"War is Peace," "Freedom is Slavery," "Ignorance is Strength."

Who knew George Orwell would turn out to be a true Cassandra?

Somewhere in the cosmos I can hear George Orwell screaming, "It was supposed to be a cautionary tale. Not a manual on how to run a government!"

Will this nightmare ever end?

(I am posting this again because on my first try the body did not appear for some reason)

If the headline is somewhat jarring the picture that accompanies the article is a sad touch of irony. It shows exactly where Mr. Bush's path leads.

Also frighteening is the thought that Bush, cheney, etc., have probably not had a singled troubled night's sleep. History will be savage to this administration and the stain its put on the country.

Ignorance is Strength

Haven't I been telling you candy-assed liberals that W is the strongest president ever?

When I was in Viet-Nam in 1968, we had a saying that I think is particularly apt: fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity. The path to peace, Grasshopper, is an inward journey.

You're getting this all wrong. Bush knows that someday there will be peace, so everything he does is a step towards that peace. In that light, scratching my butt just now was a step towards peace. You're just being blinded by your pessimism.

If anybody, was his name Dr. Josef Goebbels? It came hellish close. The path to peace is rather a path to pieces.

In Bush's insane world, the path to peace is littered with civilian casualties. Just check out the death toll in Iraq: more than 14,000 civilians massacred in the first six months of the year...

I suppose that the butchers in the White House and at the DOD will only be content when Lebanon is turned into a mass of rubble, half the civilian population has been killed, and the other half has gone into exile.

Will somebody stop these people from destroying everything they touch and from bringing hell on earth?

Israel's crippling of Hezbollah, officials also hope, would complete the work of building a functioning democracy in Lebanon and send a strong message to the Syrian and Iranian backers of Hezbollah.

The sheer lunacy of this line of thought is sickening. Even Israel knows that it can't destroy Hezbollah, so it is therefore obvious that any amount of injury they inflict upon it now, in the short term, will only lead to their increased strength in the long run. That's Population Grudges 101.

Except that this time, Hezbollah will likely have virtually all of Lebanon behind it.

The country may well get a functioning democracy out of this -- united against Israel and the U.S.

Also:

"The president believes that unless you address the root causes of the violence that has afflicted the Middle East, you cannot forge a lasting peace,"

Yes, that's RIGHT GODDAMNIT!

The country may well get a functioning democracy out of this -- united against Israel and the U.S.

I'd take it. Unified nation and legitimate government means political means to their ends. Its not too late.

Am I the only one who thinks Bush's rejection of a ceasefire is incredibly callous and vicious? Hundreds of innocent civilians have been killed in little more than a week. Allowing Israel another week to batter Lebanon means death for hundreds more.

Before the political issues can be addressed we have to stop the killing. 25,000 Americans are in danger in Lebanon but he seems to care as little for them as he did for the people of New Orleans during Katrina.

Or hasn't his staff prepared the DVD yet?

"George W Bush Is As Blind As A Bat"

When the Middle East is totally devoid of human beings, there will be peace in those particular valleys.

Can't you see that?