The Beat Goes On

Well we're winning hearts and minds again today with the killing 13 people, some said to be civilians, in Pakistan. This and other recent attacks have been focused on the followers of Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban who recent has said he will attack America. He is seen as posing one of the greatest threats to US President Barack Obama’s push to stem Pakistan’s slide towards instability.
All this while Obama is trying to get more troops into the war from Europe. He's not having much luck. This on the heels of General David Petraeus telling congress he needs 10,000 more troops than Obama has planned to send. Oh well... the beat goes on....

Greatest Hits Redux

Greatest Hits Redux

Well I was taken by the news that some of the top warmongers have set up shop again with a new name. Great! These jerks have now formed a new alliance and are calling themselves the Foreign Policy Initiative.

And the hits will just keep on coming.. You remember their greatest hit don’t you? I call it the “game plan”. I have always told people to go read it if they wanted to know what was up with America and its wars over the last 7 years. The little item I speak of is called “Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategies, Forces, and Resources For a New Century” ( also called by some of us the Blueprint for Imperialism” ) and is an enlightening little 88 page primer that rivals a Steven King horror novelette. Here is a good “biopsy” of the document. They are famous for the phrase, "a new Pearl Harbor” and out of that popped up the Patriot Act much to their glee..

These guys formally were called The Project for the New American Century. PNAC for short. Heard of them? Their former members include some names I am sure you know and recognize. Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, William Kristol, Trent Lott, Newt Gingrich... These guys have been hiding in the shadows for a while and I have wondered what new scheme they were hatching and now we know… Anyway… Nuff for now.

Here is a great article titled, “Would you buy a used foreign policy from these guys?” that explores this issue a bit.

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