Jinn?
According to critics, an eavesdropper, constantly striving to go behind the curtains of heaven in order to steal divine secrets. May grant wishes.
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2004-Feb-22 ![[this day]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/images/dailyLinkIcon.gif)
The people Saddam used to pay
On January 25, 2004, the Iraqi independent daily Al-Mada published a list of approximately 270 individuals and entities who were beneficiaries of Saddam Hussein's oil vouchers. ... A former undersecretary in the Iraqi Ministry of Petroleum, Abd Al-Saheb Salman Qutb, said that the ministry possesses documents proving the authenticity of the list published by Al-Mada. The list was originally the property of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO), which was responsible for marketing Iraqi petroleum [under the Baathist dictatorship]. Mr. Qutb also said that the ministry was collecting the information for submission to Interpol, which could then pursue the voucher beneficiaries. The Iraqi Governing Council has focused on 46 foreign individuals and organizations included on the lists, primarily from neighboring countries, to determine appropriate action. ...[via MEMRI]
The list of people in Saddam's pay includes high-ranking government people in Russia and France, including a former French ambassador to the UN and its Security Council. One wonders why these two countries were so vehemently opposed to the liberation of Iraq, and secretly provided weapons to Saddam until the very end of his regime. Right? ![[this item]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/images/sharpPermaLink3.gif){kind=small}
And so, Nemesis will bite the irresponsible Democrats
Victor Davis Hanson:
Since the Democrats viciously and clumsily have attacked one of the most courageous (and humane) policies of any administration in the last 30 years, the American people will soon come to ask what they in fact will propose instead ("put up or shut up"). Most of us are cognizant that bombing from 40,000 feet gives an "exit strategy," but, without soldiers on the ground, postpones the problem of tyrannical resurgence — and thus will inevitably leave either another war for another generation or something far worse still on the horizon like September 11.
There were a number of legitimate areas of debate for the fall campaign — deficits, unfunded security measures at home, moral scrutiny over postwar contracts, more help for Afghanistan, greater control of domestic entitlements, unworkable immigration proposals, and the like. But instead of statesmanship from the opposition, we got slander about Mr. Bush's National Guard service, misrepresentations about intelligence failures that had hampered both previous administrations and the present congress, preference for an unsupportable European position over our own, and stupidity about what to do in Iraq.
The Democrats may have seen some short-term gains from all the attention given to their bluster, but theirs still remain untenable issues. And so nemesis will bite them like they will not believe in the autumn — and, of course, just when it matters most.
The treason of Washington Republicans
Richard Viguerie:
America didn't elect Republicans to just be better Democrats. ... What is a Washington Republican? A Republican that uses the people's money to bribe us for votes — one who boasts of the increased spending projects he or she was "able to secure." A Republican that campaigns on the principle of small government, and then votes for expansions of the welfare state ...This definition subsumes, of course, big domestic spender President Bush. [via PrestoPundit]