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Friday short list
May. 26th, 2006 12:33 pmSorry posting has been light this month - end of quarter catch up time.
Today is mostly a odd-ball collection, enjoy.
But before I jump into the main collection this one item deserves to be above the cut.
Regret
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/26/world/middleeast/26prexy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
"Mr. Bush said he regretted challenging insurgents in Iraq to "bring it on" in 2003, and said the same about his statement that he wanted Osama bin Laden "dead or alive." Those two statements quickly came to reinforce his image around the world as a cowboy commander in chief. "Kind of tough talk, you know, that sent the wrong signal to people," Mr. Bush said. "I learned some lessons about expressing myself maybe in a little more sophisticated manner." He went on to say that the American military's biggest mistake was the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, where photographs of detainees showed them in degrading and abusive conditions. "We've been paying for that for a long period of time," Mr. Bush said, his voice heavy with regret."
Now on with the show:
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Today is mostly a odd-ball collection, enjoy.
But before I jump into the main collection this one item deserves to be above the cut.
Regret
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/26/world/middleeast/26prexy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
"Mr. Bush said he regretted challenging insurgents in Iraq to "bring it on" in 2003, and said the same about his statement that he wanted Osama bin Laden "dead or alive." Those two statements quickly came to reinforce his image around the world as a cowboy commander in chief. "Kind of tough talk, you know, that sent the wrong signal to people," Mr. Bush said. "I learned some lessons about expressing myself maybe in a little more sophisticated manner." He went on to say that the American military's biggest mistake was the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, where photographs of detainees showed them in degrading and abusive conditions. "We've been paying for that for a long period of time," Mr. Bush said, his voice heavy with regret."
Now on with the show:
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