This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow

This Week: The Optimist's Guide to War with Iraq

Bush: This is gonna work out great!

Cheney: What could go wrong? [read more]

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Europe isn't marching to U.S. drum
By Eric Margolis

As America nears the anniversary of Sept. 11, it's worth recalling how Europe dealt with the problem of political terrorism - and won. [read more]

thanks to SmirkingChimp.com

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Clueless at the State Department

Since the day Dubya was installed in the White House by court appointment, not a week has passed, it seems, that his administration has not said or done something at odds with reality as understood by most of the world. From Kyoto to Columbia, Saudi Arabia to North Korea, the Bush administration continually misreads or simply ignores facts and conditions "on the ground" and elbows forward with the neoconservative, belligerent, and imperialistic agenda of Pax-Americana, which is accompanied by the shrill insistence, as vocalized by the likes of Paul Wolfowitz and William Kristol, that we will get what we want, or else a few hundred thousand people will die.

Now comes word the State Department will hold a two- day conference designed to "explore the roots of anti-Americanism worldwide." According to Richard Boucher, scholars will "share their thoughts" with State Department types and, hopefully, some of the dunderheads will come to a better understanding of why people across the world find the US loathsome. Naturally, for a huge number of people outside of the State Department, and beyond America itself, the reasons are obvious. [read more]

This just beggars belief. It sure doesn't give one a warm and fuzzy feeling that these people have a fucking clue as to what is going on outside of their comfortable offices and country clubs. Why don't they just get on the web and read some of the newspapers from around the world? That would be a start and at virtually no cost. Hello!

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HEY, SADDAM, CIRCLE NOV. 30 - WE'RE COMING TO GET YOU

The United States will launch its all-out attack to oust - and kill - Saddam Hussein by Nov. 30, according to a new report.

Israeli military sources, quoted by the respected Israeli newspaper Maariv, disclosed that a U.S. military delegation revealed the outline of the plans in briefings with Israeli and Jordanian military officers. [read more]

thanks to BookNotes

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Putin and Saddam Hussein

In a move that appears designed to anger the United States, the Russian government has let it be known that it is about to sign a huge oil deal with Iraq. The deal would become active once UN sanctions on Iraq are lifted. [read more]

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Repeating Past Mistakes

I have to hand it to George W.

He's really got some folks suckered into this "war on terrorism" thing. The Hard Right has really done its homework and they definitely have all their lemmings all in a row. I can't help but watch in amazement as they assemble and sell off this potentially disastrous "policy" against Iraq and move the rest of us closer to a more isolated position in the eyes of the world. And some people are actually buying this snake oil. Here we are, getting ready for the media bombardment of 9/11 "anniversary specials," and Bush Inc. is working overtime proving to those of us who can think independently that they haven't learned a damn thing. [read more]

thanks to SmirkingChimp.com