I’d like to hear what the tsunami & earthquake victims think of that malarky. Oh wait, why spend anything more than a token when the Great Satan & his minions will rush in for you, thereby allowing you to save the aid money otherwise spent on rescue/reconstruction for worthier projects like bombs & terrorists.

We’ll see if Bush bucks up and draws the line on opening channels. I’m hoping he’ll do us proud.

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On 2nd thot, that image of the cowboy thing where you drive a herd thru a funnel in order to pen them just came to mind.

The baddies aren’t just content to drive us out of the ME. Seems to me they are deliberately provacative to underscore the point, when the dust settles, that it was a complete victory for them. The lesson for any weaker states is that resistance will be futile from the coming Caliphate and appeasement is your only hope.

How else can one explain the rationale for pumping up the ante? You’d think that being aware that the impending ISC recommendation is going to be favorable to you, why antagonize or give the ‘neo-cons’ reason to have 2nd thots?

These guys have no intention of playing nice then stabbing you in the back. First, they tell you how they are gonna slit you, then you make a big deal of making promises, then they do you in just as they vowed.

Definitely high stakes and a losing bet when you’re uncertain of the West’s resolve. But obviously they know us well and have concluded that we ain’t got what it takes to see it thru.

In that sense, it only makes sense to set up for the mother of all smackdowns thereby accelerating their masterplan for supremacy.

To a smaller degree, that’s Putin’s game plan vis a vis his critics.