Great Lakes 'under fire'

I grew up spending my summers at a resort on Lake Michigan. It is a beautiful area and while it's close to urban areas, it's far enough from the cities to seem remote and undisturbed, particularly in the preserved sand dune areas.

Well, when I heard there was a plan for the U.S. Coast Guard to conduct live-fire exercises, I was very angry. They say they are practicing to be ready for a potential attack from terrorists who may cross from Canada into the U.S. via the Great Lakes. What a joke! The Coast Guard is only going to ruin the peace and beauty of the lakes, will befoul the lakes with lead bullets (we all know what lead does to people, animals and the ecosystem) turn pleasure boating areas into war zones and make it generally unsafe. There have been two dozen live fire exercises already this year. As a former Michigander, lover of the Great Lakes, and overall peace-loving person, I am furious about the Coast Guard's action on MY lakes. This is going to negatively affect the Michigan economy in that charter boat operators and other folks who depend on the state's tourism economy. I heard in one article that the car ferries operating out of Muskegon and Ludington will have to navigate through live fire zones. This is insane! Go here to express your concern.

Click here to check out the Coast Guard "Safety Zones" on their website.

Also, the Canadian people and government are not pleased by this plan. The (Toronto) Globe & Mail reports in an article titled "Great Lakes machine guns raise ire in Canada." The article makes a lot of good points.

From the G&M article: “It was a big surprise on both sides of the border. At first I thought it was an Internet hoax,” said Mike Bradley, the mayor of Sarnia, Ont., who has written a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper asking him to intervene.
“The longest undefended border in the world is gone. It's passé. And this is an example of it.”

Sad, but true.

Shreveport dentist dies after being poisoned/ strange 9-11 link

I recall reading this strange story of Shreveport, Louisiana-based dentist David Graham, who reported in 2004 of being poisoned, this after telling the FBI he had run into three alleged 9/11 plotters who were being hosted by a Bossier City-based Pakistani man, Jamal Khan. Who is the mysterious Khan and where is he now?

Anyway, at the time of the Graham incident, I wondered if anything else would come of it. Of course I was particularly interested in it because of the Louisiana connection. Sadly, the man succumbed to the poisoning.

The story was mentioned last week on KTBS Channel 3 in Shreveport and picked up by several blogs, including The Buck Stops Here and Cannonfire. Not surprisingly, there's no mention of Graham's unusual death or the circumstances surrounding it in the local daily, the Gannett-owned Shreveport Times. That paper has dropped the ball time and again on some big stories, like the crop circle story I did three years ago. Yep, it was an actual crop circle that appeared in an overgrown, weed-choked vacant lot behind the Shreve City shopping center in the spring of 2003.

Wellstone plane downed by 'pilot error' says Ventura

Was listening to Alex Jones's interesting interview with former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, played on "The Alex Jones Show" on GCN.

After discussing government complicity in terror attacks, Jones asks Ventura about Minnesota Gov. Paul Wellstone's plane crash in 2002 and whether or not it was taken down or simply crashed due to pilot error. Ventura got very loud at this question and said it was "pilot error" and that "I would've never flown that day." He then dismissed Prof. Jim Fetzer's research (which would include his book "American Assassination" which I reviewed for a Louisiana newspaper almost two years ago). I wonder if Fetzer (who will be on "Hannity and Colmes" tonight) will respond to Ventura's comments on the Jones show.

Roberts: 'Why Bush Will Nuke Iran'

In his latest, hard-hitting column, Paul Craig Roberts doesn't mince words. Check out the first two paragraphs:
The neoconservative Bush administration will attack Iran with tactical nuclear weapons, because it is the only way the neocons believe they can rescue their goal of U.S. (and Israeli) hegemony in the Middle East.
The U.S. has lost the war in Iraq and in Afghanistan. Generals in both war theaters are stating their need for more troops. But there are no troops to send.
Bush has tried to pawn Afghanistan off on NATO, but Europe does not see any point in sacrificing its blood and money for the sake of American hegemony. The NATO troops in Afghanistan are experiencing substantial casualties from a revived Taliban, and European governments are not enthralled over providing cannon fodder for U.S. hegemony.

Read the entire column here, linked through Antiwar.com.

