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POPSBiden: Bush Knesset comment "bullsh*t" "He’s the guy who’s weakened us. He’s the guy that’s increased the number of terrorists in the world. " Gates and Rice call for dialog with Iran; Bush likens Dems to appeasers of the Nazis for advocating the same thing. It is bullsh*t.
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POPSMcCain whiffs on Shi'ites & Sunnis yet again! "and repeated the false claim that Muqtada al-Sadr declared the ceasefire in Basra last week." Would your average armchair news-watcher make that mistake? Again and again? This is important, friends, not as a put-down of McCain, but as an essential part of the evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of candidates for the most powerful elected office on earth. Does he have it together on the basics of foreign policy?
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POPSBush still looking for war with Iran? Democrats, too, are hawkish. This group pushes direct talks with Iran, citing disaster of CIA coup which ended Iranian democracy in 1953, ultimately resulting in the current situation. Blowback of invasion could be disastrous to USA and Israel.
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POPSHillary's foreign policy team long-term hawks War advocates likely Cabinet appointees; All her key foreign policy advisers pushed for war; Holbrooke likely to be Sec of State. And she still refuses to admit her authorization vote was in error. C'mon Clintonites, don't do this to us!
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POPSNavy version of Iranian boat conflict unravels; Tape comments were spliced in; no motor noise in backgound; Iranians hailed US ship; objects in water were never thought to be dangerous; small boats incapable of damaging ships; no threats or hostile actions happened; US ships were not alarmed. Despite spectacular and erroneous media coverage, none have offered corrections, leaving impression of threat in American public mind. Bush uses it to stiffen anti-Iran rhetoric. Best comment on story: "What happened to the skier?"