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A new report by the Pentagon's Inspector General documents what everyone other than the hardest core Bush followers already knows: namely, that "Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith to buttress the White House case for invading Iraq included 'reporting of dubious quality or reliability' that supported the political views of senior administration officials rather than the conclusions of the intelligence community." It is vitally important to ensure that those who were responsible for the deceit that led us into Iraq are identified and held accountable. Details here.

It further seems that the US media have also simply told lies about Senator John Edwards, for example..

All this is bad and reflects badly on the media.

IMO: Remembering Rupert Murdoch, for instance, from his time in Australia, the worst may well be true. I can recall the very low quality of the Sydney evening papers when controlled by Murdoch for example, about which it was frequently said that they were not even fit for cleansing use in the privy. Bear in mind that Edwards seems to be wanting to do some entirely reasonable things like trying to reach standards of health care in the USA which approach those of Europe and UK, and not leaving 46 million people to fend for themselves when that is not possible for them. God is not about to help these people. Ganesh and Hanuman are more likely to assist for that matter. Even in the UK, parents sometimes have to go to India for private health care. India has more morals than either country and USA should be ashamed of its health care record, which regrettably in no way lives up to the ideals of its founding fathers. I do not criticise the USA as such, just the corruption of some in significant office.