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PAUL KRUGMAN : Hoping for Fear, BOB HERBERT: Aiding Our Enemies, Iran: Ahmadinejad Talks
Por PAUL KRUGMAN, BOB HERBERT-New York Times, CBS -
Monday, Aug. 14, 2006 at 12:42 PM
Paul Krugman says "the latest terror plot makes the administration’s fecklessness and cynicism on terrorism clearer than ever," and that the public is beginning to see through the administration's use of fear to gain political advantage. - PLUS: Bob Herbert asks if Americans will continue to fall for the political exploitation of their fears of terrorism. - PLUS: 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace in a rare interview with the President of Iran & more.
Krugman: Use of Fear
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Hoping for Fear
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: August 14, 2006
The story of the latest terror plot makes the Bush administration’s fecklessness and cynicism on terrorism clearer than ever.
Just two days after 9/11, I learned from Congressional staffers that Republicans on Capitol Hill were already exploiting the atrocity, trying to use it to push through tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy. ... We now know that from the very beginning, the Bush administration and its allies in Congress saw the terrorist threat not as a problem to be solved, but as a political opportunity to be exploited. The story of the latest terror plot makes the administration’s fecklessness and cynicism on terrorism clearer than ever.
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Herbert: Aiding Enemies
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Aiding Our Enemies
By BOB HERBERT
Published: August 14, 2006
I wonder if Americans will continue to fall for the political exploitation of their fears of terrorism, or if voters will begin to show some awareness of the fact that they have been cynically manipulated.
Just two days after 9/11, I learned from Congressional staffers that Republicans on Capitol Hill were already exploiting the atrocity, trying to use it to push through tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy. I wrote about the subject the next day, warning that “politicians who wrap themselves in the flag while relentlessly pursuing their usual partisan agenda are not true patriots.”
The response from readers was furious — fury not at the politicians but at me, for suggesting that such an outrage was even possible. “How can I say that to my young son?” demanded one angry correspondent.
I wonder what he says to his son these days.
We now know that from the very beginning, the Bush administration and its allies in Congress saw the terrorist threat not as a problem to be solved, but as a political opportunity to be exploited.
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60 Minutes Interview with Iranian President Ahmadinejad (With Video)
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/11265031.html
Today's Newswire
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