Economic problems and crippled security

"In spite of the seriousness of this crisis, it is a manageable crisis that can be contained by the different Palestinian groups and tendencies within the framework of the Palestinian political leadership. How can we be so sure? Simply because the Israeli offers creating these different reactions are not generous enough to justify this internal division."

Why are Americans & Iraqis dying?

"Powell stood before the world and declared the existence of WMD undeniable, based not on definitive evidence, but on one potentially drunk person’s unsubstantiated allegations. Worse still, this testimony was not something the American intelligence agencies received directly, but rather one achieved through another foreign government. And so, ladies and gentlemen, one of the ways in which the case for war was manufactured was done so by playing ‘broken telephone’ (these intelligence boys and girls sure have a lot of time on their hands)."

The Good Boy Scout

"Every child here learns that all the Jews in the world will come to Israel sooner or later. They will have no choice, since the Goyim (Gentiles) hate the Jews, and so the anti-Semites will come to power in all countries in due course. Israel exists in order to offer them a haven when they are compelled to flee, once the inevitable comes about."

"War Party Lite" Gears Up for Boston Gabfest

"The Democrats, a/k/a “War Party Lite,” are set to convene in Boston. Their proposed Party platform indicates that there will be no withdrawal, under a John Kerry Administration, of U.S. troops from Iraq in the near future. Instead, additional troops, via an internationalizing of the conflict, will be sent to support Iraq’s puppet regime. Kerry’s anti-Vietnam War persona is history. If the Democrats win in November, expect more, and not less, war."

Arab Americans at the 2004 Conventions

"What the poll's results show is that while Arab Americans appear not yet to know John Kerry and still have some concern about his Middle East policies, nevertheless, they are so alienated from President Bush's policies on Palestine, Iraq, and civil liberties that they have rejected the Republican candidate."