Archive for December, 2009

Decade in review: Nation & World – The Detroit News

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

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Decade in review: Nation & World
The Detroit News
President George W. Bush declared war on international terrorists, denouncing Iraq as part of an "axis of evil." After months of ultimatums and military
A decade of crimes, but also crucial advancesGulf Times
Uganda:The Old Decade is Fading Away – What Will the New One Bring?AllAfrica.com

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Decade in review: Nation & World (Detroit News)

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

The pivotal date of the decade that’s passing came early: Sept. 11, 2001. So much of what followed, from two lengthy wars to major political change and even other terrorism, including the thwarted attack on a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day, flowed from the earthshaking events of that day.

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Getting back to what liberals do best – Lake Oswego Review

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Getting back to what liberals do best
Lake Oswego Review
Now that the war on Christmas is over (we won! – Christmas surrendered on Dec. 26th) we victorious liberals can get back to doing what we do

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Decade in reverse – Sacramento News & Review

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Decade in reverse
Sacramento News & Review
However, we could pass one measure that would prevent such war crimes from ever happening again. We could bring back the draft. I write this as an honorably

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Cheney’s Game – Huffington Post (blog)

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Cheney's Game
Huffington Post (blog)
How's this: Dick Cheney, and George W. Bush, made the country less safe for eight years by pretending that this country was at war, thereby wasting vast

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MJ Rosenberg: Did Obama Blow It On Terror Attack? – TPMCafé (blog)

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
MJ Rosenberg: Did Obama Blow It On Terror Attack?
TPMCafé (blog)
The Napolitano bloviations sounded like the worst of Condoleeza Rice, which her lacking-specific-and-credible malarkey. It was okay if she wanted to mention

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Israeli Citizen Asks Israeli Government To Explain IDF Use Of DU – The Palestine Telegraph

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Israeli Citizen Asks Israeli Government To Explain IDF Use Of DU
The Palestine Telegraph
In this context the past and current President and the US Government would be implicated in any future war crimes tribunals. The same would also apply to

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Unrest in Iran: The Vindication of George W. Bush – Town Hall

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Unrest in Iran: The Vindication of George W. Bush
Town Hall
The anti-Iraq War crowd, many of whom suffer from Give-George-W.-Bush-No Credit-for-Anything Disease, says, "No, of course not.

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Attempted terror attack on Flight 253 – Detroit Free Press

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Attempted terror attack on Flight 253
Detroit Free Press
The Obama administration claim that "the system worked" after a failed aircraft bombing wasn't quite as jolting as President George W. Bush's: "Brownie,

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Americans blame Britain for rise of Islamic extremism (Daily Telegraph)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Britain has been accused of being a “menace to the outside world” as American anger over the UK’s perceived failure to tackle Islamic extremism intensified.

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