GOP---"POWERGRABS R US"
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2003/05/08/gop/index.html
Internet muse.
Daring, bold, never sold.
My daily weblog of politics, humor, philosophy...and a constant and nagging reminder of the existence of universal love....
Friday, May 09, 2003
http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2003/05/franke-ruta-g-05-08.html
Test Run
Democratic candidates take their best shots in South Carolina.
By Garance Franke-Ruta
Web Exclusive: 5.8.03
American Prospect
Test Run
Democratic candidates take their best shots in South Carolina.
By Garance Franke-Ruta
Web Exclusive: 5.8.03
American Prospect
http://www.stratfor.com/corp/Corporate.neo?s=SUB&c=l&storyId=217048
Russia and the Creation of 'Greater Europe'
Summary
Russia and Europe appear to be joining forces to counter the United States' increasing global presence by trying to create "Greater Europe" that would consist of the European Union and Commonwealth of Independent States. Russia has changed the vector of the post-Soviet region's integration process from pro-Moscow to pro-Europe. And having Russia as its most important ally, Europe likely will encourage post-Soviet states to unite and join the group -- in an attempt to create the world's new power center.
Analysis
In the wake of the United States' victory in Iraq, Russia and Europe appear to be joining forces toward a strategic goal of creating "Greater Europe" -- a union consisting of both the European Union and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). And Moscow's newfound willingness to sacrifice part of its control over post-Soviet states in favor of a greater Europe will make this union possible, Stratfor's sources in the Russian government say.
Having abandoned dreams of Russia as a superpower, President Vladimir Putin and his associates appear to be pursuing a more realistic goal: for Moscow -- together with Berlin and Paris -- to become a leading voice within a united Europe, the world's potential second superpower.
Russia and the Creation of 'Greater Europe'
Summary
Russia and Europe appear to be joining forces to counter the United States' increasing global presence by trying to create "Greater Europe" that would consist of the European Union and Commonwealth of Independent States. Russia has changed the vector of the post-Soviet region's integration process from pro-Moscow to pro-Europe. And having Russia as its most important ally, Europe likely will encourage post-Soviet states to unite and join the group -- in an attempt to create the world's new power center.
Analysis
In the wake of the United States' victory in Iraq, Russia and Europe appear to be joining forces toward a strategic goal of creating "Greater Europe" -- a union consisting of both the European Union and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). And Moscow's newfound willingness to sacrifice part of its control over post-Soviet states in favor of a greater Europe will make this union possible, Stratfor's sources in the Russian government say.
Having abandoned dreams of Russia as a superpower, President Vladimir Putin and his associates appear to be pursuing a more realistic goal: for Moscow -- together with Berlin and Paris -- to become a leading voice within a united Europe, the world's potential second superpower.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/09/opinion/09KRUG.html
TODAY'S PAUL KRUGMAN
"bear in mind that Bush-style tax cuts now have a track record. Of the 2.1 million jobs lost over the past two years, 1.7 million vanished after the passage of the 2001 tax cut.
Nonetheless, the odds are that this scam, like the scam of 2001, will succeed. The tax cut will be passed, and the budget will plunge even deeper into the red. And one day we'll realize that international investors are treating us like a banana republic - that they won't finance our trade deficit unless they are paid very high rates of interest (have I mentioned that the dollar has just fallen to a four-year low against the euro?) - and everyone will wonder why. "
TODAY'S PAUL KRUGMAN
"bear in mind that Bush-style tax cuts now have a track record. Of the 2.1 million jobs lost over the past two years, 1.7 million vanished after the passage of the 2001 tax cut.
Nonetheless, the odds are that this scam, like the scam of 2001, will succeed. The tax cut will be passed, and the budget will plunge even deeper into the red. And one day we'll realize that international investors are treating us like a banana republic - that they won't finance our trade deficit unless they are paid very high rates of interest (have I mentioned that the dollar has just fallen to a four-year low against the euro?) - and everyone will wonder why. "
http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=222&row=1
Jim Crow revived in cyberspace
By Martin Luther King III and Greg Palast
Originally published May 8, 2003
Jim Crow revived in cyberspace
By Martin Luther King III and Greg Palast
Originally published May 8, 2003
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! LOVE THAT BOROWITZ REPORT!!!!
U.S. FINDS, LOSES WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
http://www.borowitzreport.com/archive_rpt.asp?rec=587
'They Were Here Just a Minute Ago,' Garner Says
U.S. forces in Iraq searching for Saddam Hussein's arsenal of banned
weapons found an enormous cache of the deadly weapons today but then
lost them, retired general Jay Garner revealed.