Jesse 'The Mind' Ventura questions official 9/11 fairy tale

Great piece by Alex Jones and Paul Joseph Watson about former Minnesota Governor and wrestling star Jesse Ventura saying that he doesn't buy the 9/11 fairy tale peddled by our corrupt government.
I'm glad to see Ventura is standing up for truth. I wish he had looked into the anomalies surrounding the downing of Sen. Paul Wellstone's plane in October 2002, while Ventura was governor of Minnesota. Who knows, maybe he will say something in the near future.

Oh, and I totally hope Kinky Friedman is the next governor of Texas!

'Say No to the New World Order' message crosses the pond

I don't know how many of you are familiar with the "Where's George" concept. Basically, people write or stamp "Go to 'WheresGeorge.com' and see where this bill has been" (or some variation of that). You then go to the site and enter the serial number information and you can track it as it makes its way around the country (or world, even!). It's quite fun and addictive. I've been involved with WG off and on since 1999 when I did a story on it for a Louisiana newspaper.

Anyway, I got a couple of WG bills at a local convenience store. When I typed in their serial numbers, I found they had come from Claremore, Oklahoma in the northeastern part of the state. Pretty neat. Now, I'm not nearly as involved with WG as I used to be but I figured I'd check to see if any bills I've entered in the past seven years had been found recently.

Well, as it turns out, on this very day, in Lakenheath, United Kingdom, a bill I had entered in October 2003, three years ago, had been found. As I wrote at the time on WheresGeorge.com: "I had a funny feeling I had a WG bill in my wallet this morning. Just as I was pulling out money to put in the collection plate there it was. I remember I got the bill as change at a gun show in Lafayette, LA on 10/25/03.Neat, huh?"

Now, the guy who found the bill I had entered in 2003 noted that at the top of the bill someone (ahem!!) had written "Say No to the New World Order." The British guy noted that he was "going to write 'suck it' on its back in the circle with the eagle." Wow! My anti NWO message was read by some anonymous Brit. What a small world, eh?

Why do the neocons hate us?

Good post over at Kurt Nimmo's Another Day In the Empire site titled "Krauthammer, Iran and the End of Days." This one deals with the neocons desire to unite us against an "enemy" because it's good for the "state." Of course that "enemy" may not really be a threat, and in the case of Iran, there is no evidence that they pose a threat at all, despite what neocon radio talk show hosts (like Glenn Beck, as I type this) tell you.

Yes, Karl Rove speaks of an "October Surprise." Is it the head of Bin Laden? An attack on Iran? With Rove and his ilk, it's easy to think the worst. These guys are vermin who are willing to take us all down in order to achieve their nefarious goals.

Raimondo column notes what Ahmadinejad, Chavez really said at UN

Justin Raimondo's latest Antiwar.com column, "World Politics and Showbiz," addresses the recent events at the United Nations General Assembly and specifically the comments made by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

And as I sit here, neocon shill Glenn Beck (who can be amusing at times) is saying Ahmadinejad (whom Beck calls "President Tom") is preparing to attack us and/or Israel. He and many other neocon scum have been saying this, based on what? What proof do they have?
Yet, at a press conference, Ahmadinejad says: "And let me say that at the same time, we are Muslims. And based on a decree given by the leader of the Islamic republic, moving toward having a nuclear bomb is banned and forbidden. Therefore, no one has the right to move in this direction. In our country, it is not permissible."

So, what is it? Why are we about to go to war, destroying America in the process? Granted, Ahmadinejad is scarily slick and isn't cool when it comes to giving his people full freedom. Yet, you have to look at what he is saying and study it. Dismissing it out of hand is stupid and dangerous. These neocons know it, yet as Raimondo says in his column the pro-war propaganda in the media plays on the fears of the public on a "primordial, sub-literate level."

This is all insanity and in light of plotter Karl Rove calling for an "October Surprise." I wonder what the surprise will be?

'Dusty' Todd Whitman needs to be investigated

I remember in the days after the 9/11 inside job that the government, namely the Environmental Protection Agency, seemed careless when it came to making sure people were aware of how dangerous the air was in and around the WTC Ground Zero site.
When the neocons took down the towers and that toxic cloud of horrors enveloped the southern tip of Manhattan, I mean, what moron wouldn't realize it was dangerous and potentially deadly.

