’)Another argument holds that opposing Saddam Hussein would cause even greater troubles in that part of the world, and interfere with the larger war against terror. I believe the opposite is true. Regime change in Iraq would bring about a number of benefits to the region. When the gravest of threats are eliminated, the freedom-loving peoples of the region will have a chance to promote the values that can bring lasting peace. As for the reaction of the Arab “street,” the Middle East expert Professor Fouad Ajami predicts that after liberation, the streets in Basra and Baghdad are “sure to erupt in joy in the same way the throngs in Kabul greeted the Americans.” Extremists in the region would have to rethink their strategy of Jihad. Moderates throughout the region would take heart. And our ability to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process would be enhanced, just as it was following the liberation of Kuwait in 1991.
A volley of Hezbollah rockets rained across northern Israel late Monday, wounding at least five Israelis and shattering the windows of a hospital in Safed, the Israel Defense Forces said.
In Lebanon, meanwhile, the Lebanese Army confirmed that a military base near Beirut had been attacked.
Somebody get Cheney’s stock picks, so you can pick all their competitors.
Dick Cheney does the math
Kiplinger’s, via MSN Money, are reporting that Dick Cheney is betting that the economy is going to tank. When you take a look at the numbers: the deficit, the state of the dollar, the price of energy, stagnant wages, and the way that the economy is only being propped up by consumer spending, it’s hard to be optimistic about the economy. And apparently, despite what he says, Cheney’s not betting his own money on the success of his and George’s economic policies.
DICK CHENEY IS BETTING HIS ECONOMIC POLICIES WILL FAIL.
That’s pretty weak Cypher. Sounds like Cheney’s investment decisions, which almost certainly are not being made by him, are benefiting from the very public and very predictable actions by the Fed over the past 24 months…actions which are not controlled by the administration and which most certainly are not a sign of any failed policies.
On top of that…let me step into my alternate universe machine to check on my hunch that if Cheney’s investments were failing, you’d be criticizing him for that. Yup, just as I thought: “According to Kiplinger’s, Cheney can’t even handle his own money. Why should we trust him with ours?”
Didn’t he say the insurgency was in it’s last throes? How long ago was that?
Well, he took a shot in the face dark.