In his inaugural speech at his reelection, on January 20, 2005, President Bush said: ” ‘We are led, by events and common sense, to one conclusion: The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of […]
1/20/2005
In the inaugural address for his second term, on January 20, 2005, President Bush said: ” ‘The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world. So it is the policy […]
1/19/2005
“It took four years before anyone in the Bush administration admitted that the United States had failed to carry out nation building. ‘We didn’t have the right skills, the right capacity to deal with a reconstruction effort of this kind,’ said [National Security Advisor] Condoleezza Rice, speaking of both Iraq and Afghanistan in [January 19] […]
1/16/2005
According to an article in Mother Jones magazine on January 16, 2005: “When asked if the TAL [Transition Administrative Law] would push Iraq into becoming an Islamic republic, [Director of Reconstruction in Iraq L. Paul] Bremer answered, ‘Don’t worry, this won’t be an Islamic constitution.’ ” – Ali A. Allawi, The Occupation of Iraq, Page […]
1/15/2005
In an interview with journalist Peter Bergen in January 2005, the Taliban’s deputy minister of the interior, Mullah Khakshar, said: ” ‘There was a splinter group within the Taliban who did not want bin Laden in the country [Afghanistan]. We proposed to a group of moderate Taliban to go to [Taliban leader] Mullah [Mohammad] Omar […]
1/15/2005
In January 2005, when asked about rumors of torture in the rendition program during his confirmation hearings for Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales chuckled “and noted that the [Bush] administration ‘can’t fully control’ what other nations do.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Jane Mayer, The Dark Side, Page 110 […]
1/13/2005
Regarding the National Intelligence Council’s January 13, 2005 report on terrorism in Iraq: “Among the report’s major findings is that the likelihood of ‘great power conflict escalating into total war…is lower than at any time in the past century.’ However, ‘at no time since the formation of the Western alliance system in 1949 have the […]
1/13/2005
Regarding the National Intelligence Council’s (NIC’s) January 13, 2005, report on terrorism in Iraq: “[T]he report says that by 2020, al Qaeda ‘will be superseded’ by other Islamic extremist groups that will merge with local separatist movements. Most terrorism experts say this is already well underway. The NIC says this kind of ever-morphing decentralized movement […]
1/13/2005
Regarding the National Intelligence Council’s (NIC’s) January 13, 2005, report on terrorism in Iraq: “President Bush has frequently described the Iraq war as an integral part of U.S. efforts to combat terrorism. But the council’s report suggests the conflict has also helped terrorists by creating a haven for them in the chaos of war. ‘At […]
1/13/2005
“Iraq has replaced Afghanistan as the training ground for the next generation of ‘professionalized’ terrorists, according to a report released yesterday [January 13, 2005] by the National Intelligence Council, the CIA director’s think tank. Iraq provides terrorists with ‘a training ground, a recruitment ground, the opportunity for enhancing technical skills,’ said David B. Low, the […]