| Wednesday, June 21, 2006 |
| Quick take headlines, June 21 |
One of Saddam Hussein's lawyers is kidnapped and killed in Baghdad. By the way, did you catch Barry McCaffrey squashing Bush-bot Norah O'Donnell's attempt at Mehlmanism last night on "Hardball," as the retired general contradicted O'Donnell's GOP talking point that "we know that 80 percent of Iraq is safe." "I just don't by that at all," McCaffrey shot back. Good man.
BTW Dick Armitage is waxing real pessimistic-like on Iraq, even telling an Australian interviewer that things are so rotten in Mesopotamia, that the U.S. could be asked by the Iraqi administration (such as it is) to leave.
The U.S. begins its controlled freak-out over North Korea's plans for a missile test. Meanwhile, yet another former diplomat is slamming the Bush admnistration's handling of the diplomacy.
Condi goes to Europe with her husb... the president ... to talk security and Iran with the EU. Unfortunately, what the Europeans want to talk about is secret CIA prisons, rendering, and Gitmo. By the way, did you hear the one about the unpopular U.S. president who went to Europe?
A Guardian commentator states it plainly: liberalism has failed (Tony Blair's variety, particularly so.) Meanwhile, the New York Times falls in love with conservatism all over again.
Former White House aide David Safavian takes the first step toward pardon-dom. Mr. Libby, your turn awaits.
The GOP takes the first step toward martyring President Bush's illegal immigrant amnesty plan.
The horror of the killing of those two American G.I.s is beginning to unfold. The American press remains loathe to go into details. I doubt that's the case overseas. And the Times serves up fodder to soothe the Pajama people's requirement for statements of support for the president's foreign policy from the families of the fallen.
And meanwhile, al-Qaida in Iraq is threatening to kill four Russian hostages after Moscow failed to meet demands to withdraw from Chechnya.
Also, Dan Rather officially gets gone from CBS. And it's not pretty.
Tags: Current Affairs, News, News and politics, Iraq, North Korea |
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