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POPSGlenn Greenwald: We wouldn't want to inflame anti-American sentiment And now, the very same people who are doing all of that are claiming that they must suppress evidence of our government's abuse of detainees because to allow the evidence to be seen would "inflame anti-American sentiment." It's not hard to believe that releasing the photos would do so to some extent -- people generally consider it a bad thing to torture and brutally abuse helpless detainees -- but compared to everything else we're doing, the notion that releasing or concealing these photos would make an appreciable difference in terms of how we're perceived in the Muslim world is laughable on its face.
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POPSLess Fear, More Faith My hope is that a religious consciousness will begin to rise, one based on enhancing humanity.... Bishop John Shelby Spong
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POPSNicholas Burns: We Should Talk to Our Enemies Nicholas Burns started his career as a foreign service officer in 1983. He served in Cairo and Jerusalem, before working in the State Department’s Department of Soviet Affairs. Then in 1990 he shifted onto the National Security Council staff. In 1995 he became Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, and in 1997 he was appointed Ambassador to Greece. In 2001, the George W. Bush administration made him the United States’ Permanent Representative to NATO, and then in 2005 they made him Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs — the number three job in the State Department. This career diplomatic, widely respected and widely experienced, trusted with key missions by the Bush administration, has an article in Newsweek about how yes we should engage in direct, high-level talks with “bad guy” regimes:
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POPSOh Yes, I believe you, George! "And I share their concerns." You really don't, because you've been in the office for eight freaking years and you've had enough time to not let the crisis come to our doors.
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POPSHow Tenet Betrayed the CIA on WMD in Iraq Habbush explained to the British official that Saddam tried to maintain the impression that he did have such weapons in order to impress Iran. Suskind writes that the head of MI6, Richard Dearlove, flew to Washington to present details of the Habbush report to Tenet, who then briefed National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. Soon after that, the CIA informed the British that the Bush administration was not interested in keeping the Habbush channel open, according to Suskind’s account.
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POPSIslamic world should learn from Turkey court ruling its relations with the United States have frayed over the past few years. CNN: Why is that? Zakaria: Mostly because of the Bush administration. The Pentagon never forgave Turkey for not allowing a second front (through Turkey) for the invasion of Iraq.
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POPSMuslim true/false What you think you know about them is likely wrong -- and that's dangerous. By John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed
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POPSBush to name Muslim nations envoy This is a welcome move, but too late I believe. BTW, OIC is an inept organization to begin with but regardless, I'm only glad that United States have made such a move.
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