More old news, more new news....
New News: Ray McGovern speaks truth to power:
-- http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/04/cnna.mcgovern/
And this blast from the recent past:
Former US Vice President Al Gore delivered a major foreign policy address in New York City on May 26, 2004 , sponsored by MoveOn PAC, linking the Abu Ghraib prison abuses to deep flaws in President Bush's Iraq policy and calling for the resignation of 6 members of the Bush Administration responsible for the failed policy and abuse of prisoners in Iraq.
Note that this was about 2 years ago, when popular support for the administration was still pretty high.
George W. Bush promised us a foreign policy with humility. Instead, he has brought us humiliation in the eyes of the world.
He promised to "restore honor and integrity to the White House." Instead, he has brought deep dishonor to our country and built a durable reputation as the most dishonest President since Richard Nixon.
The President convinced a majority of the country that Saddam Hussein was responsible for attacking us on September 11th. But in truth he had nothing whatsoever to do with it. The President convinced the country with a mixture of forged documents and blatantly false assertions that Saddam was in league with Al Qaeda, and that he was "indistinguishable" from Osama bin Laden.
He asked the nation , in his State of the Union address, to "imagine" how terrified we should be that Saddam was about to give nuclear weapons to terrorists and stated repeatedly that Iraq posed a grave and gathering threat to our nation. He planted the seeds of war, and harvested a whirlwind. And now, the "corrupt tree" of a war waged on false premises has brought us the "evil fruit" of Americans torturing and humiliating prisoners.
Remarks by Al GoreMay 26, 2004
Full transcript:
http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2004/05/26_gore_remarks.htm
