. . . in Iraq differs, depending on with whom you are having the discussion. The original goal of the neocons was quite clear. They were intent on establishing a democracy as a foothold somewhere in the Middle East.

Monday morning’s Op-Ed piece by William Kristol is the most direct command a neo-conservative can use. His title: Be Afraid. Please.

Thanks to SuzieQ for this item. We all know these bags of batshit, the PNAC, are still walking the street and should be in jail on warcrimes. From the linkage:
The web site of the neoconservative based Project for a New American Century think tank has been taken down. The think tank in their [...]

Keep your friends close..and your enemies closer..Reprinted with permission from TruthOut.org~Dusty
By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Columnist Monday 14 April 2008
In the Persian Gulf region, the presence of American forces, along with British and French units, has become a semi-permanent fact of life. [...]

By PraetorOne
Sometimes I’m a little slow but it finally dawned on me–there are very real theological reasons why the Christian Right is so attracted to the Republican Party, and I suspect that part of it has to do with the fact that the Evangelical belief in “faith only” salvation goes hand in glove with [...]

This insightful post comes from Lew, who’s blog Unbrainwashed is a great read and I encourage everyone to check it out-Dusty
Former FBI translator and whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds has released a list of photos of those she claims to have overheard in wiretapped conversations (that took place, coincidentally, before Bush’s illegal wiretapping program was put in [...]

Ahhh… 2007 in review. For me, personally, 2007 has been a tough year. For many I have talked to- from online friends to my life long friends- 2007 has been a tough year. Many losses this year. This was a year that started out with great promise and ended with frustration [...]