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Hicks isn't a John Dean or even Alexander Butterfield.  He said nothing new -- merely recounted the accepted narrative, but…
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School went into lock down. Then there is this: Don Aust, a local school superintendent, said: "I never saw anything…
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The problem was everything.  He wasn't young when he entered politics, he wasn't progressive, and he wasn't real.
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Agree with "young face" for several reasons - vigor, idealism, and time to stick around would be three.  As for…
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Need a long-term strategy.  In the short-term there are districts and states that will choose a Republican caught in bed…
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After the neo-con screw-up in Iraq (in real time I noticed that Saudi Arabia wasn't keen on George's excellent adventure)…
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How else can this country reinforce American exceptionalism?  
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Or just a better speech writer? US will "consider holding off" on supplying arms to the rebels is some weak…
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As I wrote that was vaguely recalling Sy Hersh's report from several years ago.  Murtaza Hussain cites that article and…
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Nixon "stepped out of line" wrt the MIC? iirc -- the Watergate burglaries were BEFORE the WH approved CIA activities…
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Let's face it, for all the deplorable violence in the region recently it is not exclusively directed at America or…
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In early BBC radio interviews, "rebels" requested (begged for) military assistance from the west and they were adamant that they…
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That's one of Pat's two stopped clock right moments.  He's always been an isolationist.  Unlikely to be informed by the…
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What Charles P. Pierce said and note he grants Keller no more than an aside: ...(Note to Bill Keller: Maybe…
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USG now peddling that Assad is testing Obama's resolve.  If this country weren't so narcissistic, we'd laugh at that product.
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Not a trivial or insignificant point.  Particularly when the government of a country is disfavored by western powers.  It's often…
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In Libya, that continued until the military itself broke. ???  CIA assets were in eastern Libya before peaceful protests began…
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He is the one who decided to start slaughtering his own people ...  Are you sure about this?  That Assad…
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Good article by Dave Lindorff on the Craft Intl guys at the marathon.  Something smells about this.  And there was…
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Not at all.  I'm perfectly willing to go wherever facts and reasonable connections between them lead.  Simply noting that at…
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