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...intelligence community after the Nixon debacle, or the lethally elusive nature of the current terrorist threat. The liberal reaction is also an understandable consequence of the Bush Administration's tendency to play fast and loose on issues of war and peace-rushing to war after overhyping the intelligence on Saddam Hussein's nuclear-weapons program, appearing to tolerate torture, keeping secret prisons in foreign countries and denying prisoners basic rights. At the very least, the Administration should have acted, with alacrity, to update the federal intelligence laws to include the powerful new technologies developed...
...dogged the Bush Administration since the war's onset [Dec. 12]. The dispute has provided capital for the Democrats, eroding the Administration's approval ratings and effectively killing its political agenda. But it's practically a sure thing that the opposition's strategy will backfire. The fact remains that Saddam Hussein was not a nice guy, and anything that led to his removal couldn't have been so bad. The big mistake was that the Administration did not have a plan for the war. The solution lies not in an immediate withdrawal or obstinate repetitions of "staying the course...
...dogged the Bush Administration since the war's onset [Dec. 12]. The dispute has provided capital for the Democrats, eroding the Administration's approval ratings and effectively killing its political agenda. But it's practically a sure thing that the opposition's strategy will backfire. The fact remains that Saddam Hussein was not a nice guy, and anything that led to his removal couldn't have been so bad. The big mistake was that the Administration did not have a plan for the war. The solution lies not in an immediate withdrawal or obstinate repetitions of "staying the course...
...None of the four leading candidates has shown the ability to become a new Saddam, but their credentials make dismal reading...
...next few weeks or months, one of these men will be placed in charge of Iraq's destiny. For those of us who have covered the Iraq story since the fall of Saddam, that is not a reassuring thought...