A blog by Nicholas Solter about politics and everything else
Posted in Iraq War on Aug 5th, 2008
A new book by Pulitzer-price winning journalist Ron Suskind alleges that President Bush ordered the CIA to forge a letter showing a connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda in the run-up to the Iraq war.
I don’t know whether or not this assertion is actually true, but the response of the mainstream media has been interesting. […]
Posted in Civil Rights, Iraq War, Letters to the Editor on Jun 28th, 2008
The Colorado Springs Gazette published a letter from me today, which they titled, “It’s shameful that Lamborn cares so little for rule of law.” I wrote the letter in response to our national representative Doug Lamborn’s opinion piece in the paper on June 25 (which I unfortunately can’t seem to find online).
The Gazette cut out […]
Posted in Civil Rights, Iraq War on Jun 18th, 2008
“It’s basically subject to perception… If the detainee dies, you’re doing it wrong.”
– Jonathan Fredman, senior CIA attorney, October 2, 2002
I think the quote speaks for itself.
Posted in Iraq War on Feb 29th, 2008
In his recent Newsweek column, Fareed Zakaria rebuts Bush’s argument that democracy is the antidote to terrorism, and shows that Bush, in his support for Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan, doesn’t even follow his own rhetoric. Some choice quotes from the article:
“Pakistan took Bush’s advice last week… The results returned to power civilian parties that had […]
Posted in Iraq War on Jan 31st, 2008
According to the Center for Public Integrity, George W. Bush and other top administration officials made 935 “false statements” about, “the national security threat posed by Saddam Hussein’s Iraq” in the lead-up to the Iraq war. Check them out.
Posted in Iraq War, Letters to the Editor on Nov 21st, 2007
I had a letter published today in the Colorado Springs Gazette, with the title, “Iraq not responsible for 9/11 attacks.” You can read it on the Gazette’s web page.
The letter I submitted was actually in response to two letters: “Young people’s politics spring from postmodernism,” and “Many want choices without the consequences.” The editor trimmed […]