NYT's Pro-war op-ed written by "Skeptic" Debunked

[Dardedar]

"Glenn Greenwald interviewed The Brookings Institutes’ very own war hawk and master propagandist Michael O’Hanlon and he admitted that the military planned his whole trip and he did not reveal pertinent information in their big op-ed in the NY Times." --crooksandliars.com

Glen Greenwald Salon Article

Bill Kristol was on The Daily Show last night touting this same line ("the war is going well"). As the article point out, he went on the same military junket.

And, just minutes ago...

Four suicide bombings kill 175 in Iraq

21 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - Four suicide bombers hit a Kurdish Yazidi community in northwest Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 175 people and wounding 200 others, the Iraqi military said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070814/ap_ ... 0814202640

[Barbara Fitzpatrick]

Winston Churchill, as a last resort if the Germans did manage to invade, said, 'You can always take one with you." Taking out 175 for the price of one life is something we'd admire - if they were on our side. Unfortunately, they are as bad as we are at taking out civilians and calling them "enemy". Ah for the halycon (and partly mythological) old days when army fought army and wars took down 90% warriors to 10% civilians rather than vice versa of modern warfare.