Walk and Chew Gum

So while the US has been "engaged" in it's little blood for oil fiasco, the rest of the "War on Terror" (following phronesisical's lead with quote marks) is quickly slipping out of control. I refer to events in Afghanistan and now Somalia where we have our usual wonderful choice of actors to support: 1. The local warlords we've funded up till now ( results with warlords, or ,lords of war, have been mostly mixed) 2. the Islamist fundamentalists who have popular support or 3. the Ethiopian security forces who "make routine use of various forms of human rights abuse to deter and punish dissent", according to Human Rights Watch. Their crackdown on protests in Nov.2005 led to the death of nearly fifty and the arrest of thousands, including journalists, politicians and activists. We could support Eritrea?

Good Old Jerry "the football hero everyman" Ford met with Kissinger and Suharto in 1978 to work out arrangements.
Suharto: "We want your understanding if we deem it necessary to take rapid or drastic action."
Ford: "We understand the problem you have and the intentions you have."
In fairly short order, 200,000 Timorese were dead.

In the WaPo we read that "the US Challenges Israel on West Bank Settlement, State Department, in rare criticism, says plan would violate "road map". Gee,..sure hate to see em violate the road map. Condi is polishing up her black stillettos!

And Id like to leave us with this final thought on the new computer game ,Eternal Forces, available NOW at your local WalMart Life and Well Being Center. This fun filled game, based on Tim LaHayes popular Left Behind series of books, takes the "gamer" through the Apocolyptic Final Solution, where he blasts and maims and kills his way to Everlasting Glory and the Second Coming. Oh yeah... the final thought....um..maybe we'll wake up tommorro and this will all just have been a weird dream!