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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Skywatcher who wrote (81293)	6/2/2007 4:46:42 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 93284

Of course he is and has acknowledged so....you pinheads need to get a life....lol

To: Skywatcher who wrote (81293)	6/2/2007 4:53:52 PM
From: Crimson Ghost	Respond to of 93284

No Regrets by TerranceDC Sat Jun 2nd, 2007 at 11:36:39 AM EST Richard Perle, one of the chief architects of the war in Iraq, is a man with few regrets. Richard Perle says he has nothing to apologise for. True, in 1998 he signed on to a letter from prominent neo-conservatives calling on the then president, Bill Clinton, to use force if necessary to oust Saddam Hussein. True, too, that as chairman of the defence policy board from 2001 to 2003, he was an adviser to the defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, in the pivotal days of planning for the Iraq war. But of the unfortunate consequences that flowed from those events - a war that by some estimates has claimed the lives of 655,000 Iraqis, and more than 3,400 US troops, a war that has entrenched hatred of America and brought suicide bombings to the cities of Europe - Perle says he has no regrets. "I will take responsibility for what I argued which was that we should remove Saddam, and I am willing to defend that position today," says Perle, who is to be interviewed by Philippe Sands at the Guardian Hay Festival tonight. "Do I take responsibility for the things that went wrong afterwards? I had no influence over those things, unfortunately." Perle's refusal to shoulder any share of the blame for the catastrophic consequences of his ideas about the world comes at a time when neo-conservative forces seem to be on the retreat in the Bush presidency. Earlier this month, Paul Wolfowitz, another prime force behind the war in Iraq, was forced out of the World Bank, in a scandal which, though officially about outsize pay rises for his girlfriend, was animated by anger about the war. So you may sow the wind, but if others reap the whirlwind as a consequence, it's hardly your fault. After all, what does Perle or anyone else who masterminded or supported the war in Iraq have to regret now? Not that U.S. troop deaths have reached an all-time high since the "surge." Not that 3,300 U.S. troops have died, the $500 billion price tag, the 2 million Iraqis who have fled, or the 70% of children in Iraq who can't go to school. Certainly not that this month was the third highest minority toll in U.S. troop deaths. For the entire conflict. Somehow, that's Democrats' fault. Not the 38% of U.S. troops who are mothers, facing extended tours without childcare, support or services to sustain their families. Not the amputees being sent back into active duty, and some even into combat. Not the troops who are increasingly asking "Why are we still here?" Not that even with the "surge" troop levels are insufficient to the job. Not the troops who come back with PTSD. Not the soldiers who come back with mental health needs that go unmet, who end up committing suicide. Soldiers like Not that chid beggars now populate the streets of Baghdad. Not that the poverty that ensued in the aftermath of the invasion drove women and children into the sex trade in Iraq. Not that the same is now driving many into the sex trade in Syria. Not that those in the Iraqi prison system now face unfair trials and torture. Not that LGBT Iraqis are openly hunted by religious anti-gay death squads. Not the torture being inflicted on Iraqis by Iraqis, on our watch. Not the wounds inflicted on Iraqis by our chemical weapons. Not any of this.

To: Skywatcher who wrote (81293)	6/2/2007 8:27:36 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 93284

Well that would also be a silly idea, if you meant it literally. Even as sarcasm it seems fairly pointless.

To: Skywatcher who wrote (81293)	6/3/2007 11:08:12 PM
From: Brasco One	Respond to of 93284

NY Terror Plot Unraveled Marked as: Mature, Featured Associated Press • Jun. 02, 2007. 02:41 PM EST Authorities announce their disruption of a terrorist plot targeting New York's JFK International Airport, which included blowing up jet fuel lines. (June 2)

To: Skywatcher who wrote (81293)	6/3/2007 11:09:34 PM
From: Brasco One	Respond to of 93284

Chemical Ali\'s sister-in-law and daughter killed in Tikrit Marked as: Mature Tikrit, Apr 26, (VOI)- Unknown gunmen killed Chemical Ali\'s sister-in-law along with her daughter after they stormed their house in Tikrit on Thursday, 175 km north of Baghdad, a police source said. "Unknown gunmen stormed this afternoon the house of Hashim al-Majid, Chemical Ali\'s brother, in northern Tikrit, and killed his wife and daughter," the source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). He added, "Hashim al-Majid, Ali\'s brother and Saddam Hussein\'s cousin, was a senior security officer in the former regime." Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed on December 30 after being convicted for crimes against humanity, while his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, alias Chemical Ali, is standing trial in the anti-Kurds Anfal case. The source, who could not tell the motive behind the killing, said "no robbery or sabotage was seen in the victims\' house but the gunmen fled the scene." Tikrit, hometown of Saddam Hussein and his tribe, is 175 km north of Baghdad. iraqinews.com