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hadrons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 06:04 AM
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Have any of them admit to being wrong (Iraq)
Edited on Sat Sep-06-03 06:05 AM by hadrons
Has anyone read or heard of any writers who were pro-war admit now that Iraq has been a disaster for the U.S.? I know some are beyond help (Thomas Shillman for the Times Op-Ed for one,) but I'm thinking a few misguided chums have wised up and are big enough to admit it ... but then again we're talking about the corporate media
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vi5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 06:21 AM
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1. I've seen a few admit that the "intelligence" was wrong....
But not that they themselves were wrong for believing it.

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bfusco Donating Member (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 07:18 AM
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2. Mark Bowdn
Mark Bowden in the Philadelphia Inquirer made a half hearted admission. His premise all along was WMD/disarmament and he wrote a column in May stating his doubts and feelings if there are no WMD, then the war was more about the neo-cons theroies of reshaping the Middle East. On the run up to war, he stated he would publicly call Bush a liar and himself a fool but I haven't seen that admission.


http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/columnists/mark_bowden/5937888.htm
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Catholic Sensation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 07:19 AM
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3. George Will kinda sorta
did about two months ago. He said if there aren't significant quantities of wmd found or something then the war wasn't justified.
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PATRICK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 08:25 AM
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4. blood from a distance
They cannot feel their guilt. Worse than the aplomb of poilots who never see their victims on the ground. Naturally they will avoid knowledge, self-knowledge, like the plague. No redemption.

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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 08:43 AM
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5. of course not.
the craven war-cheerleaders persist in their bush-apologetics.

hell, they knew the truth beforehand, but their depraved blood lust wouldn't let them reveal their real motivations.
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nomaco-10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 08:47 AM
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6. George Will and Pat Buchanan come to mind.
Tweety wasn't, then was, then wasn't... you never know with him. I know there are others, but it's early and my coffee hasn't kicked in yet, or I'd go google it up.
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