The war in Iraq occupies a lot of my thoughts these days. And a lot of other people's as well, obviously. People with much more background than I, and much greater insight into things political. I am only minimally a political being, though I do try to get out and vote. Anyway, here are some thought provoking pieces I've come across recently. Michael Kinsley, Slate's founding editor, talks about Bush being "the closest thing in a long time to dictator of the world." Kevin Lowe, a Canadian expatriate living in Amsterdam writes about how the rest of the world views Bush. As a friend said, "read it and weep." Next up we have William Rivers Pitt, a conspiracy theorist if ever there was one, talks about a very interesting group called the Project for the New American Century, or PNAC. He goes into the background of some of Bush's closest advisors. As he puts it, "wacky think tanks are a cottage industry in Washington, DC" so why is PNAC any different? Read his article to find out. Be afraid. And if you can't trust Jimmy Carter, who can you trust? He presents, very persuasively I think, why this war shouldn't be happening. I, too, fear for the future of our country. It's saddening to think how quickly one man can throw away 200 years of built up good will. And I enjoyed this Buzzflash reader commentary showing how the protests are useful even if they didn't prevent the war. Finally, for some keen, unbiased insight, I tend to turn to Stratfor. They like to make money from their information, so a lot of the site isn't free, but they do have an AvantGo channel that has a reasonable amount of content, free.

  posted by Tom @ 2:08 PM