Bush 'palace' shielded from Iraqi storm

After almost four years of trying to build Washington's democracy beachhead in the Middle East, US defence officials now concede that the violence in Iraq is at its worst — in terms of body count, public support and the ease with which Sunni insurgents and Shiite militias exploit gaps in the American forces.

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What if They gave a War and nobody came?

There is a way to end all wars, and the means of doing so can be stated in the following words: we must learn to love our children and grandchildren more than we do the state. That’s it. No international treaties; no candlelight vigils; no referenda by the electorate; no abstract philosophic doctrines to recite. All that is required to end the wholesale butchery that most of us are eager to celebrate with the waving of flags is for each of us to put the faces of our children and grandchildren alongside the image of the state and ask ourselves: which am I prepared to sacrifice for the sake of the other?

Your tax dollars at work!

Right the United States provides billions in military support for Israel and supplied, with help from the UK government, the weapons that did this to Lebanon ...

Galloway on Israel and lebanon

The War on Lebanon and the Battle for Oil

A must read!