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Along the same lines, Johnston says he hopes the film will raise questions that many Americans have not asked about the way in which the search for Osama bin Laden was conducted. For example, why did many Afghans give little credit to President George W. Bush’s offer of a $25 million reward? Did, as many Afghans believed, the United States allow the conflict to extend in order to secure plans for an oil pipeline...
...selective amnesia might explain why in this sea of wartime chaos and controversy, Osama bin Laden has been conveniently lost. Not that Bush ever found him, of course, but now the Saudi fellow has vanished not only in reality, but also in rhetoric. I bet he is hiding away in some cave right now, feeling quite indignant. After all, he’s the one who did the work, and Saddam got the credit. That’s like plagiarism, only maybe a lot worse...
...besides, Bush has already got his plate too full with Kerry to be worrying about leftovers like bin Laden. I’ve got to hand it to Bush: “Fuzzy math” was pretty clever, but “flip-flop” just might be a new personal best...
...really glad that the intelligence community is concerned about Yusuf Islam, I really am. I’m just a little more concerned about Osama bin Laden and the degeneration of American values...
...make sure it stays that way, Putin wants every member of the Duma, the lower house of parliament, to be elected using party lists—that is, in the ballot box voters choose a party instead of a particular candidate. This offers obvious advantages to the large, resource-laden pro-Putin parties with widespread name recognition and eliminates the possibility for charismatic outsiders to win a seat based on raw popular appeal. Making all Duma elections party-list elections will also help to keep liberal-minded politicians out of the Duma because a party must get at least...