Mommy, the emperor is naked. And it's not pretty.

Found this on Common Dreams tonight:"It is foolish to believe that the removal of a few malefactors, such as Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, will provide security. Not even the US leaders have the illusion that this war will bring peace. They see it rather as a long-lasting and perhaps interminable war driven by continually emerging threats. US military actions will, in fact, most likely only feed the antagonisms created by the inequalities of wealth and power around the world, increasing exponentially the insecurity of global elites. This is doubly true for US elites since unilateral military actions paint a bull's-eye on the US for anyone seeking to attack the center of global domination."Yeah.Also, an interesting twist of logic. Ari Fleischer explaining how G Dubs will reach a decision regarding war with Iraq:"He will do it on the basis of his judgment as Commander-in-Chief and what it will take to save and protect American lives in the event that he reaches the conclusion Saddam Hussein will... provide terrorists with weapons to engage in war against the United States, just like on September 11th with the attack."We're worried that Saddam is handing out box cutters? What? I'm confused... And don't Iraq and al-Qaida have a habit of attacking each other? And isn't it our friends in Saudi Arabia who have been linked to the hijackers? And did he say "judgment"? From Trent Lott's interview on BET -which amounted to "I was a racist yesterday but I'll buy you off with favors tomorrow if you'll save my ass today"- to the war on Iraq (but not North Korea, the ones who BRAG about having "weapons of mass destruction" but lack oil), the horrifying nature of modern (?) politics has never been so exposed. And nobody really seems to care. The closest Starbucks to hell is in Ann Arbor. True.