"They were here just a minute ago," a red-faced Garner told reporters.
"I don't know where they went to."
General Garner said that the constant interruptions of electrical power
service in Iraq, resulting in lights blinking on and off unpredictably,
might have contributed to the loss of the deadly weapons cache, which
was described as "gargantuan."
"We had the weapons before the lights went off, and when they went on
again they were all gone," General Garner said. "I'd be lying right now
if I said I'm a happy camper."
General Garner refused to describe the exact nature of the weapons of
mass destruction that were found, saying only that they were "massively
destructive" and that there were "just loads and loads of them."
Informed of the U.S.'s capture and subsequent loss of the weapons of
mass destruction, President Bush gave reporters on the White House lawn
a jaunty thumbs-up and said, "Mission accomplished."
But White House spokesman Ari Fleischer later tempered the President's
upbeat assessment somewhat, saying that although losing the banned
weapons cache was disappointing, finding them in the first place was "an
important step in the right direction."
"Saddam Hussein designed these weapons to be hard to find and easy to
lose," Mr. Fleischer added. "When we see such palpable evidence of the
unspeakable evil of this man, it should make all Americans very thankful
that we may or may not have killed him."
:)
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U.S. FINDS, LOSES WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
http://www.borowitzreport.com/archive_rpt.asp?rec=587
'They Were Here Just a Minute Ago,' Garner Says
U.S. forces in Iraq searching for Saddam Hussein's arsenal of banned
weapons found an enormous cache of the deadly weapons today but then
lost them, retired general Jay Garner revealed.
"They were here just a minute ago," a red-faced Garner told reporters.
"I don't know where they went to."
General Garner said that the constant interruptions of electrical power
service in Iraq, resulting in lights blinking on and off unpredictably,
might have contributed to the loss of the deadly weapons cache, which
was described as "gargantuan."
"We had the weapons before the lights went off, and when they went on
again they were all gone," General Garner said. "I'd be lying right now
if I said I'm a happy camper."
General Garner refused to describe the exact nature of the weapons of
mass destruction that were found, saying only that they were "massively
destructive" and that there were "just loads and loads of them."
Informed of the U.S.'s capture and subsequent loss of the weapons of
mass destruction, President Bush gave reporters on the White House lawn
a jaunty thumbs-up and said, "Mission accomplished."
But White House spokesman Ari Fleischer later tempered the President's
upbeat assessment somewhat, saying that although losing the banned
weapons cache was disappointing, finding them in the first place was "an
important step in the right direction."
"Saddam Hussein designed these weapons to be hard to find and easy to
lose," Mr. Fleischer added. "When we see such palpable evidence of the
unspeakable evil of this man, it should make all Americans very thankful
that we may or may not have killed him."
:)
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THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMMMMM.....
MKO agents in US uniform deployed close to Iranian border
http://www.irna.com/en/head/030506221733.ehe.shtml
Tehran, May 6, IRNA -- US troops are closely cooperating with members of
militant Iranian opposition, the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO),
allowing the terrorist group to dress American military uniform for
controlling border checkpoints between Iran and Iraq, press said
Tuesday.
The Persian daily Jomhuri-ye Eslami cited a witness which the paper said
had just returned from Iraq, as saying that MKO operatives had been
assigned to search bodies of those who crossed the border.
"The Munafeqin (MKO) forces are disarmed at these checkpoints but they
move around with arms in several other cities such as Samera (which is a
religious city with a major Shiite Muslim population)," the paper
said.
"Some Munafeqin wear Arabic dress at pilgrimage sites and are closely
cooperating with invading forces on security issues," Jomhuri-ye Eslami
cited the witness as saying.
US has reportedly been seeking to use MKO in suppressing opposition to
Iraq's occupation by American-led coalition forces.....
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MKO agents in US uniform deployed close to Iranian border
http://www.irna.com/en/head/030506221733.ehe.shtml
Tehran, May 6, IRNA -- US troops are closely cooperating with members of
militant Iranian opposition, the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO),
allowing the terrorist group to dress American military uniform for
controlling border checkpoints between Iran and Iraq, press said
Tuesday.
The Persian daily Jomhuri-ye Eslami cited a witness which the paper said
had just returned from Iraq, as saying that MKO operatives had been
assigned to search bodies of those who crossed the border.
"The Munafeqin (MKO) forces are disarmed at these checkpoints but they
move around with arms in several other cities such as Samera (which is a
religious city with a major Shiite Muslim population)," the paper
said.
