Part of the difficulty here is what makes this interesting...the role of the press. If we believe that these "analysts" are monsters using the war in an evil (uncapitalist, unfree market) way and are in bed with the media and that the television MSM has joined Ike's industrial military complex (IMC), then the silence is perfectly understandable, especially if the TV MSM is also invested in those industries.
Has the NYT followed up? Often stories of that length are considered "dump" stories, i.e., "this story isn't really going anywhere but I have ALL this material." I'm not saying that is the case here but sometimes that is how those lengthy stories get handled.
Any other sources?
It seems to me that if the story had "legs," others (not in bed with the IMC) would be piling on in spite of my earlier comments about this happening late in Bush's term or because it would give too much cred to him. OTOH, maybe the IMC is so ubiquitous that they stand there, padded gavel in hand, whacking the mole of the story every time it appears. Where's LJ on this? Seems like a story he'd be all over.
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