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Disgusting.

Brushing aside the evidence, France and Germany declined to call the

killings genocide. Pakistan, currently a member of the U.N. Security Council,

warned of the danger in terminating engagement with Sudan's government. China,

the leading foreign investor in Sudan's burgeoning oil fields, said it might

veto a tough Security Council resolution. - from WaPost lead editorial on

Sudan.

Just vile. You can see why the Fox News set denigrates the French as much as they do. As much as I like Europe, and even though I'm a multilateralist, I've got to admit, I don't believe that France and Germany can be counted as allies. They aren't our enemies, obviously, but seriously. These seem to be pretty irreconcilable differences here. If our values really are that far apart, I just don't see how we can label these countries as allies.



I watched The Killing Fields again last night. I just can't believe that we haven't done anything to stop the most disgusting slaughter that I've ever heard of in my lifetime, when this administration is now basing almost the entirety of our rationale for invading Iraq on humanitarian reasons. So fucking hypocritical. The Janjaweed people in Darfur aren't just killing and mutilating the mostly Christian black Africans living there. They are also raping the women, hoping to impregnate them with a lighter skinned baby. That is absolutely the most repugnant thing that I've ever heard, that is genocide.



France and Germany should be ashamed. And if the UN can't come together on this issue, how can anyone argue any semblance of its continued relevance.

Digby's Right

I know it sounds unattractively shrill to keep pointing this out, and

there are those who do not believe that anything substantial will change in

everyday Americans' lives if Bush is elected to a second term, but I truly

believe that winning this election is more vitally important than any in my

lifetime. (My first typewriter was a manual, which after our recent crash course

in typewriter history should tell you that I've observed a few.) George W. Bush

and the modern Republican party are not business as usual. I think the country

is far more likely to survive a negative campaign from the Democrats than

endorsing what George W. Bush has been doing for the last three years and

validating the very worst beliefs about America all over the world. This is as

serious a problem as terrorism itself. We just have to win. - from Digby. if talking

about Bush's blow use wins the electiton, I'm all for it. I just

don't think it will. I just don't think it will be effective, people like

Bush. The media likes Bush. Sorry, but it's true.

Oh, and by the way, drug legalization people? Why the hell aren't you sending press releases out questioning George W. Bush's moral authroity to pursue his draconian drug war policies, especially concerning marijuana? I'm talking to you NORML, SSDP, MPP, etc. (By the way, very bad news in the legalization front this week. Check out the bottom of NORML's webpage for the grisly details.) Second, there is enough relevant information from the past 4 years to tar the hell out of Bush. Go after him substantively. We're better than that shit, and Andrew Sullivan has a very astute commenter here. All that this relentless negative campaigning based on character issues will make it impossible to attract quality candidates. George Bush was 22 for Christ's sake! Think about the consequences of your line of attack. You're only going to see the creepy student government types being able to run for office. Everybody's got something that they want to keep hidden, if they didn't, they haven't lived enough. I don't trust people who don't know how to have a little fun. I just suggest that liberals keep away from the character stuff. Don't you want the satisfaction of beating the guy on your arguments' merits and ideals?

Kerry, Vietnam, blah blah blah

Very good Krauthammer editorial. Rough but true.

Duh.

Would Kerry conduct the battle against terrorism any better than Bush? It's impossible to know, given the vague generalities the Democrat has offered so far. But by framing his campaign around anti-terrorism, Bush has opened himself to the basic question: Just how successful have his administration's policies been? If the Democrats can mount a serious critique, and offer a clear anti-terrorism policy of their own, they could transform Bush's strongest issue into his Achilles' heel. - Ignatius in the Post.

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