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Learn the real story behind the WMD in Iraq:

The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama

DaveW recommends:

I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas Hofstadter

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I Am America (and So Can You!)
by Stephen Colbert

rae recommends:

Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire
by Morris Berman.

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The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End
by Peter W. Galbraith

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Adventure Divas
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The New Golden Age:
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"Explosive" State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration
by James Risen


The book the CIA doesn't want you to read: Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander
Larry Johnson's review


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1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus



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It's not like it is something Bush doesn't already know.  that is what gets me about the broohaha made last week when Obama said the same thing.  I kept thinking, why is everyone so hyper.  It's not like it's something the other side has not known.  Really.
The plan is to keep introducing versions of the bills and build up pressure.
Does anyone honestly think there was a chance with a one vote majority?  Does anyone understand that it is going to take alot of time and positioning?
Bush does not want to leave.  He will fight tooth and nail.  Throw everything to keep the war from ending.
McConnels job is to make sure there isn't the votes needed to end the war.
This is politics.
by vwcat on Sun Apr 8th, 2007 at 11:07:42 PM EST
Yes, it is politics.

However, Levin kind of undermines the whole strategy by telegraphing that the ultimate plan is to fund the troops with whatever the President wants as conditions (or lack thereof).

What he is really saying is that the Dems have no intention of letting the GOP off the hook by ending the war before 2008, and then taking a share of the blame for what happens in Iraq (which will not be pretty).  We'll say, 'We tried to warn you, we tried to get you take a different strategy, but we ultimately gave you every chance and you can't blame us for how screwed up Iraq is.'

It's solid politically.  But it is less solid if you are this fucking obvious about it.  And it totally undermines any chance we have to either win one of these votes and actually stop the war, or to display a credible threat that might alter Bush's behavior.  This is bunk.

by BooMan on Sun Apr 8th, 2007 at 11:22:14 PM EST
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Some people expect more than politics from politicians.  Levin, like Obama, is running for office in 08.  You can have your politics and the politicians who think their winning is more important than the country or the people in it.
by dkmich on Mon Apr 9th, 2007 at 08:22:51 AM EST
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I imagine we would be able to derail Bush if we had leaders in the Senate and not Presidential candidates.  So Obama and Clinton have once again revealed where their true interests lie, and it is not with the American people.

Learn more about Bobby Jindal.
by louisianagirl (fantastic [dot] reality -at- hotmail [dot] com) on Mon Apr 9th, 2007 at 01:12:41 PM EST
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