Subscribe"Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, said the speech was 'one he should've made a few years ago. I'm glad he made it now.'"
[Associated Press | October 06, 2005]
Our enemy is utterly committed. As Zarqawi has vowed, "We will either we achieve victory over the human race or we will pass to the eternal life."And thanks to It's Raining Florence Henderson [!] for pulling out all the ambiguous statements that seem to be self-referential.
And the civilized world knows very well that other fanatics in history, from Hitler to Stalin to Pol Pot, consumed whole nations in war and genocide before leaving the stage of history.
Evil men obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience must be taken very seriously, and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply.
"Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give 11th-hour testimony in the case of a CIA officer's leaked identity but have warned they cannot guarantee he won't be indicted, according to people directly familiar with the investigation....The U.S. attorney's manual requires prosecutors not to bring witnesses before a grand jury if there is a possibility of future criminal charges unless they are notified in advance that their grand jury testimony can be used against them in a later indictment.The "big picture" looks might-murky for George Bush and his cronies!
Rove has already made at least three grand jury appearances and his return at this late stage in the investigation is unusual.
The prosecutor did not give Rove similar warnings before his earlier grand jury appearances." [Associated Press | October 6, 2005]
"Since the 2002 attacks, Jemaah Islamiyah has been tied to at least two other bombings in Indonesia, both in Jakarta. Those blasts, one outside the Australian Embassy in 2004 and the other at the J.W. Marriott hotel in 2003, killed at least 23.
The group's alleged spiritual leader, Abu Bakar Bashir, who has been jailed for conspiracy in the 2002 attacks, through a spokesman denied any personal connection to the weekend explosions. There was no statement from the group, which wants to establish an Islamic state across Southeast Asia.
Bashir is known for strong anti-Western and anti-Semitic views but has always maintained his innocence. Fauzan Al Anshari, his spokesman, said the cleric had no involvement in Saturday's explosions.
"No Muslim would carry out those bombings," he said.
The government of Russia did not support Operation Iraqi Freedom, and yet militants killed more than 180 Russian schoolchildren in Beslan.
Under their rule, they have banned books and desecrated historical monuments and brutalized women.
They seek to end dissent in every form and to control every aspect of life and to rule the soul itself.
And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, "Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East." And by God I'm gonna do it.
The high hopes of just a few weeks ago that the United States would aggressively reengage in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are beginniing to dim.
The "window of opportunity" that opened after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israel's withdrawal from Gaza has not closed yet, experts say. But concern is growing in some quarters that the engine that has driven forward movement in the past - close US involvement - is not revving up.
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With President Bush focused on domestic concerns, experts do not expect to see any major peace-process initiatives coming from the White House. "Bush has been knocked over by these hurricanes. He's totally distracted," says Michael Hudson, a Mideast expert at Georgetown University in Washington. "I don't expect to see anything new from the US, and that's too bad because it's a critical moment in Gaza."
Exhibit A: The Crusades
Exhibit B: The Spanish Inquisition.
We have seen this kind of shameless cruelty before, in the heartless zealotry that led to>>Best justification I've seen from him yet.the gulagsGuantanamo Bay and its outliers and theCultural RevolutionPatriot Act and thekilling fieldsunlawful invasion of Iraq.
Like the ideology of communism, our new enemy pursues totalitarian aims. Its leaders pretend to be in an aggrieved party, representing the powerless againstimperialsemi-imaginary enemies.
In truth, they have endless ambitions of imperial domination, and they wish to make everyone powerless except themselves.
Under their rule, they have banned books anddesecrated historicalerected religious monuments and brutalized [non-American] women.
They seek to end dissent in every form and to control every aspect of life and to rule the soul itself.
While promising a future of justice and holiness, theterroristsAmericans are preparing for a future of oppression and misery.
Like the ideology of communism, our new enemy is dismissive offree peoplesthe rights of anyone with whom they disagree, claiming that [homosexual] men and women wholive in libertychoose to wed are weak and decadent.
You can't 'stay the course' because you don't have a course. Get one.
"Public sentiment about the nation’s direction has sunk to new depths at a time people are anxious about Iraq, the economy, gas prices and the management of billions of dollars being spent for recovery from the nation’s worst natural disaster.CBS News Poll: Bush Ratings Hit New Low
Only 28 percent say the country is headed in the right direction while two-thirds, 66 percent, say it is on the wrong track, the [AP-Ipsos] poll found....The president’s job approval is mired at the lowest level of his presidency — 39 percent. "
[The Associated Press | October 07, 2005]
Is the country on the 'wrong track'? -- 69% (Yes)
Do you disapprove of President Bush's job performance? -- 58% (Yes)
Does President Bush share your priorities for the country? -- 65% (No)
[CBS News | October 7, 2005]
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