Two good pieces in today's Independent (U.K.). This one:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=95565
points out how badly the investigation of who's responsible for the attacks is going. Surprise: The USG was grossly exaggerating. Even I (I pretty much assume anything the government says is a lie till I see solid evidence) was astounded and impressed by the amazing progress made within just a day of the attacks. Guess what?
This:
http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=95486
which is the lead editorial as far as I can tell, is one of the most reasonable ones of I've seen in a mainstream English-language paper. Nothing outrageous, no self-hatred, no finger-pointing, but a simple and elegant argument against the hole-riddled logic being used to justify starting a new war. It's inconceivable to me that the New York Times would print anything even as lukewarm as this.
--Dave.
-- Dave Mandl dmandl@panix.com davem@wfmu.org http://www.wfmu.org/~davem