FIGHTING
DEMS NEWS SERVICE
foreign policy *
national security * military & veterans affairs
February 22,
2007
Vol. 2
No. 6
THE
NEWS HEADLINES
Stop Iran War Campaign
Launched
Saudis Going Nuclear
With Russia, Pak Aid
War Helping Al-Qaeda
Regroup Experts Say
Afghanistan Could Become
Next Iraq
Short &
Sweet
THE
OP/ED HEADLINES
Getting It Right on
Iran
Stop Bin Laden From
Defeating Bush
New Democratic Thinking
Needed
About Fighting Dems News
Service
THE
ARTICLE SUMMARIES AND LINKS
STOP IRAN WAR CAMPAIGN
LAUNCHED
VoteVets.org and retired Gen. Wesley Clark jointly launched StopIranWar.com
Wednesday hoping it will become the premier hub of a national campaign to stop
a war with Iran.
FDNS Report At:
http://tinyurl.com/2wme6s
SAUDIS GOING NUCLEAR
WITH RUSSIA, PAK
AID
As America's reputation in the Middle East continues downward Russia's is on
the ascendancy and the U.S. faces the prospect of unhappy political
realignments directly affecting American interests and upping the stakes for
the next president. Nothing more clearly illustrates this than the
recent talks calling for Russia to help the Saudis with nuclear power
development along with providing weapons and satellites and the Saudi's
reportedly sealing a deal with Pakistan to get a nuclear bomb if Iran develops
one.
FDNS News Analysis At:
http://tinyurl.com/3bb762
WAR HELPING AL-QAEDA
REGROUP EXPERTS
SAY
The Iraq war and the Internet is helping al-Qaeda regroup terrorism experts
told a House Armed Services subcommittee recently.
FDNS Report At:
http://tinyurl.com/3cbvgv
AFGHANISTAN COULD BECOME
NEXT
IRAQ
American commanders in Afghanistan fear that an impending spring offensive by
Taliban insurgents could topple frail U.S.-backed government. "We have
our finger in the dike because our resources and attention were turned toward
Iraq," said Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA). Sestak is a former Navy admiral who
served in both wars.
FDNS Report At:
http://tinyurl.com/2nfq7v
SHORT &
SWEET
Have They Learned
Anything Yet?
During a recent White House
press briefing Press Secretary Tony Snow was asked if knowing what he did
today about the Iraq war would he still have gone into Iraq?
Snow's answer? "Yes.
The President believes that we did the right thing in going into Iraq.
The question is, should you saddle any military planner with an expectation
that they're going to have a perfect insight into what happens five years
later."
The earlier question that led to
the above had to do with the administration's miscalculation at the beginning
of the war to the effect that the occupation would only require a few months
stabilization period. The question posed was "What went
wrong."
"I'm not sure anything went
wrong," Snow said explaining in effect that the administration should not be
blamed for faulty judgment.
All The President's
Leakers
Regardless of the verdict at
least the trial has revealed that up to ten people in the White House,
including possibly Vice-president Dick Cheney, disclosed to other officials or
reporters the identity of former CIA covert operative Valarie Plame, wife of
former ambassador Joe Wilson whom the White House was bent on
discrediting.
THE
OP/ED SUMMARIES AND LINKS
GETTING
IT RIGHT ON
IRAN
The truth about the Iranian threat is that the Bush Administration is not
telling the real truth. Like any effective propagandist President Bush
is using a kernel of truth and, with the help of many in the media, laying the
foundation for another war. Only this time it will likely be a war of
retaliation rather than one of pre-emption.
Contributing Editor Larry C. Johnson At:
http://tinyurl.com/2kutvo
STOP
BIN LADEN FROM DEFEATING
BUSH
Osama Bin Laden is on the brink of a major strategic victory over George W.
Bush caused by the arrogance, ignorance, and partisanship of an Administration
that does nothing except escalate its mistakes.
Contributing Editor Brent Budowsky At:
http://tinyurl.com/2rkzod
NEW
DEMOCRATIC THINKING
NEEDED
Daily now I am concerned about fast, naïve and panicky actions on behalf of
Democrats. Recently, the Governor of Virginia, who I ordinarily respect,
endorsed a candidate for the '08 Presidential race a full year before the
major primaries take place, and probably before the best even arrive on the
scene. The day before that, a stand-up comic announced his intentions to run
for Senate as a Democrat. Will irony stop malfeasance and illegal politics? I
think not. It was the assurance that the others would only respond with irony
that enabled the brute to power in the first place. Another announced
candidate hired bloggers well known and notorious for their anti-Catholic
screed and was slow to fire them when this was brought to the attention of the
public.
Contributing Editor Bernie Quigley At:
http://tinyurl.com/2jt8ht