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Al-Qaeda: Overestimate at your peril Posted: Thursday, September 4, 2003
Dossier exaggerated the case for war
Nice war - here's the bill The Bush administration's recent willingness to consider a greater United Nations role on the ground is the first sign that it is aware of how vastly mistaken its assertions about the occupation were.
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Bring Them On (And On)
Flashback Brilliant As Ever The manufacturing sector is hemorrhaging jobs, so the "President" boldly announced he would Do Something and appoint a manufacturing czar. Just the thing! Eventually there will be a czar and an assistant czar and some clerical czarettes, and maybe we'll get, oh, a dozen jobs out of this. Splendid!
Hubris repeats itself ... in Iraq Thucydides, the Greek historian, reminds us that in the 5th century BC the Athenian Greeks learned a lesson about having too much hubris - arrogance.
Grim scorecard for the novice empire
Al-Qaeda: Overestimate at your peril While the Islamic militant organization al-Qaeda is no doubt an effective fighting force, it is unlikely that it is as powerful and extensive as its opponents argue. Since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the United States has blamed nearly all acts of aggression by Islamic radicals in some part on al-Qaeda; whether these attacks take place in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Iraq or the Philippines makes no difference.
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