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quesarahReposted from Salon.com
Students skewer Feith
Perhaps the Washington press corps can learn a thing or two from the student audience that grilled Pentagon official and Iraq war architect Doug Feith at the University of Chicago. The Chicago Tribune reports: "Facing a skeptical and sometimes sharp-tongued audience at the University of Chicago, [Feith] on Wednesday defended the war in Iraq as an essential part of the global struggle against terrorism. Feith ... said the invasion was a necessary response to the Sept. 11 attacks -- even if there is no direct evidence of Iraqi involvement in those attacks or that Saddam Hussein's regime possessed chemical or nuclear weapons."
"Feith's statements drew dissent -- and sometimes lengthy tongue-lashings -- from many students who lined up at a microphone for the chance to question him. ... One student who said he supported the war posed a question that came with a barb. Why not attack other nations that support terrorism, he asked, such as Saudi Arabia and Iran? Feith said different nations called for a different approach."
"Reaction was sharpest when a student asked how many people have died in the war on terrorism. When Feith did not directly answer, someone called out, 'He asked you how many people have died?'"
Students skewer Feith
Perhaps the Washington press corps can learn a thing or two from the student audience that grilled Pentagon official and Iraq war architect Doug Feith at the University of Chicago. The Chicago Tribune reports: "Facing a skeptical and sometimes sharp-tongued audience at the University of Chicago, [Feith] on Wednesday defended the war in Iraq as an essential part of the global struggle against terrorism. Feith ... said the invasion was a necessary response to the Sept. 11 attacks -- even if there is no direct evidence of Iraqi involvement in those attacks or that Saddam Hussein's regime possessed chemical or nuclear weapons."
"Feith's statements drew dissent -- and sometimes lengthy tongue-lashings -- from many students who lined up at a microphone for the chance to question him. ... One student who said he supported the war posed a question that came with a barb. Why not attack other nations that support terrorism, he asked, such as Saudi Arabia and Iran? Feith said different nations called for a different approach."
"Reaction was sharpest when a student asked how many people have died in the war on terrorism. When Feith did not directly answer, someone called out, 'He asked you how many people have died?'"
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Date: 2004-04-16 10:11 am (UTC)In any circumstance, I am against the war in Iraq.
2. Yes Kerry is going to inherit a quagmire and he may not fare any better. But he will most likely not preside over as secretive an administration as Bush II, and I will vote for him not only on the basis of the war, but my civil liberties and concern for economic policy.
Bush wants to change the Constitution to make my marriage illegal everywhere in the US. That's reason enough for me to be vehemently opposed to him.
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Date: 2004-04-16 10:33 am (UTC)My theory is that political parties occasionally do flip/flops. Right becomes left, left becomes... I think the right is learning how to tax and spend money, nation build and get involved in social issues at home. I think maybe the left is becoming isolationist and hands off on domestic issues (like your marriage).
Or maybe I've walked myself so far out on a plank that I should shut up!
have a GREAT weekend!