[beyond the sea]

I don't know if this is proper to ask but: When I posted this article, for some reason, I did not notice the first sentence and the part "preoccupied with nonexistent weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East." I find that conclusion by the author very presumptuous and wrong and so have a good number of other posters.

Is it possible to remove the first sentence? I do not want the article to offend anyone with the sentiment indicated by that first sentence.

I posted the article just for the questions raised about the dollar and the world economy.

Thanks in advance for any help possible.

[narses]

Removing that first sentence takes away the author's own intent, which is clearly to BASH the Bush administration. I'd say let the author's words stand as written.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

A} One should never censure an author's work--that is copyright infringement.

B] The comment is technically correct in many respects, taken in context of what was presumed.

C] READ POST #163. Paul Craig Roberts has better credentials than me and any other member of the Free Republic Forum.

The article simply differs from some others' opinion.

[Petronski]

Is it possible to remove the first sentence?

Possible? Yes. Wildly inappropriate? Yes.

[iconoclast]

You're sounding like Larry Summers.