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once again, i am surprised that this article about rumsfeld is being taken literally as the point of departure---it seems more interesting to think about as an index of the tactical bind that republicans who oppose rumsfeld are forced into. personally, i think the accusation is close to meaningless. but it is getting a bit more press than the newest, more systematic revelations about bush administration sanctioning of tirture in iraq and guantanomo (see post no. 19 above...though i feel a bit like i am trying to jack a thread that i started by introducing this)
the problem that republican opponents of another round of rumsfeld follies are put into is that they cannot actively criticize the war, and so are reduced to this type of foolishness in an effort to discredit him. the responses above are for the most part in line with the boundaries right discourse has managed to draw around meaingful debate on this question.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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