The Neocon’s response: blame it all on Iran

Looks like the Israelis do not want to release Barghouti, or at least so says Avi Dichter, the Israeli "Security Minister": "Barghouti is certainly a prominent figure in Fatah and in the West Bank, and maybe also in general Palestinian society. But this man built his status on our backs and with our blood". Besides the usual bizarre "blood thing" which seems to affect so many Israelis, the man has got a good point: Barghouti certainly has a long track of fighting Israel. Moreover, Dichter...

Antiwar Radio: Becky Akers

Becky Akers, who regularly defends liberty from the pages of LewRockwell.com, discusses the national government's Transportation Security Administration Nazis and their regular abuse of the rights and dignity of the American people.

Countdown to Election Craptacular 2008

How long before Dondero spams the blogs proclaiming this douche a libertarian? The news has been out for one full hour and we have not declare this war machine for our own.  The shame. Update: Keaton wins yet another bet with herself.

The LP has a position on the war…It’s against it.

One long time LPC volunteer finally had it with the party "is split" rhetoric.  "The party has a position on the war....Against!"  Meanwhile on the LP Radical's forum, professional piece of ass (POA) Starchild continues his liberventionist crusade in spite of gentle correction by Tom Knapp, Anthony Gregory and many others. Please consider joining the Radical Caucus.  The Libertarian Party: Old ideas for a New America.

The Show

for today: 1st hour: James Ostrowski 2nd hour: You me and the headlines Listen here 11-1 Central.

Antiwar Radio: Gordon Prather

Nuclear physicist and Antiwar.com columnist Gordon Prather explains the efforts of Senators Nunn, Lugar and Domenici to collect the excess fissile material left over from the dismantling of the former USSR’s European based tactical nuclear weapons at the end of the Cold War and how Presidents Clinton and Bush II have thwarted these efforts. Also Pakistan’s nuclear weapons and Iran’s total lack of them.

Antiwar Radio: Don Craven Jr., Ray Mcgovern

Don Craven, director of the new film World War IV: A Letter to the President, and Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst featured in the movie, discuss the film and some of the themes within it: The neocons and the Israel Lobby, the lies regarding the ‘weapons of mass destruction’ that led to war, the role of Christian Zionists in the War Party, Michael Ledeen’s admission of war crimes and possible consequences of war with Iran.

According to the Sunday Times Ehud Barak has decided to invade Gaza

Is Israel really contemplating an assault on Gaza? I don't put much faith in this article in the Sunday Times, nonetheless, here it is: Israel plans attack on Gaza ISRAEL’s new defence minister Ehud Barak is planning an attack on Gaza within weeks to crush the Hamas militants who have seized power there. According to senior Israeli military sources, the plan calls for 20,000 troops to destroy much of Hamas’s military capability in days. The raid would be triggered by Hamas rocket attacks...

The Show

for today: 1st hour: Don Craven Jr. and Ray McGovern 2nd hour: Dr. Gordon Prather Listen here.

Big news this morning – will the Israelis finally do something smart?

According to news agencies reports, Abbas has demanded that the Israelis release Marwan Barghouti, arguably the last credible secular Palestinian leader left. Such an idea, whether it actually happens or not, has huge ramifications for the dynamics of the Middle-East. Read my discussion of this issue on my blog. This is, potentially, big stuff! The other interesting thing this morning is that the Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni wrote an article for the Arab Language London-based newspaper...