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...that that Iraqi involvement has become part of the prevailing mythology of 9/11 for so many Americans? The answer may lie in part in a conscious campaign by early advocates of the Iraq invasion within the Bush Administration to link Saddam and al-Qaeda. Indeed, some 70 percent of Americans tell pollsters they believe the Administration implied an Iraq-al-Qaeda link. That campaign began within hours of the 9/11 attacks. Former NATO commander-in-chief General Wesley Clark told NBC last month that people in and around the White House had made a concerted push to link 9/11...
...people can cry foul when a law is suggested that requires them to display competence behind the wheel. Almost as ludicrous is that it takes tragedies like these to get people to address the question, and that it once again will be squashed by the AARP and our vote-conscious elderly legislators. Howard Roark Washington...
...real drama lies in whether Craig and Raina will have sex. Self-conscious, filled with associations of sex with abuse and punishment - hellish flames lick the background as he puts on his pajamas - Craig feels deeply conflicted. Thompson does a wonderful job of recreating the chemistry between the nurturing Raina and the lonely Craig. You can feel that special, adolescent magnetism that comes from two alienated teenagers. In a key moment, Raina gives Craig a crazy-quilt blanket that she made. In return she asks him to paint a mural on her bedroom wall. In Raina, Craig finds his muse...
...funeral, one of Kelan’s friends, Darren Bone, said, “He died doing the job he loved most.” The Fusiliers’ commanding officer, Brigadier Roy Wilde, praised him: “He was outstanding, friendly, supportive and he was very conscious of being a member of a team—and it was as a member of that team that he gave his life...
...right now, the game in Washington is to pin the blame for the fact that a fib, conscious or unconscious, made it into the State of the Union address. And in a summer news trough, that's bad news for the White House...