"Some Munafeqin wear Arabic dress at pilgrimage sites and are closely
cooperating with invading forces on security issues," Jomhuri-ye Eslami
cited the witness as saying.
US has reportedly been seeking to use MKO in suppressing opposition to
Iraq's occupation by American-led coalition forces.....
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Taliban appears to be regrouped and well-funded
A new hierarchy of leaders has emerged across parts of Afghanistan.
By Scott Baldauf and Owais Tohid
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0508/p01s02-wosc.html
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - As the fiery chief justice of the Taliban's Supreme
Court, Abdul Salam shook the world once, proclaiming the right to execute
foreign aid workers accused of converting Afghans to Christianity.
Today, not only is Justice Salam back, talking to a foreign reporter for the
first time since the Taliban fell a year and a half ago, but he says the
Taliban are back as well. Regrouped, rearmed, and well-funded, they are
ready to carry on guerrilla war as long as it takes to expel US forces from
Afghanistan.
It's what Afghans want, "because during the Taliban times, there was peace
and security," says Salam, who retains the long gray beard that marks him as
a devout Muslim.
Across the southern portions of Afghanistan, where the Taliban found strong
support among the rural conservative Pashtun populations, there are definite
signs that the Taliban are making a comeback......"
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The mayor said: "I think George Bush is the most corrupt American
president since Harding in the Twenties.
"He is not the legitimate president"
From BBC, 5/8/03:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3011999.stm
Livingstone attacks President Bush
Livingstone described the Bush administration as "unsupportable"
London Mayor Ken Livingstone has launched an astonishing attack on US
President George W Bush, calling him "corrupt".
Mr Livingstone made his attack during an address to schoolchildren in
a debate on the Iraq war.
He said he would get as much pleasure from Mr Bush being forced out of
office as he had done from the downfall of former Iraq leader Saddam
Hussein.
The outburst was immediately criticised by London politicians who fear
a negative effect on the mayor's efforts to attract American tourists
here.
Mr Livingstone was answering questions on the Iraq war and other
subjects during a two-hour meeting with 200 schoolchildren at City
Hall on Thursday morning..."
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president since Harding in the Twenties.
"He is not the legitimate president"
From BBC, 5/8/03:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3011999.stm
Livingstone attacks President Bush
Livingstone described the Bush administration as "unsupportable"
London Mayor Ken Livingstone has launched an astonishing attack on US
President George W Bush, calling him "corrupt".
Mr Livingstone made his attack during an address to schoolchildren in
a debate on the Iraq war.
He said he would get as much pleasure from Mr Bush being forced out of
office as he had done from the downfall of former Iraq leader Saddam
Hussein.
The outburst was immediately criticised by London politicians who fear
a negative effect on the mayor's efforts to attract American tourists
here.
Mr Livingstone was answering questions on the Iraq war and other
subjects during a two-hour meeting with 200 schoolchildren at City
Hall on Thursday morning..."
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From The Independent, 5/9/03
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=404492
The $1m question: was the President's 'Top Gun' moment an expensive
mistake?
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
The Bush administration sought yesterday to deflect growing criticism
of the President's "Top Gun" moment when he arrived by jet on a US
warship to declare that the war against Iraq was over.
Democrats have condemned the flying visit as an expensive and
unnecessary political stunt, which cost US taxpayers $1m.
They said he could just as easily have visited the ship by helicopter
and that the vessel, USS Abraham Lincoln, was kept circling offshore
throughout Mr Bush's visit."
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,2763,952289,00.html
The two faces of Rumsfeld
2000: director of a company which wins $200m contract to sell nuclear
reactors to North Korea
2002: declares North Korea a terrorist state, part of the axis of evil
and a target for regime change
Randeep Ramesh
Friday May 9, 2003
The Guardian
The two faces of Rumsfeld
2000: director of a company which wins $200m contract to sell nuclear
reactors to North Korea
2002: declares North Korea a terrorist state, part of the axis of evil
and a target for regime change
Randeep Ramesh
Friday May 9, 2003
The Guardian
Thursday, May 08, 2003
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030507-070813-2361r
Analysts weigh options for change in Iran
By Christian Bourge
Published 5/7/2003
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Analysts weigh options for change in Iran
By Christian Bourge
Published 5/7/2003
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http://www.madison.com/captimes/news/stories/48445.php
Meetup for Dean is a hit
Internet used as campaign tool
By Aaron Nathans
May 8, 2003
No one is expecting Howard Dean to raise more money than his Democratic rivals for the presidential nomination, but his supporters are taking advantage of the Internet to energize supporters from the ground up.
