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This time for folks working in the middle east and the US administration.
US Foreign Policy
1216 Days of Failure
Craig Cheslog reminds us:
Oh, and by the way, Mr. President, it has been 1,216 days since you said you wanted to catch Osama bin Laden “dead or alive.” Some of us still think that a worthwhile goal.
Yep.
Barely Time for a Drink
Guy Andrew Hall notes that despite the closed sign the bar is open.
You may want a double after reading some bits of history on the Salvadoran death squads.
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
As a bush aid says:
“Actions speak louder than words,” a top Bush aide said, describing the president’s view of his appropriate role.and bush is acting:
the president was confident he could monitor events effectively without returning to Washington or making public statements in Crawford, where he spent part of the day clearing brush and bicycling.How about a minute or two of some meaningful action like, say, an executive order sending 10, 20, 30 thousand troops with hammers, nails, and other tools of reconstruction to the disaster areas.
Via The Talking Points Memo.
Update (12/30): The administration has begun sending military units to provide aid. Thank you!
Failed Administration
cheney tells us:
“The biggest threat we face now as a nation is the possibility of terrorists ending up in the middle of one of our cities with deadlier weapons than have ever before been used against us — biological agents or a nuclear weapon or a chemical weapon of some kind to be able to threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans,” Cheney said.This is as clear a statement of failure by the current administration as I have seen. What they have been doing during the last four years has not worked.
Via Prometheus 6.