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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
19 Jun 2004 01:19:51 PM |
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New Republic Editors Regret Their Support of Iraq War |
From The Washington Post, 6/19/04:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53812-2004Jun18.html?nav=headlines
New Republic Editors 'Regret' Their Support of Iraq War
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 19, 2004; Page C01
Ever since the New Republic broke with liberal orthodoxy by strongly
supporting President Bush's war with Iraq, the magazine has been
getting a steady stream of e-mails from readers demanding an apology.
Now the left-leaning weekly has admitted that it was wrong to have
backed the war based on the administration's claims that Saddam
Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
"We feel regret, but no shame. . . . Our strategic rationale for war
has collapsed," says an editorial hammered out after a contentious, 3
1/2-hour editors' meeting.
"I wanted the editorial to be honest not just about the war and other
people's mistakes but our mistakes," Editor Peter Beinart says.
"We felt we had a responsibility to look in the mirror."
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Time for all who originally supported Bush's war who have any sense of
decency to do the same thing.
Harry
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| User: "SkyModem" |
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| Title: Re: New Republic Editors Regret Their Support of Iraq War |
19 Jun 2004 10:10:34 PM |
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"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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| From The Washington Post, 6/19/04:
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53812-2004Jun18.html?nav=headlines
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| New Republic Editors 'Regret' Their Support of Iraq War
|
| By Howard Kurtz
| Washington Post Staff Writer
|
| Saturday, June 19, 2004; Page C01
|
|
| Ever since the New Republic broke with liberal orthodoxy by strongly
| supporting President Bush's war with Iraq, the magazine has been
| getting a steady stream of e-mails from readers demanding an apology.
|
| Now the left-leaning weekly has admitted that it was wrong to have
| backed the war based on the administration's claims that Saddam
| Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
|
| "We feel regret, but no shame. . . . Our strategic rationale for war
| has collapsed," says an editorial hammered out after a contentious, 3
| 1/2-hour editors' meeting.
|
| "I wanted the editorial to be honest not just about the war and other
| people's mistakes but our mistakes," Editor Peter Beinart says.
|
| "We felt we had a responsibility to look in the mirror."
|
| _________________________________________________________
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| Time for all who originally supported Bush's war who have any sense of
| decency to do the same thing.
For god's sake, if O'Reilly can do it anybody can.
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