re: Retroactive pre-emption
Oh, yeah, Ted Rall can tell us how it is. Hey, since the cops busted into that crackhouse full of dealers last week, obviously the next thing they're going to do is bust into the local nunnery. Hey, they're both buildings full of people, right? How could the cops tell the difference?
And apparently, in Ted's mind, there is no difference between the government of Portugal and Saddam's regime that is discernible to a rational person who needs to make decisions about these things.
Why do people like Rall want so badly for Saddam to still be in power? Do they hate Bush that much?