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http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=67239

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A Thursday meeting, hosted by new State Department ‘‘democracy czar’’ Elizabeth Cheney, brought together senior administration officials ...


Democracy Czar? "That does not compute."

The rest of the article suggests that having been led down the garden path by Iranian agent Ahmad Chalabi has not had much impact on administration thinking.

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It seems to me that the reporter is being ironic.

More and more these days one is induced, by reported events, to think that the previously-held government position is one that will be maintained, no matter what.

Thus a series of news events might proceed as follows:

-- weapons of mass destruction are the justification for invasion

-- independent officials find no w. of m. d.

-- weapons of mass destruction were the reason why we invaded...
 
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