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Look for war debate's hidden agendasBy JIM HOAGLAND Hidden agendas are to Washington what cars are to Detroit or skyscrapers to Manhattan: They come in all shapes and sizes. Silent motives color the flawed "debate" over Iraq rattling through the capital. Critics have developed the Saddam Hussein two-step to glide over underlying concerns: YES, they dutifully say, the Iraqi dictator is a thug who has done terrible things (pause) BUT the time is not right, the administration has not made its case, the allies are not with us, we can still contain and deter the beast of Baghdad. Why this...

efreedomnews http://www.efreedomnews.com War on Iraq: Operations Begin   COMMON CAUSE Jonathan Rhodes August 24, 2002 Even in this time of war, there are media and political forces in this country that have no moral balance, that have only their own quest for power guiding their actions. Brent Scowcroft, in the Wall Street Journal, essentially reiterated his failed policy advice employed at the end of Gulf War I in 1991. That policy is cautious and narrow, a policy that strives for balance of power in the old European mold of realpolitik. This led the New York Times  to blast headlines like...

The split in Republican ranks over whether to invade Iraq represents themes that are both old and new in the party's foreign policy. Though Ronald Reagan dominates the popular image of the GOP, historically the party's leaders have had a disdain for the costs of world leadership and an aversion to power politics. These traits were most apparent in the "no more land wars in Asia" school that followed Korea and Vietnam. But this reluctance for overseas involvement extended even to popular wars than ended in victory. The first Bush administration not only failed to march on Baghdad, it rushed...

War on Iraq: National Debate Begins Jonathan Rhodes August 19, 2002 Over the past several days there have been three New York Times front page and op-ed articles reveling in the so-called "split" in the Republican Party over the Bush Administration's intention to strike Iraq preemptively, giving ammunition to the liberal press to announce the brilliance of previously "dumb" Republicans. Dick Armey Henry Kissinger Brent Scowcroft Dick Armey, Republican House Majority Leader, was described as part of the "Radical Republican Leadership" by Clinton aide Harold Ickes in Newsweek [Now It's Hillary Against a New Kid] in May 29, 2000. Armey...

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<p>We're pleased, we guess, that the New York Times thought our article on Iraq by Brent Scowcroft last Thursday was important enough to lead its front page two days in a row. We'd be more pleased, though, if instead of trumpeting our story to advance a tendentious theme, the Times kept its opinions on its editorial page.</p>