Bush sharpens budget attack on Democrats - Yahoo! News

Bush sharpens budget attack on Democrats - Yahoo! News: "'They are working to bring back the failed tax-and-spend policies of the past,' he said in his weekly radio address. 'Democrats are failing in their responsibility to make tough decisions and spend the people's money wisely.'"

Oops, did he forget that he has already run the national debt up to over 8 trillion dollars himself? Did he forget the cost of the war in Iraq has cost this nation more than 400 billion? How is he spending our money wisely?

The Raw Story | Pentagon paying $900,000 to destroy jets it paid millions to build

The Raw Story | Pentagon paying $900,000 to destroy jets it paid millions to build: "Iran is the primary target of the Pentagon's move. According to AP, Iran is the only country trying to keep F-14s airworthy -- jets they bought in the 1970s when it was an ally."

Oops, we sold Iran weapons too. Who won't we arm to the teeth, besides, of course, the enemy of the day? I wonder how many weapons used against our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are stamped with the words "Made in the USA?"

The Raw Story | 'No modern president has experienced such a sustained rejection;' Kissinger: Bush 'at peace'

The Raw Story | 'No modern president has experienced such a sustained rejection;' Kissinger: Bush 'at peace': "'I find him serene,' Kissinger said. 'I know President Johnson was railing against his fate. That's not the case with Bush. He feels he's doing what he needs to do, and he seems to me at peace with himself.'"

Well I am glad he is at peace. At least someone is at peace. I bet the Iraqis are glad he is at peace too, and I bet the families of the fallen soldiers, the maimed soldiers, the mentally wrecked soldiers, the families of the Katrina victims, the slowly-dying 9/11 workers, and the families of 9/11 victims are also glad that Mr. Bush is at peace. What has his "peace" cost us as a nation?

NATO strike 'kills 25 civilians' - CNN.com

NATO strike 'kills 25 civilians' - CNN.com: "Taliban militants stormed police posts in southern Afghanistan, prompting heavy fighting and NATO air strikes that reportedly left 25 civilians and 20 militants dead, police said Friday.

NATO said it was investigating claims that nine women, three babies and a cleric were among those who perished in its bombardment, but blamed any casualties on the 'irresponsible' action of militants."

Yes, the militants were flying the planes, or perhaps they were psychically controlling the NATO pilots. Oh, well, more collateral damage...

The Raw Story | Britain feared US would 'nuke' Afghanistan: ex-diplomat

The Raw Story | Britain feared US would 'nuke' Afghanistan: ex-diplomat: "Britain joined the United States' invasion to oust the Taliban in 2001 because it feared America would 'nuke the shit' out of Afghanistan, the former British ambassador to Washington reportedly told a television documentary to be screened Saturday.

In comments printed in advance in the Daily Mirror tabloid on Monday, Christopher Meyer said that fear explained why Prime Minister Tony Blair chose to stand with US President George W. Bush in his decision to invade Afghanistan in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks -- to temper his aggressive battle plans."

This is funny, Britain was just there to be our conscience. Well, they did a really lousy job... I would not have put it past this administration to nuke the entire country over Bin Laden.

Truthdig - Ear to the Ground - Tragic Mistake in Afghanistan

Truthdig - Ear to the Ground - Tragic Mistake in Afghanistan: "An air strike by U.S.-led forces near the eastern border of Afghanistan killed seven children on Sunday night—a tragic error that coalition forces attributed to al-Qaida operatives who had used “human shields” as cover, according to The New York Times."

They will just call it collateral damage and move on...

The threat to al-Jazeera

The threat to al-Jazeera: "But the station has had to pay a high price for its independence and professionalism. Its offices in Kabul and Baghdad were bombed by the US; its Baghdad correspondent Tariq Ayyub was killed; its Kabul correspondent Taysir Alluni was arrested in Spain and charged with terrorism; and its cameraman Sami Alhajj was kidnapped in Kabul and continues to be held in Guantánamo Bay. Most notoriously of all, George Bush even suggested to Tony Blair that they bomb al-Jazeera's Doha headquarters.

Now the US, which maintains a large military base in Qatar, has adopted a more subtle approach to breaking the Arabs' voice of independence and diversity. And the signs are that some elements in the Qatari government have yielded to the relentless US pressure. As one source close to al-Jazeera has put it: 'You don't need to bomb a TV station to change its direction.' A recent reshuffle has brought outspokenly pro-US directors on to the board, including a former Qatari ambassador to Washington. Another has boasted publicly that the tone and content of al-Jazeera's coverage is going to be changed. But these moves have already backfired and caused huge controversy not only in Qatar but throughout the Middle East, and there is every chance that what is in effect an attempted coup at the station will be reversed. It would be a huge loss for independence and freedom in the Arab world if it succeeded."

We cannot have media in the Middle East that is not completely for America. After all, we make the media in Iraq and Afghanistan, filling it with pro-government and pro-US propaganda. Al-Jazeera is one of the few free voices in the Middle East.

Cheney's Iran-Arms-to-Taliban Gambit Rebuffed

Cheney's Iran-Arms-to-Taliban Gambit Rebuffed: " Both Gates and McNeill denied flatly last week that there is any evidence linking Iranian authorities to those arms. Gates told a press conference on Jun. 4, 'We do not have any information about whether the government of Iran is supporting this, is behind it, or whether it's smuggling, or exactly what is behind it.' Gates said that 'some' of the arms in question might be going to Afghan drug smugglers.

The commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen. McNeill, implied that the arms trafficking from Iran is being carried out by private interests. '[W]hen you say weapons being provided by Iran, that would suggest there is some more formal entity involved in getting these weapons here,' he told Jim Loney of Reuters June 5. 'That's not my view at all.'"

Busted... The media is trying to convince us that Iran's government is arming Sunni's in Afghanistan, when there is no evidence of it. It is far more likely that it is private parties moving the weapons.

My Way News - U.S.: Iran Sending Weapons to Taliban

My Way News - U.S.: Iran Sending Weapons to Taliban: "PARIS (AP) - A senior U.S. diplomat accused Iran on Tuesday of transferring weapons to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan - the most direct comments yet on the issue by a ranking American official.

Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, speaking to reporters in Paris, said Iran was funding insurrections across the Middle East - and 'Iran is now even transferring arms to the Taliban in Afghanistan.'"

Gotta love the propaganda. This guy says they have evidence to back it up, but we have not seen this evidence. sounds just like the run-up to the Iraq war.

Truthdig - Reports - War and Censorship at Wilton High

Truthdig - Reports - War and Censorship at Wilton High: "I asked the student actors about their opportunities to discuss the war at school. Jimmy Presson, 16 years old, said his U.S. history class has a weekly assignment to bring in a current-event news item, with one caveat: 'We are not allowed to talk about the war while discussing current events.'"

The only people the students may discuss the war with currently are the military recruiters that lurk at their school. To get around that, they made a play about the war, and it was shot down by the school administration. What happened to free speech and the idea that current events should be discussed in schools?

Pentagon shuts down portrait exhibit of US troops killed in Iraq | Press Esc

Pentagon shuts down portrait exhibit of US troops killed in Iraq | Press Esc: "The US Department of Defence has abruptly shut down Faces of the Fallen, an exhibition of 1,319 portraits of American military killed in Afghanistan and Iraq on the pretext of sending the portraits 'home to the families of the troops to serve as a lasting tribute to their service.'"

They must be running out of room for all the portraits. The funny thing is that they are not actually granting the money required to disassemble the memorial, though they ordered it shut down.