Perhaps the Single Greatest Editorial in the History of the Gray Lady

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1. aimai says:

   December 31, 2007 at 4:29 pm

   until today’s.
   aimai

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2. Rob says:

   December 31, 2007 at 5:04 pm

   Today’s is fantastic…

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3. Uncle Kvetch says:

   December 31, 2007 at 6:20 pm

   It’s mostly fantastic. The attribution of Bush’s actions since 9/11 to “panic” stuck in my craw, given the ample evidence that plain old malice played by far the greater role. Still, I guess we should be happy for small favors.

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4. Kyle says:

   December 31, 2007 at 8:10 pm

   About five years too late to be meaningful, Gray Bitch.
   This is like all the South American countries declaring war on Nazi Germany in early 1945.
   And ‘panic’ is a stretch. There were cold-blooded psychopaths like Rumsfeld who plotted exactly how to exploit 9/11 while the rubble was still burning — that is if they didn’t deliberately ignore warnings, kneecap air defenses that morning, have foreknowledge of the attacks or collude in their planning.

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5. DCA says:

   December 31, 2007 at 9:54 pm

   “It may be that he was at first merely a pliant dupe in the hands of crafty knaves”
   Bush/Cheney, anyone? We just don’t use adjectives like they used to!

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6. Dr Zen says:

   January 1, 2008 at 5:15 am

   Today’s is actually truly terrible. It’s practically an apologia for Bush. “He panicked and did terrible things because of that panic”. That’s a downright lie.

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7. rea says:

   January 1, 2008 at 2:58 pm

   Breckinridge, of course, was not dead, and the high point of his military career was yet ahead of him:
   http://www.civilwarhome.com/newmarke.htm

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