And now people are dying because of our corrupt government.Well, more and more is being discovered about then-EPA head Christie (Dusty) Todd Whitman, the person who allowed folks to live and work down there, covering up the danger that people faced. Now people are dying.

And whistleblowers are being harassed by government thugs for daring to speak out about the issue.Now the Murdoch-owned New York Post has a shocking article about Whitman and her complicity in putting people at risk. The article also notes that Whitman had a conflict of interest because of financial interests (Port Authority and Citigroup-Travelers). Whitman needs to be indicted. I hope the investigation begins soon.

Chavez speech simply sizzles, blasts BushCo

Holy Toledo!!! Have you read the transcript of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's speech at the United Nations today? He totally smokes the neocon/BushCo crime syndicate while offering a message of hope. He calls Bush "The Devil" and talks of the CIA-staged coup that nearly resulted in his own death. It was awe-inspiring!

The following portion of the transcript (from The Drudge Report) was particularly revealing, discussing how our own government covers up for terrorist acts perpetrated and/or supported by dark forces within our own government.

CHAVEZ (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): President Michelle Bachelet reminded us just a moment ago of the horrendous assassination of the former foreign minister, Orlando Letelier.
And I would just add one thing: Those who perpetrated this crime are free. And that other event where an American citizen also died were American themselves. They were CIA killers, terrorists.
And we must recall in this room that in just a few days there will be another anniversary. Thirty years will have passed from this other horrendous terrorist attack on the Cuban plane, where 73 innocents died, a Cubana de Aviacion airliner. And where is the biggest terrorist of this continent who took the responsibility for blowing up the plane? He spent a few years in jail in Venezuela. Thanks to CIA and then government officials, he was allowed to escape, and he lives here in this country, protected by the government. And he was convicted. He has confessed to his crime.
But the U.S. government has double standards. It protects terrorism when it wants to. And this is to say that Venezuela is fully committed to combating terrorism and violence. And we are one of the people who are fighting for peace. Luis Posada Carriles is the name of that terrorist who is protected here. And other tremendously corrupt people who escaped from Venezuela are also living here under protection: a group that bombed various embassies, that assassinated people during the coup.
They kidnapped me and they were going to kill me, but I think God reached down and our people came out into the streets and the army was too, and so I'm here today. But these people who led that coup are here today in this country protected by the American government. And I accuse the American government of protecting terrorists and of having a completely cynical discourse.
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I hope everyone will read this. While I don't agree on his support of dictator Fidel Castro, he is right on on what he says about actions by our government.

Unrest in Hungary, coup in Thailand, silence in USA

Last night, when I came back from my supper break, I heard a radio report noting that rioters were running wild in Budapest, Hungary. Details were sketchy and it caught my attention because my brother is living there.

So, I went and checked the Internet and found out why they were rioting - because socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany had candidly admitted that he and his government had totally lied about the Hungarian economy in order to be re-elected. Gyurcsany was taped saying: "We lied morning, noon and night." He also said they had accomplished nothing for the past two-and-a-half years.

My brother said he was only nominally aware of the violence and protests. He said he'd keep us posted.

Then, half-way across the globe in normally stable Thailand, a military coup took over that country's government while Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was in New York attending the United Nations General Assembly. It is unclear at this time what this coup means or what will happen when Shinawatra returns. This is one to watch.

And then in our country, the United States of America, your average Joe or Jill is wandering about totally unaware of the tyranny that is being installed in our great Republic. WAKE UP AMERICA, BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!

Noted war criminal calls for 'new world order'

The "gloves" appear to be coming off among those nesting with the upper crust of the global elite. This morning this was made all too clear when I saw an AP story, linked through The Drudge Report, where former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, a war criminal and he of the fake foreign accent, scolds Europe and says that America and Europe need to unite against the "growing" threat from those backward countries in the Middle East and Asia. He's dropping phrases like "war of civilizations."

Says Henry: "We now know that we face the imperative of building a new world order or potential global catastrophe. It cannot be done alone by either side of the Atlantic. Is that realization sufficient to regenerate a common purpose?"