About 50 Dean supporters gathered at the Lakefront Cafe at the UW Memorial Union on Wednesday for a "Dean Meetup" organized through the Web site Meetup.com.
It was a remarkable turnout for a progressive Democratic event going on at the same time as TV's "The West Wing."
.... "Dean, who supports universal health care and opposed the war in Iraq, has much of his support from academic hotbeds like Cambridge, Mass., and Madison."
...."Dean is "the only candidate who could possibly convince the Green Party not to go on their own," said Don Jones, 67, who was executive director of the state Democratic Party in the 1980s."
SEE LINK FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE
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Meetup for Dean is a hit
Internet used as campaign tool
By Aaron Nathans
May 8, 2003
No one is expecting Howard Dean to raise more money than his Democratic rivals for the presidential nomination, but his supporters are taking advantage of the Internet to energize supporters from the ground up.
About 50 Dean supporters gathered at the Lakefront Cafe at the UW Memorial Union on Wednesday for a "Dean Meetup" organized through the Web site Meetup.com.
It was a remarkable turnout for a progressive Democratic event going on at the same time as TV's "The West Wing."
.... "Dean, who supports universal health care and opposed the war in Iraq, has much of his support from academic hotbeds like Cambridge, Mass., and Madison."
...."Dean is "the only candidate who could possibly convince the Green Party not to go on their own," said Don Jones, 67, who was executive director of the state Democratic Party in the 1980s."
SEE LINK FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE
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http://www.cmonitor.com/stories/news/local2003/0507_dean_2003.shtml
Dean promotes foreign labor unions
He says fair trade can deter terrorism
By DANIEL BARRICK
CONCORD MONITOR
Excerpt:
"Speaking at a luncheon with New Hampshire labor leaders, the former Vermont governor mentioned the recent war just once - and then only briefly, accusing President Bush of waging "a war with no way to pay for it." Instead, Dean proposed his own theory of foreign affairs: organized labor as a buffer against terrorism.
"Trade is not just about money, it's about defense," Dean told 50 or so union workers at the Barley House restaurant in downtown Concord. "If you help create middle class countries that believe in democracy . . . you have created a country that is not a threat to the U.S., nor will they willingly harbor a group like al-Qaida. They have too much to lose."
SEE LINK FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE
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Dean promotes foreign labor unions
He says fair trade can deter terrorism
By DANIEL BARRICK
CONCORD MONITOR
Excerpt:
"Speaking at a luncheon with New Hampshire labor leaders, the former Vermont governor mentioned the recent war just once - and then only briefly, accusing President Bush of waging "a war with no way to pay for it." Instead, Dean proposed his own theory of foreign affairs: organized labor as a buffer against terrorism.
"Trade is not just about money, it's about defense," Dean told 50 or so union workers at the Barley House restaurant in downtown Concord. "If you help create middle class countries that believe in democracy . . . you have created a country that is not a threat to the U.S., nor will they willingly harbor a group like al-Qaida. They have too much to lose."
SEE LINK FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE
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KARL ROVE REMEMBERS NEW HAMPSHIRE DIDN'T SUPPORT HIS MAN GW BUSH-----
KARL WANTS TO MAKE THEM PAY!!!! (OR: HOW DOES ONE JUSTIFY "AMERICAN TRADITION"?)
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/128/nation/Bush_aide_casts_doubt_on_N_H_primary_role+.shtml
..."Returning to the site of his most embarrassing political defeat, senior White House counselor Karl Rove questioned the primacy of the New Hampshire primary process yesterday.
While the administration supports the tradition, there are signs it may not remain intact beyond 2008, Rove said in a speech at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
''I'm not certain how good a predictor it is,'' he said, adding that he has sensed ''a lot of resentment'' around the country for the state's exalted political role.
New Hampshire may need to justify its monopoly on the early primary season, or the two parties might seek another solution, Rove said. "
SEE LINK FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE
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KARL WANTS TO MAKE THEM PAY!!!! (OR: HOW DOES ONE JUSTIFY "AMERICAN TRADITION"?)
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/128/nation/Bush_aide_casts_doubt_on_N_H_primary_role+.shtml
..."Returning to the site of his most embarrassing political defeat, senior White House counselor Karl Rove questioned the primacy of the New Hampshire primary process yesterday.
While the administration supports the tradition, there are signs it may not remain intact beyond 2008, Rove said in a speech at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
''I'm not certain how good a predictor it is,'' he said, adding that he has sensed ''a lot of resentment'' around the country for the state's exalted political role.
