From the AP: "The House, displaying a foreign affairs solidarity lacking on issues like Iraq, voted overwhelmingly Thursday to support Israel in its confrontation with Hezbollah guerrillas.The resolution, which was passed on a 410-8 vote, also condemns enemies of the Jewish state. House Republican leader John Boehner cited Israel's "unique relationship" with the United States as a reason for his colleagues to swiftly go on record supporting Israel in the latest flare-up of violence in the...

Re: Brutal Mistakes: Thank you for the insight, Jim. Remember too what effect the April 1996 Qana massacre had on one Osama bin Laden, who made particular mention of the Qana Massacre in his first "Fatwa" against the U.S. in August 1996. As intelligence reporter James Bamford explained to me in April of 2004, "[Bin Laden] freqently mentioned Qana during those times. It was a very inflaming incident in terms of his own development of his hatred for the United States, and as well for other...

Ever notice that when the Israeli government murders someone, they call them a "militant"? Now, Hamas suicide bombers and riflemen are "terrorists," but what exactly is a "militant"? It seems that if those they killed were terrorists, they would say so. I'm sticking with the definition "innocent bystander" until someone can show me different.

Ha! It's about stem cells!! Hahahahaha!

Our Dangerous Times: "The same day the story hit the street, Andrew McCarthy whined on National Review Online:

"The greatest thing to come out of [invading Iraq] for the world economy ... would be $20 a barrel for oil." Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation (which owns Fox News), February 2003 "Oil Touches Record $78 on Mideast Conflict." Headline on www.foxnews.com, July 14, 2006 "The administration's top budget official estimated today that the cost of a war with Iraq could be in the range of $50 billion to $60 billion," saying that "earlier estimates of $100 billion to $200 billion in Iraq...

FBI wanted Padilla's help, not arrest "'I didn't want to arrest him,' said Special Agent Russell Fincher said. 'I needed his cooperation.' ... "He said the agency had hoped Padilla could provide information about an al-Qaida plot to detonate a radioactive device, or so-called 'dirty bomb' on U.S. soil, and needed an insider, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported." And then when he refused, they accused him of plotting that very thing and turned him over to the military so he could not...

Thanks, Matt. Adorable, indeed.

Israeli Ground Troops Invade Lebanon Catastrophe Looms in Lebanon US to Israel: One More Week to Blast Hezbollah Rice Will Go to Mideast When 'Appropriate' Israeli PM Says Iran Behind Soldiers' Abduction Israel Capable of Air Strike on Iran Experts Challenge Bush Line on Iran's Influence Neocons Break With Bush on Foreign Policy UN: 14,338 Iraqi Civilians Killed in 6 Months, 3,149 in June Civil War Spreads Across Iraq as Bomb Kills 59 Turkey Signals It's Prepared to Invade Iraq Attacks Kill...

by mass-murdering civilians, of course. Jim Bovard tells the tale.

God Dammit! 2016 if we're lucky. "U.S. war commanders think some level of American forces will be needed in Iraq until 2016." This message is for all who supported this war: I hate you, and I hope you die a slow, painful, fright-filled death soon, you fucking less than human pieces of garbage. Update: OK, so that was a bit much, but please everyone, try not to be so stupid next time.

See the AP here. Iran said Sunday that Western incentives to halt its nuclear program were an "acceptable basis" for talks, and it is ready for detailed negotiations.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice responded that Iran should talk directly to negotiators if it wants to discuss the six-nation proposal. Frustrated world powers agreed Wednesday to send Iran to the U.N. Security Council for possible punishment, saying Tehran had given no sign it would bargain in earnest over its nuclear...

From the AP: WASHINGTON - The Army

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