nonplussed @ 17

CBS says they have killed yet another Al-Qaeda leader. I’m telling you, AQ must be one of the finest examples of matrix management of our times. It strains even my credulity & I am well known for my gullibility.

Was it number 2 again?

It was #2.b.ii.

George Bush may just go down in history as the most despised U.S. president ever.

U.S. commanders are offering large sums to enlist, at breakneck pace, their former enemies, handing them broad security powers in a risky effort to tame this fractious area south of Baghdad in Babil province and, literally, buy time for national reconciliation.

American generals insist they are not creating militias. In contracts with the U.S. military, the sheiks are referred to as “security contractors.” Each of their “guards” will receive 70 percent of an Iraqi policeman’s salary. U.S. commanders call them “concerned citizens,” evoking suburban neighborhood watch groups.

But interviews with ground commanders and tribal leaders offer a window into how the United States is financing a new constellation of mostly Sunni armed groups with murky allegiances and shady pasts

We’re not creating militias…we’re creating warlords.

You only come up with something like that after you smoke a blunt.

The most dangerous nation on earth may well be Pakistan—It has a leader who crushed a democracy and came to power in a military coup. It has nuclear weapons and has sold or given away the secrets for making them to other nations. If the leadership topples, the nukes will be in uncertain hands- the nation is poised for a nuclear conflict with INDIA who our president has allowed to increase it’s arsenal….so of course we shoot our wads in Iraq.

I would have guessed that the most dangerous nation in the world at this moment is US. At present we have an unchecked leader) who is incapable of touching anything without making it ten times worse.

“Liberalism” == “anti-absolutism”.

19th century European politics is suddenly awfully d*mned relevant to the present situation.

Marie Roget @ 41

Feels that way, doesn’t it? I’ve had CSPAN on in the background for hours while baking biscuits. My totally POA guess for FISA coming up is approx. 2 hours from now. Maybe.

Jonathan: link for War Moratorium plan & info-
http://iraqmoratorium.org/

Jane, hope you’re doing well.

Thanks, Marie Roget.

Very welcome, Jonathan. I’m basically just reading here- still busy doing truckload of biscuits for the local Covenant House cafeteria. Trying to make a difference locally keeps me sane in these troubled times.

Even while watching our turgid House moving @ the speed of sludge on CSPAN…

The most dangerous nation on earth may well be Pakistan—It has a leader who crushed a democracy and came to power in a military coup. It has nuclear weapons and has sold or given away the secrets for making them to other nations. If the leadership topples, the nukes will be in uncertain hands- the nation is poised for a nuclear conflict with INDIA who our president has allowed to increase it’s arsenal….so of course we shoot our wads in Iraq.

Well, isn’t this the elephant in the room?

God, how I want the world to be different for my daughter.