It's your sons and daughters (and the rest of us, eventually) who are going to die in these future wars due to the scheming of the likes of Kissinger, Bush and this international gang of scum. Don't forget what Kissinger thinks about soldiers, as noted in this well-known quote: “Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.” - Henry Kissinger, quoted in “Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States Betrayed Its Own POW’s in Vietnam”

In fact, when looking for that quote, I found it in the body of an anti-war post over at Oklahoma Indymedia titled "US Military Uses Dirty Bombs: THAT'S Why They Hate Us, GW." It's all about our government's use of depleted uranium, something I've written about before, here at Spelunking.

Controlled demolition expert acknowledges WTC 7 is indeed a controlled demolition

Check out this revealing Dutch TV interview with a controlled demolition expert.

Shouting truth to power

My good friend J. Andrew was at UNC in Chapel Hill tonight and did a very courageous thing as former attorney general John Ashcroft spoke at a conservative forum at that North Carolina university. He stood up and said "Why didn't you take any commercial jet flights in the months prior to 9/11?"

Apparently, Ashcroft tried to paint it as a conspiratorial fairy tale. Yet, if you check it out, as I did, it's true. Ashcroft did avoid commercial jet travel in the summer of '01. Here's a link for you.

And a big shout out to J. Andrew for his brave stand in that auditorium full of Bushites. He's a true inspiration. He told me that after Ashcroft finished and all these people were clapping for Ashcroft, J. Andrew got up and said, "Google it!" AWESOME!!!

Good 9/11 resource

A great round-up of the 5th anniversary of the 9/11 inside job can be found at 9/11 Blogger, which is also a terrific, online resource for 9/11 truthseekers.

DU train

The following was emailed to me over the weekend. It comes from a trusted source. I wonder what it means ...

At the Lake Charles, Louisiana gun show last weekend, a witness told of being stopped at a railroad crossing by a train load of "knocked-out" Abrahms tanks! He told of one of the five or six tanks having a hole "this big" (gesturing to about two and a half feet in diameter) in the turret...!??
As well as other signs of trauma to the others. Is this Hezbollah weapon being used against US troops? Sure looks like it. IED's do not kill Abrahms tanks. Unless they are real big. 'Course, that train was spread fine particles of DU along the tracks! Abrahms tanks have DU sandwiched between the Chobham layers. When hit with kinectic energy or high expolsive rounds, DU spalls off in microscopic particles finer than that capable of being filtered out by military gas masks!!!

There has been one incident on the C3 (controlled, commercial, co-dependent) news wherein a US tanker is seen on fire bailing out of his burning Abrahms! Nothing else that I am aware of.
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This is disconcerting. I recall hearing about a similar train passing through rural Kansas. Imagine the children that could come into contact with this train while traveling through their communities. It's outrageous what our government is getting away with.

Osama bin Forgotten is deep in his Afghani cave (yeah, right!)

Except for the spewage coming across the radio waves today (your pick of neocon nitwits, et.al.) I largely avoided dwelling on any 9/11 remembrance propaganda. I was kind of wanting to go to the Freedom Walk in Oklahoma City and hold my "9/11 Was an Inside Job" placard, but because of other responsibilities didn't get the opportunity to do so. However, I did come across a few choice columns today, including this one from Antiwar.com's Justin Raimondo (check out the link to the curious Haaretz article linked towards the end ... hmmm) and this cranky column from Mad Cow Morning News' Daniel Hopsicker.

And those are just a couple of the ones I came across today in my free time. Yup, it's five years later. Someone at work asked me about my thoughts about 9/11 and I said: "Nine-eleven, huh? I'm tired of those numbers because they remind of how much my government lies to me." The woman responded with a knowing nod. I'm just glad more people are warming up to the idea that cold-blooded killers within their own government hatched this whole 9/11 scheme with ruthless precision.

And what of Osama bin Laden? Who the hell knows. Check out this UK Guardian article headlined "The hunt." Check out this paragraph: Rarely has so much brought so little. The US has spent billions on the search. It has mobilised armies, bribed informers, bullied allies, emptied bank accounts, tapped phones, abducted suspects and assassinated his henchmen. It has, without a doubt, seriously damaged al-Qaida's ability to carry out terrorist attacks. Yet still the scarlet pimpernel of jihad roams free.

