Madness and Shame
new york times
23-Jul-2008 (7 comments)

You want a scary thought? Imagine a fanatic in the mold of Dick Cheney but without the vice president’s sense of humor.

In her important new book, “The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals,” Jane Mayer of The New Yorker devotes a great deal of space to David Addington, Dick Cheney’s main man and the lead architect of the Bush administration’s legal strategy for the so-called war on terror.

She quotes a colleague as saying of Mr. Addington: “No one stood to his right.” Colin Powell, a veteran of many bruising battles with Mr. Cheney, was reported to have summed up Mr. Addington as follows: “He doesn’t believe in the Constitution.”

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farokh2000

It is so shameful

by farokh2000 on Thu Jul 24, 2008 07:28 AM PDT

The truth will eventually come out, sooner or later. You cannot silence people forever, not in the age of Media and Internet, when News travels so fast.

It is a shame that the current regime in U.S, will go down as the worst in the short history of this country and one of the worst in the history of the mankind. You just cannot sugar coat it in anyway or shape.

The same thing about the Mollahs in Iran. The only difference is they are terrorizing their own people and hiding behind the Robes and Turbans and these people are terrorizing people of other coutries, hiding behind "War on Terror", which is a pile of shit.


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The tragedy is that no one cares

by Alborzi (not verified) on Thu Jul 24, 2008 07:07 AM PDT

It seems from 78+ (after Iranian revolution) , the world changed. Greed became good, China, Russia have become boundless capitalists, US tortures people .... and
the Interesting thing is that no one cares.


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mostaghel

It is all about an idiot who became president

by mostaghel on Wed Jul 23, 2008 09:23 PM PDT

of the strongest country on the face of earth. Thanks to the idiot, that country is going down the toilet.


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kaleh dar? 4500 IN 1976?? OR

by asdf (not verified) on Wed Jul 23, 2008 06:40 PM PDT

kaleh dar? 4500 IN 1976?? OR DO YOU mean 1978-1988??


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Farhad Kashani

What a piece of

by Farhad Kashani on Wed Jul 23, 2008 05:09 PM PDT

What a piece of ideologically driven nonsense.


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kaleh dar

new york time usual

by kaleh dar on Wed Jul 23, 2008 02:58 PM PDT

Load of crap...as usual blame  America , but forget about three thousand innocent american ,who were vaporised on 9/11 or 4500 Iranian massacered in 1976 by present regime in iran ,and you have the audacity to criticise US.


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Well at least you've got to

by American Wife (not verified) on Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:13 PM PDT

Well at least you've got to give us some credit for trying to expose the truth...

It will take a long time to erase the memories of the last 8 years.  And even longer to repair the damage done during those years.  Let's hope we're on the right track... just another reminder TO VOTE!!!


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