Thursday, October 21, 2004

The truth of Baghdad

The truth of Baghdad
After yesterday's astonishing report confirming the lack of any post-invasion plan made the rounds on the internet, a letter came back from a woman in Minnesota conflicted about passing it along to a Conservative friend.

He'd already told her that he needs to believe that "his son's life was on the line for a good reason, to promote liberty and democracy." So how could she pass along this report that denied him that illusion?

While the solution to this personal dilemma is admittedly complex the fact is, it's getting harder and harder to maintain that particular illusion.

The most recent blow to Bush's "hunky-dory" Iraq assessments is a report from the truly non-partisan International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. Among it's criticisms of the war are:....
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/log/