"In Israel, officials said that on Sunday, the cabinet is expected to discuss a proposal that the government defend the military if there are any international attempts to accuse it of improper activity or war crimes. The proposal is expected to assert that soldiers and officers operated in accordance with international law, the military’s values and moral principles."
NYTimes
I found this post on TIA and thought I'd draw attention to it again. I forgot that Gates had been reworking the Afghanistan story long before Obama decided to keep him as Defense Secretary. Curious to see what will happen with Afghanistan and when. Obama's already dropped the ball on Israel's attack on Gaza, during which he said nothing. Lucky for him the Israelis called a cease-fire a day before his inauguration. Otherwise he might've had to say something about it. But it's all over and wrapped up now, right? Case closed. So saying something about it at inauguration would've just been irrelevant and passe.
Sphere: Related Contentfrom the BBC:
Palestinian medical sources say the number of people killed in Gaza now stands at more thancan this be considered a measured response by the israeli military? can israel stop the rocket attacks by invading gaza and initiating an ever-escalating level of conflict? does israel have the right to overthrow a democratically-elected hamas government? the answer to all these questions is NO. if israelis were living in fear of rocket fire, gaza residents, and not just hamas-supporters, are now living in fear of missile attacks, collateral gunfire, mortar rounds, shrapnel, building collapse, lack of electricity and medical aid, and starvation, as the UN is now reporting an acute lack of food in gaza. Sphere: Related Content5001200, with some2,5004300 wounded. These figures cannot be independently verified.FiveThirteen Israelis have been killed since the start of Israel's military operation, which is now in its 10th day.
Karl Rove's IT guru Michael Connell--set to testify in 2004 electronic voting fraud case--dies in small-engine plane crash.
This is the same plane that hit a home near Akron, Ohio Friday night. Story on DN.
Don't miss Fox News commentator's poignant conclusion!
Ray McGovern: Rumsfeld's departure and replacement by Gates allowed US to continue unpopular war.
(Compare with, Bush's departure and replacement by Obama allows US to continue unpopular war.)
as early as obama was a serious contender for the democratic primary, my dad said he felt somebody would try to kill him. obama would be too prominent, too symbolic, and too much of a shift in leadership for many in this country to accept. i wondered if a well-armed, racist, home-grown, white american wouldn't adopt a method of assassination that has worked so many times overseas in the form of a suicide bombing. i hope it never comes to pass, but i still feel people are going to try like never before to assassinate him.
below is an excellent video documenting the potential assassination plots coming from american white supremacist groups. the cover of the "national worker" magazine that is displayed about 3/4 of the way through the video made my jaw drop.
"There were 130 members of the House, 23 members of the Senate who voted against war; Barack Obama did not choose one of them to be in his cabinet"--Amy Goodman.
