Paper Trail

The legal trail of the Bush admin's misdeeds... Blago was Mother Theresa by comparison.

A Cold Day in Washington

... yep, folks, it's true: there's a black president!

Adios Guantánamo

That's right-- word is Obama's going to issue an executive order to close it on Inauguration day. A good start... though it'd be nice to see a less ambiguous statement on Gaza too.

from the NYT

Rashid Khalidi Speaks!

... not that the "idiot wind" has blown over yet. Obama's "terrorist" friend speaks in today's NYT, "What You Don’t Know About Gaza."

He says:

This war on the people of Gaza isn’t really about rockets. Nor is it about “restoring Israel’s deterrence,” as the Israeli press might have you believe. Far more revealing are the words of Moshe Yaalon, then the Israeli Defense Forces chief of staff, in 2002: “The Palestinians must be made to understand in the deepest recesses of their consciousness that they are a defeated people.”

If so, perhaps this one should be called the "War on Consciousness"?

... Is Obama Listening?

Fighting them over there so we won't have to fight them here

... we're talking about the blue helmets of the UN, of course; by tying them up (and killing some of them) in Gaza, they won't be able to take over and create Mexada/Canexico over here for a few more years, at least.

Where's the Outrage?

Not to beat a dead horse here, but Je-sus Christ-Oh, if 765 casualties (and counting) wasn't enough, Israel is now taking on the blue helmets of the UN. According to the BBC:

The UN's main aid agency has suspended its operations in Gaza because its staff have been hit by Israeli attacks.

The suspension would continue "until the Israeli authorities can guarantee our safety and security", the UN said.

It's gotten so bad, in fact, that the US has dropped its opposition to an immediate ceasefire. Whither the American public? We must admit cynicism to the degree that even a My Lai-type atrocity wouldn't severely rupture American public opinion.

Come on, people, now!

Utterly Predictable

Yes, it was utterly predictable that...

Civilians would become human shields
Civilians would become "collateral damage"
UN sites would become targets like they did in 2006
Schoolchildren would die
Aid workers would be killed
Someone would lob a missile from Lebanon

These are all biproducts of Israel's actions in Gaza. The fact that using human shields and lobbing missiles at innocent civilians are "terrorist actions" merely confirms the propaganda... and the fact that Israel went into this hornet's nest KNOWLINGLY means it is ultimately responsible for the deaths that result.

Shalom!

Send In Joe the Plumber!

That's right-- Samuel J. Wurzelbacher is headed heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com. Seems the man who once agreed that a vote for Obama was a vote for the death of Israel is ready to do some even-handed reporting? Yeah, well, that other hand's done been blown off.

Oh, and he ain't scurred. In his words, "Being a Christian I'm pretty well protected by God I believe."

from "toledoonthemove.com." Hmmm...

Terrorism on Terrorism

That's what we'd call killing innocent schoolchildren in an attempt to obliterate those who lob missiles at you-- one begats the other (and we're not just saying that because we like the word "begat").

(Editor's note-- after some reflection, we realize that this title could apply to another, larger conflict (Waterboarding, anyone?))

It's Like We Said...

The NYT agrees with us-- Israel's latest moves seem to have been done with the waning days of a dying (and blindly supportive) duck in mind.

Read it herrre: "Israel Strikes Before an Ally Departs"

Israel Invades Gaza--

Hamas "terrorists" become soldiers?

Reza Aslan asks, "Which One's the Terrorist?"

(Editor's note-- Good to see the Beast asking some questions after some abysmal reporting on the issue)