Howard Dean: A Hawk in a Dove's Cloak by Sean Donahue

[Wetzelbill]

I know I'm asking for it. But so many of my posts haven't had any replies, I'm just looking for some attention. Call it a cry for help. -Bill

Howard Dean:
A Hawk in a Dove's Cloak
By SEAN DONAHUE

"Soon we'll find out who is the real revolutionary, I don't want my people to be tricked by mercenaries."

­ Bob Marley

Howard Dean wants the peace movement to believe that he is its best hope for bringing change in Washington.

In television ads and presidential debates, Dean has emphasized his opposition to Bush's decision to launch a unilateral invasion of Iraq--and downplaying his support for the continued U.S. military occupation of Iraq, and his earlier waffling over whether he might have supported a war in Iraq under slightly different conditions. Dean's emphasis on his opposition to the war in Iraq also obscures his earlier support for the first Gulf War, the war in Kosovo, and the war in Afghanistan.

Indeed, Dean's earliest statements on foreign policy in the presidential campaign were written with the help of one of the architects of the war in Afghanistan, Danny Sebright, who held the Orwellian title of Director of the Executive Secretariat for Enduring Freedom at the Pentagon under Donald Rumsfeld. Sebright oversaw military operations that claimed the lives of over 3,000 civilians without achieving the stated objective of finding and arresting Ossama bin Laden. Under the Clinton administration, Sebright worked at the Pentagon helping to oversee weapons sales to the Middle East during the period in which the U.S. became the largest weapons exporter in the world.

http://www.counterpunch.com/donahue10302003.html

[mot78]

1. CounterPunch is as nutty as the LaRouchies

Why do people keep citing this dumb site?

[rdfi-defi]

7. that pat buc. quote is a legit question

never mind who said it, i would like an honest anwser to that question. that is one of the main reasons i don't like clark as a candidate.

[KoKo]

8. Oh it's not that bad all the time. Sometimes it comes up with a great

article. This poster at least diserves a reply rather than trashing them for posting an article. "Countepunch" isn't a Right Wing Rag....it's controversial here on DU. Some of us read it and some trash it.......:shrug:

[Demobrat]

2. I don't care what he does or stands for.

I'm voting for him because he has the guts to wear a smiley face tie on 60 minutes.

[Cha]

3. He didn't!?

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[Demobrat]

6. Oh, yes he did.

Tell me that doesn't take guts!

Edit: It was blue of course.

[Wetzelbill]

4. Now that's funny

[newsjunkie]

10. wasnt that great?

He wore it on his interview with C-span too. :toast:

[maha]

5. Yep. You asked for it.

propaganda

SYLLABICATION: prop·a·gan·da

NOUN: 1. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause. 2. Material disseminated by the advocates or opponents of a doctrine or cause: wartime propaganda. 3. Propaganda Roman Catholic Church A division of the Roman Curia that has authority in the matter of preaching the gospel, of establishing the Church in non-Christian countries, and of administering Church missions in territories where there is no properly organized hierarchy.

ETYMOLOGY: Short for New Latin Sacra Congregti d Prpagand Fid, Sacred Congregation for Propagating the Faith (established 1622), from ablative feminine gerundive of Latin prpgre, to propagate. See propagate.

OTHER FORMS: propa·gandism —NOUN
propa·gandist —NOUN
propa·gan·distic —ADJECTIVE
propa·gan·disti·cal·ly —ADVERB

[Wetzelbill]

9. Gosh, Deanies have no sense of humor

A guy tosses out a joke post to parody all their flaming and they start in parodying themselves right off.

Wait...huh?

Actually I like Dean, went to a rally and heard him speak last summer.

[w4rma]

11. Deanies are all buisness.

:hi: