Obviously, I didn’t get to see the Bush press conference, but I received the following observations: He didn’t answer a single question (most of which were softballs), he was offered and refused 3 or 4 opportunities to admit that he’d…
Joe Nye has an op-ed in the Washington Post today with the story about Rumsfeld and soft-power: After the war in Iraq, I spoke about soft power to a conference co-sponsored by the Army. One of the speakers was Defense…
NATO is sending additional troops to quell the violence in Kosovo, which the OSCE believes was organized. In August, Rumsfeld suggested we reduce U.S. forces in Bosnia and Kosovo. It reminds me of when Governor Bush campaigned on withdrawing all…
MoveOn.org has a new ad out that works Rumsfeld over his claim that neither he nor the President described Iraq as an imminent threat. Tom Friedman confronts Rumsfeld with two quotes from the SECDEF using “imminent” and “immediate,” leaving SECDEF…
First, claiming this election is a victory for Al-Qaeda is no different than claiming that electing Kerry is a victory for Al Qaeda. The PP lost the election because enough voters believe the PP lied about the presence of WMD…
Rice just declined to testify before the 9/11 commission, “not a matter of preference; this is a matter of principle. It has long been a legal and constitutional principle that assistants to the president, the presidential staff, do not testify…
Well, still using my inadequate Spanish, El Pais is calling the Spanish election for the Socialists. BBC is reporting that the Socialists will likely win. This is a defeat for the Bush Administration which, through clumsy diplomacy, has now ensured…
Tom Tomorrow has an interesting suggestion about the relationship between W.’s service record (as it were) and his Administration’s enthusiasm for all things space.
