Wednesday, April 2, 2003
"Hope," a retired four-star general subsequently told me, "is not a course of action." Whoa. This New Yorker article describing Rumsfeld's apparent mismanagement of the American invasion planning and implementation is astounding. If this is accurate, I feel awfully sorry for the US and British soldiers caught in such a dangerous and unnecessary predicament.
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Globe & Mail: We wish for a prosperous United States
"First question: Of the top five suppliers of imported oil and gas to the United States, how many support the war?

Answer: A big fat zero. The five are Canada, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Nigeria, in that order. Together, they accounted for nearly 60 per cent of U.S. petroleum imports in 2002."


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