Roams free, eh? I wouldn't go that far. All indications are that Osama has long since died, back in some Western hospital in Dubai. Or perhaps in a cave. No one is really quite sure.

9/11 truthers gaining ground, noted in MSM

Interesting piece in the Washington Post today (linked through Marc Parent's LiveJournal) headlined: "9/11 conspiracy theorists multiply
Many Americans suspect U.S. government involvement or complicity."
This was written in advance of Monday's five-year anniversary of the government-sponsored terror attack on 9/11/01. I love how former Bush administration official Morgan O. Reynolds, who believes in government complicity on 9/11 calls his former boss a "dysfunctional creep."

Brigham Young U. prof on paid leave following 9/11 truth research

The Deseret News in Salt Lake City is reporting today that 9/11 Truthseeker, Prof. Steven Jones, has been placed on paid leave from his teaching job at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

Writes reporter Tad Walch: PROVO — Brigham Young University placed physics professor Steven Jones on paid leave Thursday while it reviews his involvement in the so-called "9/11 truth movement" that accuses unnamed government agencies of orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
BYU will conduct an official review of Jones' actions before determining a course of action, university spokeswoman Carri Jenkins said. Such a review is rare for a professor with "continuing status" at BYU, where Jones has taught since 1985.
Jones was teaching two classes this semester, which began Tuesday. Other professors will cover those classes, and Jones will be allowed to continue to do research in his area of academic study, Jenkins said.
Jones became a celebrity among 9/11 conspiracy-theory groups after he wrote a paper titled "Why Indeed Did the World Trade Center Buildings Collapse?" The paper was published two weeks ago in the book "9/11 and American Empire: Intellectuals Speak Out" and lays out Jones' hypothesis that the three towers fell because of pre-positioned demolition charges — not because of the planes that hit two of the towers.
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This is an outrage and a serious threat to academic freedom. So, if a professor takes an unpopular stance on a subject, they are in danger of being kicked out? This is horrible. Don't you all see where this is leading? Pretty soon they'll be passing legislation which will deny public universities funding if they don't embrace the status quo. We need to stop this trend in its tracks, and now!

Stop the North American Union!!

Vicky in Idaho (always a great source of info) sent me this link to Stop the North American Union, a new site from Dr. Daneen Peterson. Treason abounds, according to Peterson. Sadly, she's correct. Let's continue to expose this criminal cabal.

Left gatekeepers at Air America force Garofalo, Malloy off the air

I guess the corporate leftists at Air America are getting nervous that 9/11 truth is getting discussed on their network a little too much. As a result, Air America personalities Janeane Garofalo and Mike Malloy (who was on Alex Jones' show last month) have been forced off the air.

Popular CNN anchor a CIA plant?

It was revealed today over at Radar Online that popular CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is not only a Yalie (Skull & Bones, perhaps? Like Washington Post's Dana Milbank?) he's also a former CIA intern. Can you say "Operation Mockingbird," gang? I never cared for Cooper, particularly with the way he's dismissed 9/11 Truth. Now I understand him a little better.

Terror drill in Chicago on Thursday

Always be wary of government-sanctioned "terror drills." This time there will be one in Chicago tomorrow (Thursday). Remember on 9/11 there were drills going on. Conveniently used to confuse the good people in our gov't/military.

Break in Johnny Gosch abduction mystery?

After the zany antics of White House man-whore Jeff Gannon in early '05, the "Internets" were abuzz with theories linking the mysterious bald man with a more-than two-decade old mystery that had it's roots in suburban Des Moines, Iowa - namely the mystery surrounding Des Moines Register paperboy Johnny Gosch, who disappeared while delivering papers on Sept. 5, 1982.

As I reported at Slice O' Life back in early '05, there were a lot of strange things about Gannon (aka James Guckert) and who he really was. He was basically outed as a male prostitute and frequent visitor to the White House after hours. Hmmm ...

Anyway, when the Johnny Gosch/Jeff Gannon connection was made, well, it was surreal. I think the whole thing peaked when "Gannon" appeared on a show denying his being Gosch, while taking a lie detector test. I still think there's a strong likelihood "Gannon" is Gosch. They would be about the same age.

