Dems fire back at Bush’s ‘appeasement’ accusation
Democrats on Thursday condemned President Bush’s accusing them of appeasing terrorists, with one [Biden] going so far as to call his remarks “bullsh**t.”
The president, at Israel’s 60th anniversary celebration in Jerusalem, suggested some Democrats were acting in the same way some Western leaders did when they appeased Hitler in the run-up to World War II.
This One’s for You, Joe
February 7, 2007
Op-Ed Columnist
By MAUREEN DOWD
WASHINGTON
It’s not double jeopardy exactly, but still, I’d prefer not to kill the same man twice. (more…)
Slip Sliding Away
February 6, 2007
Guest Columnist
By STACY SCHIFF
Football season is over, but there is no cause for despair. We are smack in the middle of an all-star backpedaling tournament.
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Biden Threatens Constitutional Showdown Over Iran/Syria
The President may have started a new secret, informal war against Syria and Iran without the consent of Congress or any broad discussion with the country.
Quagmire of the Vanities
January 8, 2007
By PAUL KRUGMAN
The only real question about the planned “surge” in Iraq — which is better described as a Vietnam-style escalation — is whether its proponents are cynical or delusional.
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White House Postponing Loss of Iraq, Biden Says
Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said yesterday that he believes top officials in the Bush administration have privately concluded they have lost Iraq and are simply trying to postpone disaster so the next president will “be the guy landing helicopters inside the Green Zone, taking people off the roof,” in a chaotic withdrawal reminiscent of Vietnam.
