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actually, bodyhammer, it wasnt "left-wing slander" of the administration's conduct before the unsc, its contempt for international law in this particular case, and more generally. it is a perfectly reasonable interpretation based on a more expanded pool of information than supporters of the war are generally able to use when presenting their arguments. as for the discussion underway in this thread, if you prefer take out the terms that you find annoying in my post and the argument stands unchanged. thing is, in this case, that rumsfeld went to iraq for an extended photo op does not concern me particularly. it does not decrease the already minimal level of respect i have for this administration. anyone, from any administration, doing a parallel thing, would have been doing it for a photo op as well. i would think that the bush folk need more photo ops than most, however, given the nature of this absurd war in iraq. but any administration would do the same. it is only surprising (and this but a little) that supporters of the administration tried to argue that the visit was other than a publicity move.
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spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
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