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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 08:00 AM Original message |
"Fiasco" by Thomas Ricks ..... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. The WP actually did a lot of very good reporting leading up to the war, etcc. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 08:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. In rural upstate NY |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. I ordered a copy from Amazon last week - hoping to get it today. nt |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 08:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I'm finding it |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. I recommend that book, not just because of the war coverage |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 09:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Right. |
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motocicleta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
50. Having recently finished my master's degree in business, |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. The more of it |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm reading it now |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That's a good idea. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 10:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Maybe one of the "overlooked" stories is the rise of the "Academic |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yep. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. You are hitting the bulls eye here on 'para-academic' enterprise |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Well said. n/t |
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texanshatingbush (435 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Wolfie's tenure as Dean |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It seems that such |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. start a thread in the book forum on it |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. Another older thread in the non-fiction forum: |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Thank you. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. Very interesting but flawed. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. i've glanced at the back |
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motocicleta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
49. Interesting |
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maine_raptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. I got my hands on it when it first can out, H2O Man |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. One of the things |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Progressive Democrats already know -- |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. the military POV caught my attention |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. One of the things |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. when you finish, read Imperial Life in the Emerald City |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Sounds good. |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. I took it to work, and my liberal boss scooped it up before I'd finished ... |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I read it on vacation with 3 friends, I couldn't stop reading it aloud to them |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. I'm picking it up tomorrow at my library. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 11:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Halliburton killing the cats was the icing on the cake. nt |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. yes -- it just seemed to sum up the callous, kafkaesque, mean-spirited essence |
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Laurab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 01:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
43. I second that - or actually, it looks like 3rd or 4th |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. I am on a waiting list for this book at my local public library. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think it does an excellent job of documenting the run-up to the war, |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. I just started reading it last week and find it superior to Woodwards book |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
45. it is better than Woodward BUT, Woodward's "good name" gave |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Woodward's book |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. I got it for Christmas |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Good on You....your son is "Clued In" and knows what you are fighting for... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. My husband's reading it right now... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-26-06 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. I read "Fiasco," and it absolutely infuriated me. |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I jst got that along with |
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Hailtothechimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
38. I loved his analogy about "Mission Accomplished" |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
39. I have the book but, am reading at the moment |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 01:18 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I am now reading "Frontier Justice"-Scott Ritter |
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catchnrelease (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
42. My sister gave me her copy last night. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 07:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Hubris |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
46. K |
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