A historic visit to Iraq. Are the media dumb or just out to lunch? Sorry to be intemperate, but how else can one explain the meager attention paid to the truly historic visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Iraq? Not only is he the first Mideast head of state to visit the country since its alleged liberation, but the very warm official welcome offered by the Iraqi government to the most vociferous critic of the United States speaks volumes to the abject failure of the Bush doctrine.Tension on the Colombian border, too.
Venezuela said it was moving air, land and sea forces to its border with Colombia on Wednesday, in a further escalation of tensions that erupted after Colombian forces crossed into Ecuador over the weekend and killed a guerrilla leader taking refuge there.
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Adam Doster, a contributing editor at In These Times, is a Chicago-based freelance writer and former reporter-blogger for Progress Illinois.
