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Bush

America and Iran: strikes, sanctions and scapegoats

August 12, 2010

Gary Sick writes:
For the pundits, there are only two questions about U.S.-Iran relations that are of any importance: (1) Will Israel and/or the United States attack Iran? and (2) will the new sanctions have enough bite to persuade Iran to change its nuclear policy? Despite all the printers ink spilled on these two issues, the [...]

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Me talk presidential one day

September 16, 2009

Me talk presidential one day
By Matt Latimer, GQ, October, 2009
If my colleagues at the White House were even momentarily scared straight about McCain over the convention fracas, the clarity wore off just as quickly as it came when the very conservative governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, was picked as McCain’s running mate. I didn’t have [...]

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Cheney uncloaks his frustration with Bush

August 13, 2009

Cheney uncloaks his frustration with Bush
By Barton Gellman, Washington Post, August 13, 2009
In his first few months after leaving office, former vice president Richard B. Cheney threw himself into public combat against the “far left” agenda of the new commander in chief. More private reflections, as his memoir takes shape in slashing longhand on legal [...]

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NEWS & EDITOR’S COMMENT: Muntader al-Zaidi

December 16, 2008

When the shoe fits
By Paul Woodward, The National, December 16, 2008
In a war that has been punctuated by iconic moments, the shoe will be the symbol that most likely endures longest in connecting George Bush to Iraq. In 2003, the sight of a statue of Saddam Hussein being assaulted with footwear highlighted the moment in [...]

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NEWS, ANALYSIS & EDITOR’S COMMENT: A structure for dealing with Iran

July 17, 2008

Why John Bolton is right on Iran
By Gary Sick, Rootless Cosmopolitan, July 16, 2008
As usual, John Bolton is absolutely right. His policy prescriptions may be reckless to the point of foolishness (”When in doubt, bomb!”), but his understanding of what is happening in Washington policy (as outlined in his op-ed in the Wall Street Journal [...]

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EDITORIAL: Talking to Hamas

May 15, 2008

Talking to Hamas
By Paul Woodward, War in Context, May 16, 2008
Exchange from a Sky News interview, Davos, Switzerland, January 2006, soon after Hamas had won free and fair democratic elections in the West Bank and Gaza:
James Rubin: Do you think that American diplomats should be operating the way they have in the past, working with [...]

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EDITORIAL: Bush’s bullshit

May 15, 2008

Bush’s bullshit
By Paul Woodward, War in Context, May 15, 2008
In his eighth year as president, George Bush still lacks the courage to address anyone but an overly sympathetic audience. Indicative of his plummeting approval rating, he now has to travel six thousand miles to find such company. Should we be surprised that in front of [...]

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GUEST CONTRIBUTOR – John Robertson: Mr Bush and his “legacy”

April 6, 2008

Mr Bush and his “legacy”
By John Robertson, War in Context, April 6, 2008
According to Britain’s Daily Telegraph our war-hero “Decider” president has decided that he will pull no more troops out of Iraq. According to the report, which cites Pentagon sources, he feels that showing such “resolve” will cement his legacy – which, he obviously [...]

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FEATURE: Why Bush should reflect on Pinochet

April 2, 2008

The green light
By Philippe Sands, Vanity Fair, May, 2008

The abuse, rising to the level of torture, of those captured and detained in the war on terror is a defining feature of the presidency of George W. Bush. Its military beginnings, however, lie not in Abu Ghraib, as is commonly thought, or in the “rendition” of [...]

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OPINION & EDITOR’S COMMENT: Prankster president

March 16, 2008

Soft shoe in hard times
By Maureen Dowd, New York Times, March 16, 2008
Everyone here is flummoxed about why the president is in such a fine mood.
The dollar’s crumpling, the recession’s thundering, the Dow’s bungee-jumping and the world’s disapproving, yet George Bush has turned into Gene Kelly, tap dancing and singing in a one-man review called [...]

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OPINION: Terrorism, Iraq, and the facts on the ground

January 30, 2008

Normalizing air war from Guernica to Arab Jabour
By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, January 29, 2008
For those who know something about the history of air power, which, since World War II, has been lodged at the heart of the American Way of War, that 100,000 figure [-- the quantity of explosives dropped on Arab Jabour south of [...]

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NEWS & OPINION: Signing statements

January 30, 2008

The fine print
Editorial, New York Times, January 30, 2008
With President Bush, you always have to read the footnotes.
Just before Monday night’s State of the Union speech, in which Mr. Bush extolled bipartisanship, railed against government excesses and promised to bring the troops home as soon as it’s safe to withdraw, the White House undermined all [...]

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NEWS, ANALYSIS & OPINION: A deadbeat’s peace process

January 20, 2008

Gaza City plunged into darkness
BBC News, January 20, 2008
The only power plant in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip has shut down because of a lack of fuel, Palestinian officials say, blaming Israeli restrictions.
Gaza City was plunged into darkness after the plant’s turbines stopped.
Israel’s closure of border crossings amid continued rocket fire from Gaza has brought the [...]

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