I was wrong.

Anti-U.S. Feeling Leaves Arab Reformers Isolated Before the war, half the Lebanese supported Hizbullah. Now more than 85 percent do Arab World Finds Icon in Leader of Hezbollah Arab governments struggle in crisis response "America, we hate you more than ever!" War in Lebanon becomes propaganda tool in Iran Arab anger at their governments grow It seems that the "Global War on Terror" is either not working very well or the real goals are something other than getting back at the bad guys who...

Today at 5pm Texas time - 6 in the east, 3 in the east - Shauna Kaye and I will be hosting the KAOS Report on Radio KAOS 95.9 FM and 92.7 FM. If you are unfortunate enough to not live in Austin, why, just click here to stream. The subject will be: The Bad News.

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Yesterday, on CNN's "Reliable Sources," Washington Post pentagon reporter Thomas Ricks revealed an interesting little bit: "THOMAS RICKS: One of the things that is going on, according to some U.S. military analysts, is that Israel purposely has left pockets of Hezbollah rockets in Lebanon, because as long as they

My neighbor made a bad decision. He got in a fight and called the cops. They arrested him and held him in the county jail for 4 weeks on a warrant that he didn't even have! This was discovered when they finally gave him a court date until the fourth week. His government appointed defense attorney didn't even see him or do a damn thing for three. And I'm supposed to fear him more than them?

Check out his question and answer session over at the Hammer of Truth.

Now, I remember how little it mattered to the Republicans what would happen to the people of Iraq after the invasion: very little. The James Baker/CFR/Colin Powell plan was to replace Saddam Hussein with the next Sunni general in line. Three days in and out, everything "as is." No care for the population there, obviously. The Neoconservatives had believed the lies of Iranian spy, Ahmad Chalabi, that they would get a friendly Hashemite king. When they found out that was bunk, they went with...

There's only one way to defeat terrorism: Stop occupying foreign countries. My interview of Robert Pape from last July. His book, Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism. My article about it.

War is just out and out sad.

I have often found Blumenthal quite useful in informing my understanding of the relationship between the neocons and the establishment, such as, for example, his article in which it is revealed that Bush's temper tantrum when he declared himself "the decider" was actually a direct rebuke to his father who had been trying to arrange the replacement of Donald "Personally Involved in Torture" Rumsfeld. This one is mostly a review of how Israel and the neocons are implementing "A Clean Break" and...

"I'm proud of my sons. I miss them, but it was to defend their country, their God. They volunteered to go." One killed in combat, one suicide - for their God, the State.

A third of the Lebanese causualties are under 12.

Justin's got his number.

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