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You are absolutely correct. Why in the world woul...

2007-06-10T12:06:00.000-04:00

You are absolutely correct. Why in the world would any of us be interested in a lame brain like Paris Hilton when so many "more" important events are happening in this world??? She has no talent at all but her family happens to be rich. So the media reports her every move. That says some bad things about this country. If you have money you are important. "NOT"

"Starving the Military Industrial complex and retu...

2007-06-04T21:15:00.000-04:00

"Starving the Military Industrial complex and returning 100,000 civilian contractors and another 50,000 National Guardsmen to the US by pulling out of Iraq would probably kill the economy which is already weak despite massive government spending, low interest rates, and low tax rates"

Yeah, but think also of what you could do with the say $200,000,000,000.00 a year that you'd have to spend. The amounts of money required to solve problems pale in comparison. You could have universal health coverage. You could do amazing things in education. You could conduct major infrastructure projects for a high tech era. You could repair crumbling highways, and built new bullet trains. Many of the above projects would create jobs that have to be done in this country. You can't outsource a nurse to China.

And the advantage of most of these projects is that you create multipliers that continue to improve the economy after the money is spend. You've got a healthier and better educated citizenry that can be more productive. You've got a high tech information and transportation infrastructure that makes many other businesses more profitable or sometimes even possible.

Money spend on the military is only useful to the extent it prevents an attack by an enemy. Or I suppose for a pirate, rogue nation it can be used to steal wealth and resources to aid the economy. But generally when you pay for the military, you are wasting money as you get nothing back for it. There's no new hospital or expanded university at the end of the day that's the result of that money. Just a tank sitting around rusting someplace.

One other thing that is never mentioned is the lin...

2007-06-03T22:02:00.000-04:00

One other thing that is never mentioned is the link between this longer than WWII war and global warming.
Not only is there an enormous amount of diesel burned every day in tanks, HumVees etc. but there is rocket fuel and carbon from bombs as well as the pollution from the oil wells no one can secure. Yes the same ones 'The Wolf' told us would pay for the Iraq reconstruction - he was dressed in a woollen suit no doubt.
We can't talk about lowering emissions while Georges continues to flog the dead horse that is the Iraq occupation.

Juan,Thank you for speaking truth to power...it se...

2007-06-03T15:12:00.000-04:00

Juan,

Thank you for speaking truth to power...it seems it is all we can do.

Sadly, this is not a new phenomenon. Hitler invad...

2007-06-03T14:28:00.000-04:00

Sadly, this is not a new phenomenon. Hitler invaded the Soviet Union (which was something of an ally) as a means to end his stalemate with Great Britain.

The French leaders thought much the same during their Phoney War with Germany in 1939-40. When Stalin attacked Finland they made plans to go to war against the Soviet Union, despite the unreal distances involved, and even though they were reluctant to cross the Rhine River to fight Germany! Fortunately Finland's defeat removed their rather puerile causus belli, and they were stuck with the war they already had but didn't know what to do with.

I wonder if you'd consider commenting on Nibras Ka...

2007-06-03T11:34:00.000-04:00

I wonder if you'd consider commenting on Nibras Kazimi's article on the Baghdad wall in the current issue of Prospect. I believe that it's an important article, and that your response would be a valuable contribution to putting it in the proper perspective.

27% of the public believes Iran is our biggest thr...

2007-06-03T09:02:00.000-04:00

27% of the public believes Iran is our biggest threat. 28% believes Bush is doing a good job as president.

Coincidence? If anything, the second is more unbelievable than the first

Such is the sorry state of the media in this count...

2007-06-03T08:24:00.000-04:00

Such is the sorry state of the media in this country that the Administration would do its best to influence any poll reporting. With support for the war in Iraq at a low, I suspect that an increase in "polled" support for the bombing and invasion of Iran is not real. These people are not above fudging the numbers.

Well, 27% is about what Bush's approval rating is,...

2007-06-03T03:47:00.000-04:00

Well, 27% is about what Bush's approval rating is, hopefully it will go no farther than this.

Unfortunately, while policy mistakes can be reversed when recognized by policy makers, Gore seems to imply (only 1/2 way through his book) that they are not mistakes but are part of the plan. We do not know the plan because it is shrouded in secrecy, lies and deception, and the corporate owned media is an accomplice in promoting the administrations propaganda.

There is actually a lot of good reporting and opinions on blogs such as yours and the many books that have come out over the past few years, but the entertainment news media just gives them cursory
coverage w/o much follow up.

In my opinion the plan all along was to stay in Iraq permanently and use Iraq as a base of operations to secure the oil rights and take on Iran, Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Starving the Military Industrial complex and returning 100,000 civilian contractors and another 50,000 National Guardsmen to the US by pulling out of Iraq would probably kill the economy which is already weak despite massive government spending, low interest rates, and low tax rates.

Dr. Cole, please check your facts. According to s...

2007-06-03T02:45:00.000-04:00

Dr. Cole, please check your facts. According to statistics released by the military, no innocent civilians are ever killed by aerial bombardment. Civilians are only killed by ground troops, and that has only happened a couple dozen times. And the survivors were made whole by solatia payments.

Juan: Interesting links. It's interesting how muc...

2007-06-03T01:51:00.000-04:00

Juan: Interesting links. It's interesting how much the American media builds up the sectarian violence and the role of Iran in both internal violence and against the US.

Also, a Shiite from the UAE recently wrote a column for me highlighting Shiite views of America in the Middle East.

The strikes probably targeted Mahdi Army militiame...

2007-06-03T01:13:00.000-04:00

The strikes probably targeted Mahdi Army militiamen; however, you can't bomb civilian neighborhoods without killing civilians.

I don't see how the US justifies air strikes in a city. We are making hundreds of enemies per day with all the collateral damage.