Monday, May 24, 2004

Posted here Monday, May 24, 2004 at 8:13:00 PM     A long worthwhile history of the ME in terms of the brits and france starting beginning of the 20th century. http://logosonline.home.igc.org/watenpaugh_iraq.htm ********

Posted here Monday, May 24, 2004 at 7:34:09 PM     Not much wisdom today, hard to digest it all. The weak Bush speech, the increasing trail of prisoner issues, the wedding, Chalabi, falling Bush poll results, the failing of Afghanistan http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=524675 The question on my mind: how badly does the admin fall apart, how Shakespearian is this? Does Bush himself fold, what of the drama among the inner circle, will it burst into public? How long will it take the US, the US military, to recover - fifty years? And we recovered from Vietnam in the rising US economy throughout the period. Now we can expect continual slow decline because of the increasing economic health of the rest of the world. This will redefine our own lives. ********

Posted here Monday, May 24, 2004 at 9:00:15 AM     "A small group of neo-cons took the process away from the professionals in the interagency process.." Anthony Cordesman, reminding us of "the best and the brightest" in the senate foreign affairs committee this morning (c-span). ********