Media Monitors Network (MMN)

"What we have here is a race for the highest office in the land between two warmongers, Bush and Kerry."

"Civil libertarians have been very critical of the PATRIOT Act, believing that the balance between liberty and power has tipped too far toward the latter. But, with an election around the corner, the American people can have the final say on this question. Well, not quite."

"One interesting aspect of Pakistan’s military rule is that the Army implements the democracy in its own terms. They pick and choose the bureaucrats, the landlords cum politician and even the judges of the highest civil courts who would show faith on army as a supreme power in the country and abide to follow the democracy on the direction of the military."

"The Israeli National Security Council is rapidly progressing with its detailed plans for disengagement. Various professional committees in Israel are working almost around the clock preparing every aspect of the disengagement. Almost everything possible to do to ensure success of the disengagement is taking place – except the most important thing – coordinating and negotiating with the Palestinians, without this, the plan is doomed to fail and we will all continue to pay the price."

"BIMSTEC is an excellent initiative in these days of globalisation. If India can iron out its differences with its smaller neighbours, then the neglected North East could become a hub of economic activity and a model of development."

"The networks do devote some air time to the presidential race. But viewers are apt to get most of their “information” about the contest from the onslaught of paid campaign commercials. And the news reporting is usually so mired in the muck of cliches and corporatized assumptions that the spin often renders the coverage worthless or worse."

"If President Bush and his security apparatus really want to make us safer, they should use the alert system differently. Every time the U.S. government meddles overseas—for example, needlessly invading the Islamic country du jour—and enlarges the bull’s eye already painted on us here at home, the alert level should be raised a notch."

"...Israel indeed has much to celebrate, both politically and economically, as a direct result of the U.S. occupation of Iraq. It's no wonder that the only country in which the majority of the population supported this war was Israel."

"It is expected that given the timing of the Republican convention-just a few days before the anniversary of 9/11-that the events will focus largely on the threat of terrorism, the war in Iraq, and President Bush's stewardship of the nation in this time of conflict."

"Would not the suspension of American freedom and democratic processes actually be worse than the terrorist acts themselves. Would not the establishment of a totalitarian, fascist American state be an overreaction or perhaps a more sinister manipulation of the American public than any foreign attack?"

"Shimon Peres’ connections with multi-millionaires are well-known, as are the huge sums poured out by American Jewish multi-millionaires for extreme right-wing causes in Israel. One of the Russian oligarchs is the part-owner of the second biggest Israeli newspaper."

"John's promise to hunt down terrorists is pure comic-book superhero, and isn't it exactly what the delusional Bush believes he's been doing all along?"

"The BBC should view this article as an outreached hand rather than a clenched fist, but in reaching out once again, we ask merely that our views and findings be dealt with promptly and genuinely."

"Desipte the obvious reasons for not believing that Sharon actually plans to remove 8,000 Jewish settlers and the hundreds of millions in infrastructure in Gaza, the international community pretends he's serious and helps advance his crushing and ruthless agenda. A look at the facts on the ground reveals the disengagment plans to be a sham."

"...if Israel wishes to pull out unilaterally, it should leave the Gaza Strip's control in the hands of its people."

"Perhaps it is naive to say that once Arafat met the Egyptian demands, matters would improve. A quandary would still lie with Israel, where we witness the difficulty Sharon has had in selling his reduced plan."

"In order to achieve targets of trade policy of 2004-05 we have to stream line our politics, economics, judicial traditions, and multi and bilateral relationships with other countries."

"The 9/11 Commission missed one important recommendation that we add, and that is that the US must open up to the people of the world and listen."

"The continuing objective of the Illuminati is to place a descendant of this sacred bloodline as dictator of a new world order. The Da Vinci Code is an attempt to introduce the unsuspecting public to the historical legends used to justify such a reign."

"Will we be stuck with the likes of Bush, Cheney and Rove for another four years? For the next three months, we should do a whole lot more than hope not. We have less than a hundred days to go. Let’s make each one count."