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...civilian losses caused by the U.S. are not compensated by a larger American military effort to secure the country from holy warriors, insurgents and sectarian militiamen who live to slaughter innocent civilians and Iraq's chance for a more humane, democratic future. President Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and their General John Abizaid, not any Marines at Haditha who ran amuck, are responsible for this far darker tragedy...
...Bush defended intimates such as Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, repeatedly emphasizing that they foster a sense of "security and freedom" lacking in his relationship with Gore. Overall, the transcript reveals 48 distinct uses by Bush of the word "freedom," including 19 instances alone when, apropos of nothing, he sang the complete lyrics to George Michael's six-and-a-half-minute pop anthem "Freedom...
...anything worthwhile about the war in Iraq? The same goes for John McCain. As he panders more and more to the evangelical right and other demographics that he hasn’t relied on for votes in the past, his words quickly become devoid of any honesty. If Donald Rumsfeld were to speak at Harvard tomorrow, there is not a chance that I would stifle my wrath...
...When George W. Bush shook up his White House staff a few weeks ago, the smart money in town took a decidedly blase attitude about it. Wake me, said a longtime Republican player, when they dump [Defense Secretary Donald] Rumsfeld and [Treasury Secretary John] Snow. Until then, he added, it's not a policy change of much significance...
Should Donald Rumsfeld or Jerry Falwell come to speak at Harvard’s commencement, I might vomit a little in my mouth, and I would certainly disagree vehemently from the audience, but it would take a lot to get me to issue jeers or to criticize the University for their invitation. Having dated a Republican, I can attest: you learn more (about being a liberal, about politics in general) from listening and engaging in productive debate than you do from heckling. Understanding the counterargument can only help your argument...