Notes"...because he didn't realize the lasting devastation wrought by Saddam Hussein on his people after the first Gulf War." In other words, blame Saddam, blame the Iraqi people, blame anyone but us!Unfurl
Notes"The outgoing head of the US Department of Homeland Security has said torture may be used in certain cases in order to prevent a major loss of life."Unfurl
Notes"A leading human rights group has criticised the US over the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal and the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay"Unfurl
Notes"Departing from fiery Islamic slogans, Iraqi guerrillas have launched a propaganda campaign with an English-language video urging U.S. troops to lay down their weapons and seek refuge in mosques and homes."Unfurl
Notes"The White House confirmed today that the search in Iraq for the banned weapons it had cited as justifying the war that ousted Saddam Hussein has been quietly ended after nearly two years, with no evidence of their existence."Unfurl
Notes"A U.S.-sponsored poll shows Iraqis have lost confidence in the occupying authorities--and that the majority of Iraqis want Coalition troops out of the country ‘immediately’"Unfurl
Notes"Bottom line, any officials who said after March 9 that there were no torture rooms and rape cells in Iraq are either incompetent fools or pathological liars. Either way, they have absolutely no business leading America."Unfurl
Notes"Osama Bin Laden is having a pretty good month. He’s a good ways toward showing his supporters that the best-armed, wealthiest, the most politically and economically powerful nation in the world can be reduced to his level."Unfurl
Notes"It was Chalabi who provided crucial intelligence on Iraqi weaponry to justify the invasion, almost all of which turned out to be false, and laid out a rosy scenario about the country's readiness for an American strike against Saddam that led the nation'sUnfurl
Notes"Stop—right now, and forevermore to come—pretending that George W. Bush and his advisers have a shred of competence." Biggest military in the world used as a tool by a foreign power. Disturbing as all hell, if true.Unfurl
Notes"The secretary of state revealed that he, the CIA and the administration were conned (perhaps too easily) by exiles supported by the Pentagon, and this fraud helped set the stage for a war and a bloody and difficult occupation that still is claiming the lUnfurl
Notes"Revolting millions around the world, the video footage of an American citizen's execution has also raised numerous questions concerning its authenticity."Unfurl
Notes"NASA has developed a computer program that comes close to reading thoughts not yet spoken, by analyzing nerve commands to the throat." David Brin's novel, Earth, featured one of these interfaces 10 years or so ago. I want.Unfurl