[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Today's News: We Have Turned the Corner
Alfred Kagan
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Mon Sep 20 08:31:50 CDT 2004
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>Subject: Today's News: We Have Turned the Corner
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>Hi,
>
>Robert McKim suggested that I send you a copy of
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>Nick Burbules
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>WE'VE TURNED THE CORNER
>
>Is there a sea change occurring in perceptions of Iraq?
>
>Iraqi army: untrained
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/20/politics/20army.html?ex=1253419200&
>
>Allies reluctant to commit to retraining assistance
>
>http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/9695092.htm?1c
>
>Good news: McCain goes after Bush on Iraq
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/19/iraq.senators/index.html
>McCain, a member of the Senate Armed Services
>Committee, said on "Fox News Sunday" that it was
>"a serious mistake" not to have had enough
>troops in place "after the initial successes"
>and that the mistake had led to "very, very
>significant" difficulties.
>
>Bad news: McCain goes after Bush for not being brutal enough
>
>http://www.juancole.com/2004_09_01_juancole_archive.html#109565675932436819
>
>Chuck Hagel: "we're in deep trouble in Iraq"
>
>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-na-allawi20sep20,1,5190319.story?coll=la-home-headlines
>
>Bush's increasingly implausible claims about
>progress in Iraq invite "Baghdad Bob" jokes
>
>http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000632753
>
>http://bestoftheblogs.com/2004_09_19_bestof.html#109562278376938008
>
>Joe Klein, the embodiment of mainstream "serious
>opinion," targets Bush's "fantasy"
>
>http://www.time.com/time/election2004/columnist/klein/article/0,18471,699348,00.html
>If the National Intelligence Estimate is
>accurate, we are facing a far more dangerous
>world than existed before the war. Many
>intelligence and military experts now believe
>that al-Qaeda has rebuilt its leadership
>structure and metastasized; that the U.S.
>military is overburdened and its leaders are
>likely to tell the next President that they lack
>the resources necessary to regain control in
>Iraq; that the U.S. government has lost the
>credibility to lead the world into action
>against future threats from, say, Iran or North
>Korea; that Iraq itself seems in danger of
>splitting into three chaotic regions, which-in
>the NIE's worst-case scenario-may lead to civil
>warŠAnd so there is only one significant
>question left in this presidential election
>year: Can John Kerry hold George Bush
>accountable for this mess? My guess is, probably
>not. The Republicans, with a strong assist from
>Kerry, have successfully painted the Democrat as
>a flip-flopping incompetent when it comes to
>national security. It will be hard for Kerry to
>change that impression. In fact, he has only one
>chance remaining, in the presidential debates.
>
>The establishment press
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32161-2004Sep18.html
>Mr. Bush, who spent the week campaigning for
>reelection, has offered scant acknowledgment of
>the quandary he faces or of the worsening state
>of a mission that has dominated more than half
>of his first term. His description of Iraq is
>bland to the point of dishonesty: "Despite
>ongoing acts of violence," he repeated Friday,
>"that country has a strong prime minister,
>they've got a national council and they are
>going to have elections in January of 2005." Not
>only has Mr. Bush not said how, or whether, he
>intends to respond to the worsening situation;
>he doesn't really admit it existsŠThis
>duck-and-cover strategy may have its political
>advantages, but it is also deeply irresponsible
>and potentially dangerous. As conservative Sen.
>Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) put it last week, "the
>worst thing we can do is hold ourselves hostage
>to some grand illusion that we're winning. Right
>now, we are not winning. Things are getting
>worse."
>
>And local papers too
>
>http://atrios.blogspot.com/2004/09/iraq-week_19.html
>What is inexcusable is the administration's
>continuing failure to confront the grim reality
>and remold policies to make the best of this
>sow's ear. The delay in gearing up to get the
>trainers, uniforms, weapons and money that Iraqi
>security forces need has meant that not a single
>Iraqi police officer is fully trained and
>street-ready. The Iraqi army was disbanded with
>nary a thought to the security vacuum this would
>create. Our NATO "allies" still are haggling
>over a skeleton force of 300 military trainers
>that have yet to arrive in Iraq. Scores of
>willing police recruits continue to die
>unnecessarily because of the failure to build
>secure barriers around recruitment centers.
