Truthout's Maya Schenwar reviews "Lessons From Iraq"; Department of Labor
moves to forestall restrictions on toxins in the workplace; dispute over
terms
of Iraqi provincial elections may force a postponement; Robert Scheer
writes
on Barack Obama's center ****ft; many immigrants wrestle with family
separations exacerbated by Patriot Act provisions; and more ... Browse our
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t r u t h o u t | 07.23
Maya Schenwar | On Iraq: Wiping Out the Legend
http://www.truthout.org/article/on-iraq-wiping-out-legend
Maya Schenwar writes for Truthout: "A silent mythos is enveloping the
liberal
consciousness in the waning days of the Bush presidency. It spins like
this:
When it comes to Iraq, Americans' one reassurance is that this war can't
possibly be repeated, not now that we've watched its consequences play out
and
caught a glimpse of the deception that caused it. As a result of Iraq, the
logic goes, we will likely elect a new leader who railed against the war
from
its inception. We'll then ****ft toward a foreign policy that disavows
offensive interventionism. We will make new friend****ps and repair old
ones.
We will live in peace. However, in the forward to 'Lessons From Iraq:
Avoiding
the Next War,' a collection of essays from the progressive think tank
Foreign
Policy in Focus, editor Miriam Pemberton warns against such
now-we-know-better
thinking. She cautions against the oft-uttered mantra surrounding
large-scale
deeds of evildoing, 'Never Again.'"
Bush Administration Rushes to Change Workplace Toxin Rules
http://www.truthout.org/article/bush-administration-rushes-change-workplace-toxin-rules
In The Wa****ngton Post, Carol D. Leonnig re****ts: "Political appointees at
the
Department of Labor are moving with unusual speed to push through in the
final
months of the Bush administration a rule making it tougher to regulate
workers' on-the-job exposure to chemicals and toxins. The agency did not
disclose the proposal, as required, in public notices of regulatory plans
that
it filed in December and May. Instead, Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao's
intention to push for the rule first surfaced on July 7, when the White
House
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) posted on its Web site that it was
reviewing the proposal, identified only by its nine-word title."
Kurds Storm Out as Iraqi Parliament O.K.'s October 1 Elections
http://www.truthout.org/article/kurds-storm-out-iraqi-parliament-oks-october-1-elections
Nancy A. Youssef, for McClatchy Newspapers, re****ts: "The Iraqi parliament
approved a bill Tuesday that calls for crucial provincial elections on
Oct. 1,
but the secret ballot alienated Iraqi Kurds and very likely will lead to
the
postponement of the process until next year, several members of parliament
told McClatchy. Opponents charged that some of the ruling ****ite Muslim
parties were trying to delay the elections by forcing the law through
instead
of negotiating a compromise. They said the bill was almost certain to be
vetoed and challenged in constitutional courts."
Robert Scheer | Obama on the Brink
http://www.truthout.org/article/obama-brink
Robert Scheer writes for Truthdig.com: "Barack Obama is betraying his
promise
of change and is in danger of becoming just another political hack. Yes,
just
like former maverick John McCain, who has refa****oned himself as a
mindless
rubber stamp for the most inane policies of the miserably failed Bush
administration. Both candidates are embracing, rather than challenging,
the
fundamental irrationality of Bush's 'war on terror,' which substitutes
hysteria for rational analysis in appraising the dangers the country
faces."
Torn Apart by War, Kept Apart by the Patriot Act
http://www.truthout.org/article/torn-apart-war-kept-apart-patriot-act
For the Lexington Herald-Leader, Steve Lannen re****ts: "Losi Grodya works
two
jobs, has a driver's license, is working on a community college degree and
is
readying to take her U.S. citizen****p exam. Despite all she has
accomplished
since settling in Lexington as a refugee from her native Democratic
Republic
of Congo nearly six years ago, she feels helpless when she talks on the
phone
with her daughters. Their home has been a Rwandan refugee camp for the
past
four years. 'They ask me when they are coming. Why is it taking so long?
They
tell me since I am in America, I must be able to do something to get them
to
come, but I've tried everything I can,' Grodya said. 'I just want them to
come
here so we can all be together again. ... But I can't even do that.'"
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