We are not with you and we don’t believe you  

“The message from Moscow

Tony Blair’s first public attempt to heal the diplomatic wounds of the Iraq war suffered a humiliating rebuff yesterday when Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, refused to lift UN sanctions and mocked the possibility that weapons of mass destruction existed in Iraq.

Mr Blair started with the full diplomatic niceties but became increasingly animated until he issued a dire warning of a new world order in which two different poles of power act as rivals to one another. The world faced a choice between a partnership between the US and the main countries of the world or a continued “diplomatic stand off”, he said.”

Blair is demanding a unipolar world where everyone simply does what the US wants. Oddly, he is opposed to the (obvious) increasing power of Europe, which is joined by Russia and China, in clear opposition to the lunacies currently emanating from D.C. Up until a few months back, I think there was a partnership between the major powers. However the Bushies have blown that into irretrievable pieces. So why is the poodle from Britain so craven in his backing Bush?

And why did Putin rub it in his face?

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Winning their hearts and minds, eh?

“U.S. kills 15 Iraqis during an anti-American rally

United States soldiers shot and killed 15 people at an anti-American rally late Monday, hospital officials said today. Iraqis said the soldiers opened fire, unprovoked, while the Americans — who were positioned in a school — said they were fired on first and then carefully counterattacked.

Either way, with 65 people reported wounded during the rally on Saddam Hussein’s birthday, sentiment against the American military presence jumped several notches, even as United States officials are seeking to build greater trust among ordinary Iraqis.”

Can you say “Lebanon”? I knew you could…

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Dems to filibuster Owens

“Be still my beating heart, the Dems are going to filibuster another Bush judicial nominee — the odious Priscilla Owen!”

Yet another sign of incipient vertebrae growing on Democrats. Excellent. They may yet be developing a workable spine.

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Saddam Hussein will make statement in three days

“Deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will make a statement to the people of Iraq in three days, Agence France-Presse cited the London-based Arabic language al-Quds newspaper as saying”.

Heck, I’m hoping for a joint televised announcement by Saddam and bin Laden. Mostly because then the “reporters” on Fox News would become so enraged they’d probably start foaming at the mouth - which would be fun to watch.

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