Living the Matrix — Can You Believe It?
"Should we make the unfortunate choice of going to war, then I demand that those who do die should as a minimum, be given a true hero's welcome when returned home. Not quietly sneaked back in to Dover Air Force Base in the dead of night with a White House-mandated media blackout serving as a nerve block to prevent the public from putting a real face of death on war."
Like Joan of Arc, Al-Sadr is a soldier and a saint
"The Al-Sadr militia does not pose any threat to the U.S. forces. But Al-Sadr made it clear that the Americans have to leave soon. His supporters are also becoming more popular, providing needed social services in the Shi'a cities of Najaf, Kufa and Karbala in the south and at the Al-Sadr city, a suburb of Baghdad."
Drought in Texas
"Israeli governments naturally time their most controversial moves to coincide with the American elections. The more closely fought the elections, the more attractive it is for Israeli planners and adventurers."
Don’t Blame Arab Media
"The assumptions that shaped US thinking during the Soviet era do not apply in the case of the Arab world today. Sharply declining Arab public attitude toward the US can not be blamed on either a lack of information or on the Arab media."
(Temporary) Continuance of the American Way of Life At State in Iraq
"...after a period of indeterminable length, but possibly quite short, the American way of life will fade into history. If mankind survives the related upheaval, and if future archaeologists and sociologists and anthropologists examine the remains of the former American civilization and its impact on the world, it will be determined to have been yet another blow out of an empire -- consumed with wealth accumulation, beset by corruption, and ultimately unsustainable."
