“Belgium’s highest court dismissed war crimes complaints Wednesday against former U.S. President George W. Bush, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, ruling the country no longer has a legal basis to charge them.” – Associated Press, reprinted on CNN earlier today. Former U.S. President George W. Bush? Only in CNN’s dreams.
WORSE THAN CLINTON?: “Relentlessness is Clark’s greatest virtue, also his greatest flaw. Speaking to a NEWSWEEK reporter on the night he announced his candidacy, Clark did not want to let go until he was sure the reporter understood him – not just understood him, but respected him, believed him, appreciated him, liked him. Clark quivered with a desire to please. He tapped his feet, jiggled his knee, leaned forward, his bright eyes searching imploringly. “Am I being too theoretical?” he asked. “I want to make sure I answer all your questions,” he insisted, two hours into an interview into which he had touched on Plato, the higher calling of the soldier-statesman, the art of persistent diplomacy and, in Clark’s view, the many failings of the Bush presidency.” – from Evan Thomas’ somewhat brutal account of the character and career of Wesley Clark.
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