Paul Krugman column

Post #88,236 by rcareaga 3/14/03 12:09:37 AM 3/14/03 9:50:38 AM Reply	Paul Krugman column "A long list of pundits who previously supported the Bush administration's policy on Iraq have publicly changed their minds. None of them quarrel with the goal; who wouldn't want to see Saddam Hussein overthrown? But they are finally realizing that Mr. Bush is the wrong man to do the job. And more people than you would think -- including a fair number of people in the Treasury Department, the State Department and, yes, the Pentagon -- don't just question the competence of Mr. Bush and his inner circle; they believe that America's leadership has lost touch with reality." The full piece: [link\|http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/14/opinion/14KRUG.html\|http://www.nytimes.c...inion/14KRUG.html] [edited to correct copy-and-paste artifacts] cordially, "Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist." Edited by rcareaga March 14, 2003, 09:50:38 AM EST Expand All History
Post #88,238 by a6l6e6x 3/14/03 12:28:02 AM Reply	Right on! Thanks for link, I don't normally read him. Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #88,266 by Ashton 3/14/03 4:30:35 AM Reply	..maybe Pigs Can fly I mean.. when they're even throwing into the ring of despair: the blatant Hog-in-Trough idiocy of the Tax Plan too! OK - if next week Pat Robertson and Jerry Foulwell abandon their 'ministries' and both check in for psych rehab, I'm going to clear the cache and reformat. Ashton ..and even Shrub's Daddy tryin to get through to The Kid! - those Wacky Texans.
Post #88,298 by Brandioch 3/14/03 9:52:53 AM Reply	Don't forget Iran.
Post #88,324 by deSitter 3/14/03 11:07:02 AM Reply	Re: Paul Krugman column When you boil it down, it reduces to a question about the intelligence of Shrub. He's too damn to dumb to run a gas station, much less a superpower. -drl
Post #88,521 by marlowe 3/15/03 10:10:48 AM Reply	But he's smart enough to outmaneuver the Democrats. Still smarting from November? The future is leaving the station, the US is at the throttle, and the Left isn't on board. No oil for TotalFinaElf! CHICKENHAWK! Scourge of clucking hens everywhere! Victory is the answer. There are no alternatives. [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html]
Post #88,347 by deSitter 3/14/03 11:54:22 AM Reply	Historical Precedent - Mexican War The War with Mexico was fought on the pretext of relieving the Mexican people of their ruling junta. In fact the point was clear to many in Congress that the purpose was really "regime change" to remove the threat to the newly annexed Texas, and a land grab for the territory in the Southwest (New Mexico and California). Animating all this was the issue of whether any new states would be free or allow slaveholding. The issue came to a head on the point of allowing people migrating to the new territories to bring along their "property", that is, slaves. The rush to grab land on flimsy pretext and create new states BEFORE settling the issue of slavery POLITICALLY, led directly to bitter sectional infighting and eventually the Civil War, which could be regarded as the price we paid for our bad foreign policy. Grant himself, who served with distinction, called the Mexican war "unjust". -drl

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