Anyway, I was shocked to see today that Noreen Gosch, Johnny's mother, came forward this week telling the police and the media that some photos appeared on her doorstep appearing to be young Johnny and some other kidnapped boys, pictures taken within hours or days after his abduction.

"It's like reliving it," Noreen Gosch told The Associated Press on Thursday night. "But the bigger picture is, 'Why are they doing this?'
"Whoever had these photos had them for 24 years. I don't understand why they would do this now. It must be some kind of message."

Why are they doing this? Who are they? Are the photos even real? This needs to be seriously scrutinized.

So far, Raw Story and the excellent Rigorous Intuition blogs have picked up this story, and with RI, Jeff Wells has some of his usual, insightful comments.

BushCo fatigue growing across the land

This new Christian Science Monitor article by Tom Regan notes a number of new polls showing Americans are not only sick of the illegal war in Iraq but weary of dishonest Dubya.

Writes Regan: A new CNN poll shows that only about one-third of Americans now support the war in Iraq, with 61 percent opposed. Fifty-one percent of Americans see President Bush as a strong leader, although he doesn't do well in other areas of the survey.

Most Americans (54 percent) don't consider him honest, most (54 percent) don't think he shares their values and most (58 percent) say he does not inspire confidence.
Bush's stand on the issues is also problematic, with more than half (57 percent) of Americans saying they disagree with him on the issues they care about. That's an indication that issues, not personal characteristics, are keeping his approval rating well below 50 percent ...

Bush dismissed a question about his popularity during a news conference Monday.
"I don't think you've ever heard me say: 'Gosh, I better change positions because the polls say this or that,'" he told reporters. "I've been here long enough to understand, you cannot make good decisions if you're trying to chase a poll." He added, "I'm going to do what I think is right, and if, you know, if people don't like me for it, that's just the way it is."

The aftermath of Israel's attack on Lebanon

Justin Raimondo lays out just how bad things are in Lebanon (i.e. unexploded cluster bombs in civilian neighborhoods, etc.) in the wake of the Israeli government's ruthless assault on Lebanon last month.

UK Slavery Inc. takes police state even further

British Prime Minister-fuhrer Tony Blair, the megalomaniacal and sinister control freak wants the Orwellian STATE to control the lives of babies born to teenage mothers BEFORE the babies are born, as noted in this UK Daily Mail article. This is the latest effort to totally control the lives of British citizens, just a day after I see that the New York Times edits content in its online newspaper so as not to break British laws. What a joke. It shows me what an embarrassment the Times has become.

And as Mike at WhatReallyHappened.com asks: "(S)eriously, one also has to wonder at how much pressure these young women will be facing to terminate these pregnancies, something this article carefully avoids mentioning."

As noted in that UK Daily Mail article:
Tony Blair has unveiled a provocative campaign to crack down on future problem children before they are even born.
He set out plans for massively increased state intervention in the homes of 'nuisance' families to tackle anti-social behaviour.
In a desperate attempt to show that his premiership has not run out of steam despite increasing demands from Labour MPs for him to step down, he said 'pre-birth' action would be taken if necessary.
The plan for what were promptly dubbed 'Fasbos' - anti- social behaviour orders for foetuses - prompted outrage at Westminster last night. Critics dubbed it the ultimate encroachment of the nanny state into the home. Labour MPs fear that Mr Blair, who yesterday was still refusing to publish a detailed timetable for his departure, is trying to shackle his expected successor Gordon Brown to contentious policies in the dying days of his regime.

Neocon strategy to destroy and reshape Middle East, South Asia

Thanks to Alex Jones and Paul Joseph Watson over at PrisonPlanet.com, (check out Watson's excellent article!!!) I've been alerted to an Armed Forces Journal article written by retired Maj. Ralph Peters, along with an accompanying map, showing a NEW Middle East, that shows how he and other bloodthirsty neocons want to put their stamp on the region. I mean, just check out this line: "Oh, and one other dirty little secret from 5,000 years of history: Ethnic cleansing works."

This is the way these gangsters think. They will do anything to have our country involved in perpetual war. And we wonder why "they hate us". It's frightening and sick and is what we're facing in the very near future if these monsters aren't stopped.