Bush refuses to answer whether he held any meeting regarding Bin Laden for 9 months after Clinton left office

Here’s the video. Lots of heat and no light.  That seems to be Bush's strategy these days.  He gets himself all bent out of shape over a question that was not asked. I’ll translate the gibberish you hear out of Bush’s mouth: “Did I hold any such meetings? No.” What…

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Why Americans think Democrats are weak

Take a look at this Ellis Weiner post on Huffpo. His main point?  He claims that something has been long overlooked, despite its current obviousness: The reason Americans think the Democratic Party is "weak on terror" or "weak on security" is because Democrats don't stand up to Republicans. Could anything…

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“We’re losing Afghanistan” writes John Kerry in the Wall Street Journal

This article by John Kerry, published today by the Wall Street Journal, is right on target.  Current U.S policy toward Afhanistan is grossly negligent and dangerous, as we've previously argued at this site.

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It’s official and it’s contrary to Bush rhetoric: Iraq occupation is the primary recruitment vehicle for terrorist organizations

According to a National Intelligence Estimate completed in April the U.S. occupation of Iraq is the leading inspiration for new Islamic extremist networks and cells that are united by little more than an anti-Western agenda. Rather than contributing to eventual victory in the global counterterrorism struggle, it concludes that the…

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Bill Clinton indicts FOX—on FOX

Check out this extraordinary transcript posted at Think Progress.  Chris Wallace tried to set up Bill Clinton, but gets more than he knows how to deal with.  Clinton puts on a clinic: how to deal with the underhanded “swift boat” style tactics of FOX. Here’s a sampling.  FOX had promised…

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