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* ""Our strength as a nation-state will continue to be challenged by those who employ a strategy of the weak using international [forums], judicial processes and terrorism," the document ( "National Military Strategy" and "National Defense Strategy,") states. " LINK
courts are terrorists.

* juxtapose this:

""The potentially catastrophic impact of an attack against the United States, its allies and its interests may necessitate actions in self-defense to preempt adversaries before they can attack," the National Military Strategy states."

vs

"The new strategy highlights the United States' increasing inability to predict where the next conflict will occur, Feith said."

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* "Most Iraqis Say The Future Looks Brighter." says the GOP. LINK

* btw - some of the sunday shows were referring to the 2nd anniversary of the 'invasion' - wanst that word verboten at the time of the invasion?

* " In an effort to increase pressure on North Korea, the Bush administration told its Asian allies in January and February that North Korea had exported nuclear material to Libya when, in fact, the shipment first went to Pakistan... It was Pakistan, a key U.S. ally with its own nuclear arsenal, that sold the material to Libya... the U.S. government had no evidence that North Korea had known of the second transaction." LINK
why do they lie?

* "Between 40,000 and 50,000 US military personnel are in Iraq despite serious medical conditions that should have ruled them out of combat, according to the National Gulf War Resource Centre." LINK
thats 30%!

* "British troops in Iraq have been supplied with blank rounds instead of live ammunition, one of a catalogue of failures during the occupation that have put their lives at risk, according to a hard-hitting report to be published this week" LINK
calling joseph heller

* "110 British lives have been lost in Iraq, including 86 military personnel. Another 2,937 have been medically evacuated" LINK
thats 30-to-1. if we use the same multiple for the ams, thats 45000 medivacced.

* "Jaafari is using the techniques of misdirection here. The system he is proposing would put Shiites under their ayatollahs with regard to laws governing marriage, divorce, inheritance, alimony, custody of children, etc. Sunnis would be under their clergy, and Catholics would be under canon law. Since 97 percent of Iraqis are Muslims, 97 percent will be under shariah or Islamic law... Jaafari's system will give girls half the amount of inheritance that their brothers receive, and may well make women's testimony worth half that of a man in court." LINK
hey democracy-bringers: democracy=one person, one vote.

* didja see any antiwar protests in the media? not much huh. the trick seems to be to focus on the number of arrests.

* does cambone get wolfowitz's job?

* ""The Soviet Union and Russia have always been in favor of China's territorial integrity. We have not changed our position and think that China has a right to fully restore its territorial integrity. We understand the Chinese authorities' efforts to resolve this problem," Putin told a press conference in Paris on Friday." LINK

* "Ritter contends that the Military is becoming less functional as a tool of an ambitious foreign policy that, he says, is headed for showdown with Iran, an adversary far more ominous than Iraq. That, he says, will mandate the inevitable reinstitution of a draft." LINK