Where’s the Outrage?

New York Times has a great article

Tags: Domestic Issues by ecthompson
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Representative Conyers suggests that the Bush administration has broken the law.  Really?  Is this a surprise to anyone?  I guess, my question is-what do we do with this report that suggests 23 laws have been broken?

Update: Complete house report here.  Summary here.  Discussed on Daily Kos here.

 

 Cafferty on Conyers findings [1:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Tags: Civil Liberty, Civil Rights, Domestic Issues, Iraq, Legal, Mess O'Potamia (Iraq/Iran/Israel/Palestine), Security, WMD, War on Terror by ecthompson
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I’m not sure that Israel’s goal is achievable.  I do not believe that it is possible to kill or capture all members of Hezbollah.  I’m not even sure if it is possible to find every single rocket.  This is a short-term solution to a long-term problem.  Winning the hearts and minds of the people should be the goal.  Displacing tens of thousands does not help that goal.

Great article in The Nation - There will be no “destruction” of Hezbollah, and no “uprooting” of its infrastructure or that of Hamas, whatever the results of Israel’s siege of Gaza and its merciless attacks against Lebanon. The rhetoric about “terrorism” has mesmerized those who parrot it, blinding them to the fact that Hezbollah and Hamas are deeply rooted popular movements that have developed as a response to occupation–of the West Bank and Gaza for nearly forty years, and of southern Lebanon from 1978 to 2000. Whatever one might say about the two movements’ callousness in targeting civilians (a subject on which Israel’s defenders are hardly in a position to preach), both have won impressive victories in elections and have provided social services and protection to their people. more

Tags: Israel, Lebanon, Mess O'Potamia (Iraq/Iran/Israel/Palestine), War on Terror by ecthompson
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