Progressive Opinion

progressive.org — With President Bush attending his last G8 summit in Japan, it is a good time to assess the foreign policy legacy of his Administration — and what a legacy!

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prospect.org — For all John McCain's supposed experience, he has the same absurdly simplistic and factually ignorant understanding of the problem as President Bush.

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inthesetimes.com — The Fourth of July is the time for patriotic hoohah by national poobahs. So, Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush will no doubt invoke, as he did on Memorial Day at Arlington Cemetery, the "sacrifice" of that "awesome bunch of people." Bush then dressed up his war with tales of the fallen. But some victims of his war didn't merit the president's notice.

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newyorker.com — In late 2007, Congress to President Bush's request to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran. These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, are designed to destabilize the country's religious leadership. The covert activities involve support of the minority Ahwazi Arab and Baluchi groups and other dissident organizations. They also include gathering intelligence about Iran's suspected nuclear-weapons program.

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boston.com — Few Americans will mourn George W. Bush's departure from office. Democrats and Republicans alike are counting the days until the inauguration of a new president will wipe the slate clean. Yet in crucial respects, the Bush era will not end Jan. 20, 2009. The administration's many failures, especially those related to Iraq, mask a considerable legacy.

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truthdig.com — It is an axiom of history that no government put in place by foreign troops, or needing to be maintained in place by them against internal opposition, can be considered a legitimate government.

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alternet.org — The huge "defense" spending going on in our name is irrational and costly, but there are powerful vested interests that want to keep it that way.

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politico.com — As Congress prepares to consider the annual Department of Defense authorization bill and other military spending legislation totaling more than $700 billion, the need for more aggressive scrutiny is abundantly clear. At a time when we have a $9.3 trillion national debt and large unmet social needs, oversight of these enormous and ever-increasing sums has failed to keep up.

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truthdig.com — Washington has become Versailles. We are ruled, entertained and informed by courtiers. We are captivated by the hollow stagecraft of political theater as we are ruthlessly stripped of power. It is smoke and mirrors, tricks and con games. We are being had.

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consortiumnews.com — In the guise of rejecting Bush's theories of an all-powerful presidency that is above the law, the Democratic leadership cleared the way for the President and his collaborators to evade punishment for defying the law.

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