More news to make you scared
Um, this all is complicated, but I've just spent some time reading up on the what Bush and Co have been up to in their quest to spread "democracy" around the world. These links all come from reading Ari Berman's blog "The Daily Outrage" which is run off of The Nation website.
1. Seymour Hirsch's article "The Coming Wars" from the New Yorker.
2. Ari Berman's defense of the Hirsch article and summary of right wing attacks on Hirsch's jounralism. Here's a snippet of Berman's article that summarizes the best parts of these attacks.
"Mr. Hersh's article is so riddled with errors of fundamental fact that the credibility of his entire piece is destroyed," wrote Pentagon spokesman Lawrence DiRita in a sharply worded statement. Washington Times columnist Tony Blankley accused Hersh of espionage. Former White House speechwriter (and "Axis of Evil" originator) David Frum said Hersh had endangered US lives. Michael Ledeen, a tireless Iranian conspiracy theorist, called the article "plain crazy," and "classic Hersh incoherence." Richard Perle--who famously dubbed Hersh "the closest thing American journalism has to a terrorist" in March 2003--told Charlie Rose: "It was a typical Sy Hersh piece. That is to say it was full of inaccuracy."
3. A Washington Post article supporting Hirsch's claims. A New York Times article supporting Hirsch's claims. (I also got these links from Ari Berman's piece on his blog The Daily Outrage
1. Seymour Hirsch's article "The Coming Wars" from the New Yorker.
2. Ari Berman's defense of the Hirsch article and summary of right wing attacks on Hirsch's jounralism. Here's a snippet of Berman's article that summarizes the best parts of these attacks.
"Mr. Hersh's article is so riddled with errors of fundamental fact that the credibility of his entire piece is destroyed," wrote Pentagon spokesman Lawrence DiRita in a sharply worded statement. Washington Times columnist Tony Blankley accused Hersh of espionage. Former White House speechwriter (and "Axis of Evil" originator) David Frum said Hersh had endangered US lives. Michael Ledeen, a tireless Iranian conspiracy theorist, called the article "plain crazy," and "classic Hersh incoherence." Richard Perle--who famously dubbed Hersh "the closest thing American journalism has to a terrorist" in March 2003--told Charlie Rose: "It was a typical Sy Hersh piece. That is to say it was full of inaccuracy."
3. A Washington Post article supporting Hirsch's claims. A New York Times article supporting Hirsch's claims. (I also got these links from Ari Berman's piece on his blog The Daily Outrage
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