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The Neocons’ Long War

Of course, it ignores the fact that the blunt instrument of the U.S. military is precisely the wrong tool to use against radical right Islamist forces. As the war in Iraq has proved to everyone but the most hard-core neoconservative, ham-handed U.S. military attacks in Muslim countries create more terrorists than they kill. The Times, in reporting the Pentagon’s counterterrorism plan, quotes a Defense Department official involved in writing it who points out: …..the American military’s effort to aid tsunami victims in southeast Asia and to assist victims of Pakistan’s earthquake did more to counter terrorist ideology than any attack mission…..

Top Secret

Bush’s outrage about being exposed for breaking the law in regard to National Security Agency surveillance domestically shows how arbitrary and stupid this administration is. The law says you must get a warrant from a secret intelligence court. These courts have almost never rejected a request for a warrant. Therefore, the same people Bush ordered spied on without a warrant could have been spied on legally, except for Bush’s Caesar complex. Except for the kinky sex, Bush far more resembles Caligula than either Julius or Octavius Caesar…..

The Goldberg Variations

As is always the case with totalitarian movements, the War Party is led and defended by individuals who are hardly slaves to intellectual or ethical consistency…..

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