four more years
1. Bush has just announced that White House legal counsel Alberto Gonzales will take John Ashcroft's place as US Attorney General. BBC says that although Gonzales claims he does not approve of torture, he once described the Geneva Convention (GPW) as "quaint". In a 2002 memo, he urged the president to declare the war in Afghanistan exempt from the provisions of the GPW.
Update: Link to New York Times article with two excerpts from Gonzales' legal writings. Use "smallflightless" as Member ID and Password.
2. Colin Powell has stated that Bush will continue to pursue an "aggressive" foreign policy in his second term. (Link to BBC story) Thank god though: now that the election's over, the Bush administration can take a bit of a break from freakin' out the populace.
3. The attack on Falluja was held off until after the U.S. election, so that no unsuspecting U.S. citizens would be tricked into believing left-wing radicals' claims that the whole Iraq situation is still pretty awful.
Update: Link to New York Times article with two excerpts from Gonzales' legal writings. Use "smallflightless" as Member ID and Password.
2. Colin Powell has stated that Bush will continue to pursue an "aggressive" foreign policy in his second term. (Link to BBC story) Thank god though: now that the election's over, the Bush administration can take a bit of a break from freakin' out the populace.
3. The attack on Falluja was held off until after the U.S. election, so that no unsuspecting U.S. citizens would be tricked into believing left-wing radicals' claims that the whole Iraq situation is still pretty awful.
