Saudi plan to send Muslim troops to support US in Iraq...
"For Muslims, however, the fact that the Saudi government is so beholden to the US -- and perhaps to the Bush regime in particular, given the close business and other links between the Bush family and Aal-e Saud -- that they can be forced into such posturing is yet another sign of their irredeemable illegitimacy."
US Christian evangelicals raise the stakes
"This interest in the end times and the prophetic role of Israel has meant tens of millions of dollars of support every year from evangelical Christians in the US. This funds projects in Israel ranging from helping immigrants and planting
vines to promoting settlement expansion and decrying any plans for Jerusalem other than unilateral control by Israel."
Good Governance?
"...there is always hope that the technocrat in Shaukat Aziz will prevail over his Cabinet colleagues to deliver on the promises made ad nauseam to the people of Pakistan by our rulers without really meaning to keep those promises."
How Are You, Non-Violence?
"As long as the Sharon government, with the active encouragement of President Bush, goes on enlarging the settlements, building the Wall and all the other actions of annexation, there is no way to convince Palestinian public opinion to turn its back on violence."
Who will Al-Qaida vote for?
"Who understands capitalism better here? Where can al-Qaida get a guaranteed 10,000+% return on their investment except with 4 MORE YEARS with a President who promises that this war will never be over?"
