Originally Posted by roachboy

the bush administration is using israel's action as a way to prop itself up internationally by positioning itself, and no other institution, as the ony legitimate arbiter of this conflict. to accomplish the goal of ressusitating itself, the bush administration is willing to allow lebanese civilians to be killed in great number, the infrastructure of the country to be destroyed. facing midterm elections that will no doubt weaken its position even further, facing the crumbling of the foundations of its legal doctrine of authoritarian executive power, the bush people also hope that associating itself with the violence of the israeli campaign will function to its advantage in november.

forget about iraq, forget about afghanistan, forget about the gaza strip: here is the hallucinatory "war on terror" in all its irrational, brutal grandeur. aint it lovely? vote for me.