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Oh Dear
Eschaton —
I see Chuck Robb's Viagra has failed him again. Time for more killing.
A paragraph so perfect that its existence in an imperfect world is a paradox
Unqualified Offerings —
By Thoreau Greenwald: It’s just objectively true that there is no country in the world — anywhere — that threatens to attack and bomb other countries as routinely and blithely as the U.S. does. What rational leader wouldn’t want to obtain nuclear weapons in a world where the “superpower” is run by people like Dan Coates and Chuck Robb who threaten to attack and bomb whatever countries they want? Even the Coats/Robb Op-Ed argues that Iranian proliferation would be so threatening to the U.S. because “the ability to quickly assemble a nuclear weapon would effectively give Iran a ...
Lemming Watch
N/A —
... In DC, bipartisan only means agreeing with the ruling party’s often most extreme views. On the Democratic side, who will capitulate most quickly has often been a putative leader. How many Republicans will be willing to be so noble in 2009 remains to be seen. ...
Signal to noise
The Sideshow —
... contracts screw up in ways that protect criminals? And just how "Christian" is it to prosecute people for donating to the care of orphans? Driftglass is absolutely, unambiguously clear on how stupid you have to be to keep thinking this isn't where the culture war was going. You could do worse than to peruse Dean Baker's page, but I was particularly interested in the point that China is More than Twice as Rich as the NYT Tells Readers. Bipartisanship - when conservative Dems and Republicans agree on bombing Iran. Sherry Chandler with ...
Our War-Loving Foreign Policy Community Hasn't Gone Anywhere
Commondreams.org Views —
Advocates of escalation in Afghanistan chose Bob Woodward to " reprise his role as warmonger hagiagropher " by publishing Gen. Stanley McChrystal's "confidential" memo to the President arguing for increased troops. As Digby notes , the vague case for continuing to occupy that country is virtually identical to every instance where America's war-loving Foreign Policy Community advocates the need for new and continued wars. It's nothing more than America's standard, generic "war-is-necessary" rationale. That is not at all surprising, given that, as Foreign Policy 's Marc Lynch notes : The "strategic review" ...
Should Any Iraq Lessons Be Applied to Iran?
RealClearPolitics - Homepage —
(updated below) Anonymous Obama officials yesterday dictated to Helene Cooper and Mark Mazzetti of The New York Times their version of the dramatic and exciting behind-the-scenes events that led to the administration's announcement this week about Iran's nuclear facility -- a late-night strategy session; secret consultation with allies; high-level diplomatic wrangling; the White House's decision to "outflank the Iranians." Cooper and Mazzetti faithfully wrote down everything they were told and produced this breathless front-page article ...
