Monday, May 5, 2008

Baghdad amusement park contractor: Violence in Baghdad is like ‘drive-bys’ in LA.. On April 24, Fox News interviewed <a href="ttp://www.rideshow.com/aboutus_index.html">John March, executive vice president of Ride and Show Engineering, to discuss the contractor’s plans to develop the “Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience.” Host Bill Hemmer asked March whether there are safety concerns associated with the park’s development. March answered: Well, you live here in Southern California and there’s drive-bys and everything else. So there’s danger everywhere, and I think the key thing is this will be tremendous for Baghdad. March added that the Disneyland-style project is being “fast-tracked” by the Pentagon. Watch it: <script type="text/javascript"> var flvdisneybaghdad32024022748 = new SWFObject('/wp-content/plugins/flvplayer.swf?file=http://video.thinkprogress.org/2008/05/disneybaghdad.320.240.flv&;autoStart=false', 'em-flvdisneybaghdad32024022748', '320', '260', '6', '#ffffff'); flvdisneybaghdad32024022748.addParam('quality', 'high'); flvdisneybaghdad32024022748.addParam('wmode', 'transparent'); flvdisneybaghdad32024022748.write('flvdisneybaghdad32024022748'); </script> [Think Progress] 9:55:46 AM    comment []

Bolton: Striking Iran ‘Is Really The Most Prudent Thing To Do’. Yesterday morning, Fox News interviewed former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton to discuss whether America is close to striking Iranian targets, as new reports indicate the Bush administration is drawing up plans for a “surgical strike.” Bolton said that while there are “obviously risks associated” with a strike on Iran, the risks of not doing something are “far higher” at this point. Fox anchor Jaime Colby asserted, “The Brits think we overestimate the threat of Iran in this particular case. Are they right or wrong?” Bolton — who has previously claimed that the “mullahs in Iran” want a Democratic president in 2008 — responded: I think they’re dead wrong on this. I think this is a case where the use of military force against a training camp to show the Iranians we’re not going to tolerate this is really the most prudent thing to do. Then the ball would be in Iran’s court to draw the appropriate lesson to stop harming our troops. Fox anchor Colby reacted to Bolton’s war cries by concluding, “That’s a good message to end on. Thank you.” Watch it: <script type="text/javascript"> var flvbolfoxiran32024022756 = new SWFObject('/wp-content/plugins/flvplayer.swf?file=http://video.thinkprogress.org/2008/05/bolfoxiran.320.240.flv&;autoStart=false', 'em-flvbolfoxiran32024022756', '320', '260', '6', '#ffffff'); flvbolfoxiran32024022756.addParam('quality', 'high'); flvbolfoxiran32024022756.addParam('wmode', 'transparent'); flvbolfoxiran32024022756.write('flvbolfoxiran32024022756'); </script> Bolton has asserted that preventive war against Iraq “did work” and “achieved our strategic objective.” Moreover, he has openly stated that the U.S. should have no interest in the well-being of Iraqis. Bolton[base ']Äôs unquenchable appetite for a military conflict with Iran is easy to understand, given that he cares so little about the disastrous consequences that follow from war. [Think Progress] 9:52:21 AM    comment []