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 Stories About: Army Corps of Engineers AND Mississippi River AND placemaking AND shenanigans AND water conflicts
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Cry Me a River
Journalist Michael Grunwald on the hubris of the Army Corps |
Michael Grunwald |
18 Mar 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Dam, that's a pretty lock: the sun sets behind the Corps navigation structure at Alton, Ill. Photo: Mark Hirsch Imagine the Pentagon had been caught red-handed concocting its justification before launching the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Imagine that after the scandal died down, the Pentagon admitted Saddam didn't really have WMDs -- but proposed an even larger invasion, because there was a r ... |
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| Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi River, placemaking, shenanigans, water conflicts (all these topics) |
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