MediaMatters reports that these two major news networks failed to report that ex-CIA officer Valerie Plame had filed a lawsuit against Dick Cheney, Scotter Libby and Karl Rove. Plame's lawsuit accuses the threesome of leaking her identity as a CIA operative, thus ending her career. This leak of Plame's career…
Just listen to these accolades! 1. "[Like Jesus] he was crucified by a government that mistreated him," 2. He did have a strong faith in God . . . And I'm glad he's not in a position any more to be whipped by his enemy." 3. "He reached out to…
Caution! If you laugh at this report by Stephen Colbert, you risk going to hell.
Here's a provocative post by Byron Williams at Huffpo. For instance, Williams asks what if the "Democratic president's secretary of defense were Ted Kennedy and our military committed Abu Ghraib-like torture? At that point, would conservatives still be content with their "a few bad apples alibi"? Williams asks a good question: …
Would you like to know how things are going in Iraq? Check out the White House National Strategy for Victory in Iraq issued November 30, 2005.
Here’s the backdrop to this report. Smack in the middle of this report (under “OUR STRATEGY TRACKS AND MEASURES PROGRESS”) you can see that all-important connection between the 9/11 attacks and the U.S. occupation of Iraq:
“The only way our enemies can succeed is if we forget the lessons of September the 11th, if we abandon the Iraqi people to men like Zarqawi, and if we yield the future of the Middle East to men like Bin Laden. For the sake of our nation’s security, this will not happen on my watch.”
— President George W. Bush
June 28, 2005
[emphasis added]. There’s only one problem with this guiding assumption, of course. It’s totally untrue. For example, the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks reported . . . that Osama bin Laden met with a top Iraqi official in 1994 but found “no credible evidence” of a link between Iraq and al-Qaida in attacks against the United States.
But back to the “National Strategy for Victory in Iraq.” In the section called “Victory Will Take Time,” you can find this White House claim:
…Our strategy is working: Much has been accomplished in Iraq, including the removal of Saddam’s tyranny, negotiation of an interim constitution, restoration of full sovereignty, holding of free national elections, formation of an elected government, drafting of a permanent
