oblivious to the irony, the same wardogs who bayed for Clinton's scalp are now baying for Newsweek's destruction. Hmmn, does that sound like a setup to you?
The news organization turns to the administration for a denial. The administration says nothing. The news organization runs the story. The administration jumps on the necks of the news organization with both feet — or has its proxies do it for them.4. Meanwhile, back home in Oz, a right-wing warblogger in the employment of a Liberal Senator is exposed as a liar, yet instead of demanding his resignation "The (ahem!) Australian" newspaper leads the attack on those who question his credibility.
That’s beyond shameful. It’s treasonous.
Is it any surprise to read that all the televisions in the White House are permanently switched on to FOX NEWS?
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1. An explosive "smoking gun" memo surfaces, proving that Bush carefully planned the removal of Saddam Hussein long before the issue of WMD's had even surfaced, yet the US press virtually ignores it.
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You are referring to this?
"Of all the terms in the contemporary argument about war with Saddam Hussein, perhaps the most protean and slippery is "regime change." This is not all that surprising when you reflect that it had its origins in those heavily parsed years that we can never quite bring ourselves to call the Clinton era. The words became current during the debate over the passage of the Iraq Liberation Act, which was sponsored by Sens. Lieberman and Kerrey (the Nebraska one) and which passed without a dissenting vote."
I know that it is strange having a Republican President continuing and accomplishing an initiative started by a Democratic President. But there you go, I guess Bush agreed with Clinton that the Official Policy of the United States should be the removal of Saddam
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2. Hundreds, if not thousands, of pro-democracy protesters are being massacred by an evil Central Asian dictator who boils people alive, yet the warbloggers have nothing to say on the matter. The Bush White House just express concern. Where's that pre-emptive invasion plan, George?
Maybe he is tied up with Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran where student demonstators are arrested in the streets and summarily executed there.
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. Anti-US protests erupt across the Muslim world and the Bush White House blames a magazine for running a story that has been getting reported in various other publications for the last two years.
Yes and always reported as hearsay rumours which it turns out the Newsweek article was. That used to be a violation of journalistic ethics when they still had some that is.
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Never mind that the reporter who wrote the story is the same guy who broke the Monica Lewinsky scandal
Actually wrong that story was spiked until Drudge broke it then Newsweek and said reporter printed their original self=banned version
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