>
>Another good question
>
>http://atrios.blogspot.com/2004/09/lost.html
>[David Corn] The Bush campaign has succeeded in
>convincing the mainstream media that the key
>question is, what is Kerry's plan for Iraq? Not,
>say, what is Bush's plan for Iraq?Š"I have two
>young daughters at home," I said to this Kerry
>aide. "If one takes a glass jar and throws it on
>the ground of their bedroom and smashes it into
>thousands of pieces, I don't point my finger at
>the other one and say, 'Okay, what's your plan
>for cleaning this up.'"
>
>Watch Kerry's response: if he doesn't manage this right, he can't win
>
>http://politicalwire.com/archives/2004/09/19/kerrys_new_message.html
>
>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-kerry20sep20,1,4622303.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
>
>http://www.tnr.com/etc.mhtml?pid=2090
>IS KERRY ABOUT TO BLOW IT ON IRAQ?
>
>Democrats go on the offense
>
>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign20sep20,1,35954.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
>
>Speaking of offensive: former "Mr. Nice Guy"
>Denny Hastert joins the ranks of Republican SOB's
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/19/hastert.remark/index.html
>When a reporter asked Hastert if he thought al
>Qaeda would operate with more comfort if Kerry
>were elected, the speaker said, "That's my
>opinion, yes."
>
>The pliant media responds
>
>http://atrios.blogspot.com/2004/09/schneider.html
>[CNN's Bill Schneider] Well I can guarantee that
>they don't like George Bush. Do they think
>there's a difference? I think Osama bin laden -
>the al qaeda network - who I'm certain follow
>american politics. Look at the messages coming
>out on their tapes, they seem to follow politics
>very closely. They would very much like to
>defeat President Bush. But the question is could
>they pull of the same trick they could pull off
>in Spain? What Dennis Hastert says is they'd
>better not try that, it won't work here. My
>guess is he's right about that."
>
>Juan Cole: Bin Laden doesn't care who wins
>
>http://www.juancole.com/2004_09_01_juancole_archive.html#109565983768232482
>
>Here's exactly what Dems need to say: if there
>is another terrorist attack before the election,
>it doesn't mean that they want Kerry to win - it
>means that Bush has failed at the one thing he
>promised us after 9-11
>
>http://mathewgross.com/blog/archives/000656.html
>
>A divider, not a uniter: income gap widens
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34235-2004Sep19.html?nav=rss_nation
>
>Health care costs spin out of control
>
>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-outlook20sep20,1,84270.column?coll=la-headlines-nation
>
>W stands for Women (NOT!)
>
>http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/courses/ed253a/2004/09/why-not-to-vote-for-bush.php
>
>"W Stands for Wimp"
>
>http://wstandsforwimp.com/
>
>Looks like we may have all three debates after all
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/20/campaign.rdp/index.html
>
>Police state update
>
>Mother of dead serviceman confronts First Lady, is dragged off IN HANDCUFFS
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/19/opinion/19dowd.html?ex=1096564306
>Aside from moms who are handcuffed at Bush
>events and the Jersey 9/11 moms who are
>supporting John Kerry after growing
>disillusioned with White House attempts to
>suppress the 9/11 investigation, the president
>is doing very well with women. The so-called
>security moms, who have replaced soccer moms as
>a desirable demographic, are now flocking to Mr.
>Bush over Mr. Kerry, believing he can better
>protect their kids from scary terroristsŠIn the
>new Times poll, 48 percent of women supported
>the president, compared with Mr. Kerry's 43
>percent - a reversal from July, when Mr. Kerry
>had the women's vote 52 to 40 percent. This is
>an ominous sign for the Democrat, who lost his
>gender gap advantage after his listless summer
>and the G.O.P.'s convention swaggerŠHow did the
>president who has caused so much insecurity in
>the world become the hero of security moms? He
>was, after all, in charge when Al Qaeda struck,
>and he was the one to send off Mrs. Niederer's
>son and other kids to die in a war sold on a
>false premise. And that conflict has, despite
>what Mr. Bush claims, spurred more acts of
>terror and been a recruiting bonanza for Osama
>bin Laden.
>
>Hundreds of GOP convention protestors held illegally
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34245-2004Sep19.html?nav=rss_nation
>
>While awaiting the Pentagon response to the AP
>FOIA request, a primer on the Bush NG story so
>far
>
>http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/20/bush_guard_records/index_np.html
>
>Bonus item: the forgery debate is looking more
>and more like a loser for the good guys
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/20/politics/campaign/20guard.html?pagewanted=all&position=
>
>http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_09/004731.php
>
>Not that some people are ready to give up
>
>http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/archives/2004_09_19_dneiwert_archive.html#109561579200025548
>
>
>--
>
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>
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