along with Amy Goodman. I know that he started licking the Chimp's butthole after the war began and when things started looking like Iraq would stabilize, for which I fart in his general direction. But there's no doubt whatsoever that Tweety put his harsh words of criticism of Bush-Cheney war mongering in writing in op eds for the world to see and remember in his editorials published in the San Francisco Chronicle. A lot of so-called liberal journalists wished they'd opposed the Iraq War the way Chris Matthews did.
3-24-2002
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/The-road-to-Baghdad-2861108.php
"...It will take 200,000 U.S. troops to invade Saddam Hussein's capital and effect the "regime change" demanded by neo-conservative policy wonks and backed by oil-patchers George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. The question America needs to answer now, while there's still time to stop this road trip, is whether a war justified by ideology and energy economics is truly in this country's interests.
A U.S.-Iraqi war has advanced well beyond the "contingency" phase. The last barrier of restraint, Secretary of State Colin Powell, has been broken by the will of a Bush administration partnership of ideology and oil that is now set on war. I wonder if anything can prevent this military move against Baghdad on which so many who hold power have set their hearts. ..."
9-1-2002
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Hail-and-farewell-2775603.php
"...So I'll say it: I hate this war that's coming in Iraq. I don't think we'll be proud of it. Oppose this war because it will create a millennium of hatred and the suicidal terrorism that comes with it. You talk about Bush trying to avenge his father. What about the tens of millions of Arab sons who will want to finish a fight we start next spring in Baghdad?
Well, that's it for now. You know where I stand. ..."
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