In The News: The 'game plan' for Afghanistan (if you view it as a football game, and many Americans do) looks like about 30,000 new troops and a reduction of our assistance to the Afghan army and it's police.
Russia is under a real and continuing domestic terrorist threat. The Moscow > St. Petersburg express (ie. commuter) train is bombed and another is damaged by a partially complete explosion, all told, killing 25. Chechens or other regional ethnic groups are suspected.
"Crooked as a dog's hind leg, but it's our dog." - In case you didn't notice, there was an illegitimate election in Honduras over the weekend. The winner? Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo Sosa, "...a wealthy farmer who moved from Left to Right". The US foreign policy apparatus thinks it's an "important step forward"... Because it's "Our Dog", (in the vernacular) dog.
Today the Democrats will introduce an amendment to the Health Care Reform Bill, and so will the Republicans. Then they're going to consider their work done for the day and go home.
In light of the commentary, the war on Afghanistan, and a number of other issues occurring in countries that worship differently, and just happen to have, or are neighbors to, countries with industrially important extractive resources.
The question arises... Is the US media declaring a propaganda... psych war... on Islam?
To wit... This article in the Washington Post.
Stoning ritual of hajj poses H1N1 risk Overwhelming crowds, close contact raise fears of swine flu outbreak [In Full]
It begs the question... Is the Washington Post going to re-run this story at Easter with the headline?
"Huge gathering in St. Peters Square, ritual of Easter poses H1N1 risk"
Unlikely.
[After the commentary... Is it? Well, nothing to do but 'feel fine'. Courtesy of the respective artists (Great Big Sea) and KPIG radio Freedom California... Earth.]
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