licentious radio

Monday, March 31, 2003
[11:23:31 AM]

"My tears are strangled in my eyes. They will not gush. They are burning my soul and will stay inside me as a constant reminder of my anger towards Americans and British who did this to my babies." -- Shafaa, mother of four... two dead, two unconscious.

[11:06:11 AM]

The three must-read articles of the day:

The Seymour Hersch article that explains how Rumsfeld personally defeated the US military's plans to win the war in Iraq: newyorker.com.

Josh Marshall's article that region-wide chaos and terrorism are the *plan* for the right-wing cabal of war-mongers. Got that? They *want* to promote terrorism. Terrorism serves their purposes. washingtonmonthly.com.

Mark Franchetti's report from Nasiriya, in which US Marines kill civilians left and right, while under constant attack. Truly horrific in the personal details of young men seeing battle for the first time, doing their best to survive a hell no one would wish on them. Truly horrific in the hints of what it must be like for Iraqi civilians. informationclearinghouse.info.

[10:49:28 AM]
"Whatever we felt for Saddam before no longer matters. George Bush is our enemy." -- Mohammed Salim, Damascus cab driver

"If the resistance of the French against Hitler was justified, then why not the resistance of the Iraqi people?" -- Salah Kuftaro, General Director of the Sheikh Ahmad Kuftaro Foundation

[10:47:25 AM]
Bloom County:

"War coverage. It's like a really bad, really big-budget movie -- endless hours of boring dialog punctuated by brief moments of intense action. It's like watching 'The Phantom Menace' --"

"And then getting stuck with the bill for the special effects."

[10:33:09 AM]
"People who vote against this today are voting against me, and I will not forget." -- Senator Ted Stevens, referring to his Arctic drilling resolution.