Paul Krugman (NYT) links to www.downingstreetmemo.com !!

[Terre]

Is that GREAT or what?!?!?!

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/16/opinion/16krugman.html?hp

There has been notably little U.S. coverage of the "Downing Street memo" - actually the minutes of a British prime minister's meeting on July 23, 2002, during which officials reported on talks with the Bush administration about Iraq. But the memo, which was leaked to The Times of London during the British election campaign, confirms what apologists for the war have always denied: the Bush administration cooked up a case for a war it wanted.

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(You can read the whole thing at www.downingstreetmemo.com.)

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But the Iraq war has, instead, demonstrated the limits of American power, and emboldened our potential enemies. Why should Kim Jong Il fear us, when we can't even secure the road from Baghdad to the airport?

There's more (I haven't even read it all yet). Dare we hope that this snowflake will start to snowball?

[Goldeneye]

1. That's better.

It is a good article. I just e-mailed krugman some love.

[Terre]

2. OOPS! Just caught that

:blush: LOL

Still great article, and that he mentioned the new website is very flattering, to say the least.

[lady lib]

3. Paul Krugman - one of my heros.

Thanks for posting this.
:kick:

[funflower]

4. So what do you think Paul's DU handle is?

:toast:

[enough]

5. "the tough guys made America weak"

Paul nails it again:

Is there any point, now that November's election is behind us, in revisiting the history of the Iraq war? Yes: any path out of the quagmire will be blocked by people who call their opponents weak on national security, and portray themselves as tough guys who will keep America safe. So it's important to understand how the tough guys made America weak.

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But the Iraq war has, instead, demonstrated the limits of American power, and emboldened our potential enemies. Why should Kim Jong Il fear us, when we can't even secure the road from Baghdad to the airport?

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In other words, the people who got us into Iraq have done exactly what they falsely accused Bill Clinton of doing: they have stripped America of its capacity to respond to real threats.

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