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Headlines Feb 17 Posted: Monday, February 17, 2003
An American Crisis Let Us, Like the Iraqis, Have No Illusions
Regime Change: Here and in Iraq
Putting the Public Back in Public Policy
Blair's 'moral' case is shot full of holes ¥ Dossier swiping Blair really wants a moral crusade?
Blair's 'deliberate deception' discovered
In Support of the President Tens of Bush Supporters Take To the Streets We are also covering the massive pro-war demonstrations
Germans say U.S. can't close base soon enough For some angry U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the best punishment for Germany's refusal to back a war against Iraq would be to scale back the number of American troops stationed here. The Pentagon, they were told last week, is weighing the idea. Ask the residents of this German village what they think, and they say it could not happen soon enough.
WE'LL OUST BLAIR
HYSTERICAL? WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN
CNN leaves 750 words out of Blix transcript
Escape hoods and go bags Damn, I knew I should have invested in Intertape Polymer. They manufacture some mighty fine duct tape. Intertape Polymer's duct tape is strong, durable, waterproof, and suitable for use indoors or out -- or so their web page claims. It's the perfect candidate for sealing yourself in a closet for that inevitable day when al-Qaeda invades your neighborhood.
The demise of the Iraq nuclear bomb hoax Much to the chagrin of President Bush and Colin Powell, the nuclear inspection chief's findings not only cleared the smoke from the imagined "smoking gun," but also dissipated the smog of misinformation with which the American government, hungry for war, has surrounded this issue.
Diplomatic Riffs It's funny that the president brags about having the support of Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Estonia, Bulgaria and Denmark. Those countries together couldn't whip Iraq. They haven't played a significant military role in the past two centuries. He can call France and Germany the "Old Europe" if he wants to (nobody would mistake him for being well-informed about geopolitics anyway), but they are the powerhouses of the New Europe.
10 wrong reasons to oppose war with Iraq There are lots of good reasons to oppose the planned attack on Iraq. And there are lots of bad reasons to oppose it, too. Here are 10 of the worst reasons I have heard in recent months:
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