New Hampshire may need to justify its monopoly on the early primary season, or the two parties might seek another solution, Rove said. "
SEE LINK FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE
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http://sg.news.yahoo.com/030507/1/3at95.html
Thursday May 8, 11:11 AM
US lifts some sanctions against Iraq, examines suspicious truck
Excerpt:
"The United States announced it was immediately lifting some economic sanctions against Iraq and urged the world to follow suit........"
"The regime that the sanctions were directed against no longer rules Iraq, and no country in good conscience can support using sanctions to hold back the hopes of the Iraqi people," President George W. Bush said after meeting Spain's Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar.
Bush said United States, Britain and Spain -- the three main allies in the war on Iraq -- will soon introduce a new resolution to lift the sanctions imposed by the United Nations."
SEE LINK FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE
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From Reuters, 5/8/03:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20030508/ts_nm/iraq_usa_un_dc
U.S., Britain Want Power to Spend Iraq Oil Money
By Evelyn Leopold
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -
The United States on Thursday proposed ending U.N. sanctions on Iraq
and giving Washington and its allies the power to spend Iraq's oil
money to "help the Iraqi people."
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TIME OUT!!
LET ME JUST SAY THIS:
Bush has complained of the Security Council's
dragging their feet on the vote to remove Iraqi sanctions.
He has threatened..and is obviously now..acting unilaterally as he did with the attack last month.
He has stated: "No country with a conscience can want these cruel sanctions
against the Iraqi people."
Excuuuse meeeee......HELLO?
Does anyone happen to recall which nation, until last month when they took over the country in a preemptive attack, enforced cruel
sanctions against the Iraqi people for 12 years PRIOR...and threatened to veto
every effort to remove them????
Removing the sanctions that limit oil exports will allow Bush
to pump out that ol' oil in a much shorter time.
What does this administration care about the plight of the
Iraqi people when all's said and done? Is it...could it be OIL that is and has always been the priority?
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Thursday May 8, 11:11 AM
US lifts some sanctions against Iraq, examines suspicious truck
Excerpt:
"The United States announced it was immediately lifting some economic sanctions against Iraq and urged the world to follow suit........"
"The regime that the sanctions were directed against no longer rules Iraq, and no country in good conscience can support using sanctions to hold back the hopes of the Iraqi people," President George W. Bush said after meeting Spain's Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar.
Bush said United States, Britain and Spain -- the three main allies in the war on Iraq -- will soon introduce a new resolution to lift the sanctions imposed by the United Nations."
SEE LINK FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE
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From Reuters, 5/8/03:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20030508/ts_nm/iraq_usa_un_dc
U.S., Britain Want Power to Spend Iraq Oil Money
By Evelyn Leopold
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -
The United States on Thursday proposed ending U.N. sanctions on Iraq
and giving Washington and its allies the power to spend Iraq's oil
money to "help the Iraqi people."
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TIME OUT!!
LET ME JUST SAY THIS:
Bush has complained of the Security Council's
dragging their feet on the vote to remove Iraqi sanctions.
He has threatened..and is obviously now..acting unilaterally as he did with the attack last month.
He has stated: "No country with a conscience can want these cruel sanctions
against the Iraqi people."
Excuuuse meeeee......HELLO?
Does anyone happen to recall which nation, until last month when they took over the country in a preemptive attack, enforced cruel
sanctions against the Iraqi people for 12 years PRIOR...and threatened to veto
every effort to remove them????
Removing the sanctions that limit oil exports will allow Bush
to pump out that ol' oil in a much shorter time.
What does this administration care about the plight of the
Iraqi people when all's said and done? Is it...could it be OIL that is and has always been the priority?
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-state8may08,1,467133.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dheadlines
May 8, 2003
Diplomats on the Defensive
State Dept. loyalists say the Pentagon is usurping foreign policy and undermining Powell. Conservatives say 9/11 has changed the rules.
By Sonni Efron, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON -- Diplomats are paid to have cool minds and even cooler temperaments, but inside the State Department, plenty of America's elite diplomats are privately seething.
They are up in arms over what they see as the hijacking of foreign policymaking by the Pentagon and efforts to undercut their boss, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell."
SEE LINK FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE
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May 8, 2003
Diplomats on the Defensive
State Dept. loyalists say the Pentagon is usurping foreign policy and undermining Powell. Conservatives say 9/11 has changed the rules.
By Sonni Efron, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON -- Diplomats are paid to have cool minds and even cooler temperaments, but inside the State Department, plenty of America's elite diplomats are privately seething.
They are up in arms over what they see as the hijacking of foreign policymaking by the Pentagon and efforts to undercut their boss, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell."
SEE LINK FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE
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