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Monday, October 16, 2006 |
Independent: "Military commanders at the Pentagon have revealed that they are laying plans to maintain troop numbers in Iraq at about 140,000 for at least another four years as sectarian violence continues to surge and fatalities among American soldiers have risen sharply."
But something is moving.
LATimes: "A commission backed by President Bush that is exploring U.S. options in Iraq intends to propose significant changes in the administration's strategy by early next year, members say.
Two options under consideration would represent reversals of U.S. policy: withdrawing American troops in phases, and bringing neighboring Iran and Syria into a joint effort to stop the fighting."
Well, as Iran and Syria are not fighting, that leaves only one option: get out.
Independent: "Maybe the best that can be done is to help the refugees and to resolve never again to fight a war like this. If so, it is time to admit it. It is time to say sorry for the folly and the carnage, not to pretend, as a nation is eviscerated, that all can be redeemed and excused. The Prime Minister may forgive an army general. History will not be so merciful to Mr Blair."
It seems George Bush is already planning his escape from the US.
PrensaLatina: "Luis D Elia, undersecretary for the Social Habitat in the Argentine Federal Planning Ministry, issued a memo partially reproduced by digital INFOBAE.com, in which he spoke of the purchase by Bush of a 98,842-acre farm in northern Paraguay, between Brazil and Bolivia."
11:25:07 AM 
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AnotherDayInTheEmpire: "In order to fight against 'anti-social behavior' in Britain, the police force is considering using unmanned aerial surveillance drones, according to Breitbart. The police force for Merseyside, in western England, has formed a new Anti-Social Behaviour Task Force which will have a budget of one million pounds (1.85 million dollars, 1.5 million euros), and a staff of 137, drawn from both the local police and fire services.
In order to make sure nobody climbs a tree or posts a flier (known as flyposting in England), drones will be dispatched, never mind the cost."
BBC: "Police have played down reports that spy planes could be flown high above the streets of Merseyside as a way to fight anti-social behaviour."
The boys in power love airplanes. They are willing to close hospitals (and cause some extra pollution) just to be able to play with their planes. Phony Bliar is probably a big Biggles fan.
Independent: "The inevitable head-on collision between Britain's climate change and aviation policies moves a step closer today with figures showing the total distance flown by the Government's own ministers and senior officials last year alone is equivalent to 14 return trips to the Moon."
"Quick! Untie us before they realise you're not a God, you're just an American."
11:13:27 AM
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Robert Fisk: "This has been a bad week for Holocaust deniers. I'm talking about those who wilfully lie about the 1915 genocide of 1.5 million Armenian Christians by the Ottoman Turks. On Thursday, France's lower house of parliament approved a Bill making it a crime to deny that Armenians suffered genocide. And, within an hour, Turkey's most celebrated writer, Orhan Pamuk - only recently cleared by a Turkish court for insulting 'Turkishness' (sic) by telling a Swiss newspaper that nobody in Turkey dared mention the Armenian massacres - won the Nobel Prize for Literature. In the mass graves below the deserts of Syria and beneath the soil of southern Turkey, a few souls may have been comforted."
11:02:01 AM
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The Diebold car on the picture here shows exactly who they are working for.
10:57:56 AM
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