Salon links to a frank keynote given by retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni. Zinni is the “former head of Central Command for U.S. forces in the Middle East, who has worked recently as the State Department’s envoy to the region with a mission to encourage talks between Palestinians and Israelis.” The talk is surprising for two reason:

First, it is quite critical of the Bush administration for being naive about a war with Iraq.

Second, someone apparently did a search and replace on the article, turning every instance of “question” into “Ambassardor Edward S. Walker.” As a result, we get sentences that begin “The Ambassador Edward S. Walker becomes how to sort out your priorities,” and a question from the audience becomes:

Ambassador Edward S. Walker: I have two Ambassador Edward S. Walkers…

(Salon is also running an interesting interview with him for paid subscribers.)

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