http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:09:15 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/24/074356.php#comment-612190 REMF - I think that we might best honor the fallen by extricating ourselves from this mess as soon as possible. It is ironic that Dave Nalle's original post contained a link to a David McKay interview. That site, for the Telegraph UK, also included a link to a news story from January 2004 which noted the following: "The man who led the Coalition's post-war hunt for weapons of mass destruction stepped down yesterday, saying he did not believe there were stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons in Iraq. David Kay, who resigned after a fruitless eight-month search as head of the 1400-strong Iraq Survey Group (ISG), also said he did not believe Saddam Hussein had produced weapons of mass destruction on a large scale in the 1990s - since the first Gulf War." The Telegraph story goes on to note, "But the controversy over weapons of mass destruction is less highly-charged in America than Britain, because in the heightened security fears of the post-September 11 era, many Americans accept the administration's argument that the invasion of Iraq was an integral part of the global war against terrorism." The original story may still <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=MVPRJLQA11NONQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2004/01/24/wirq24.xml">be available here</a>. In short, even back then, there was evidence that Bush lied about WMDs and had moved on to a new bait and switch to offer the now equally phoney war against terrorism. 612190@blogcritics.org Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:09:15 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/24/074356.php#comment-612119 HONOR THE FALLEN "Army Pfc. Christopher D. Kube, 18, of Sterling Heights, Mich.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; died July 14 in Baghdad of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device." - from the military city web site 612119@blogcritics.org Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:11:54 EDT