and they say it's not about oil.
For Moscow, Veto Power Has Perks, Pitfalls

"Only very idealistic people in Russia can believe that when it comes to dividing the control over Iraqi oil resources, Bush will listen to Putin rather than to his friends from Texan oil companies," he said. "The Americans are not giving us any guarantees yet anyway."

i always did like my iranian boys:

Says a 23-year-old Iranian student at a cafe, "Can they hurry up with Iraq already, so they can get on with attacking us?"

that quote is out of some LAT story.

we got a poopyhead in carroll, m.c. mcdermott. who thinks that we can do what we want when we want, to who we want. that we dont need no steenkn support from anybody else. she's also very much mistaken when she writes:
DesMoinesRegister.com | Opinion

And despite the inference from the Register, which neglected to mention any countries, European or otherwise, that support American efforts, most European countries actually support U.S. actions toward Iraq.

she confuses 'support' with 'bribed'.

a great quote from today's register's letters. by greg stults of knoxville.
DesMoinesRegister.com | Opinion

It clearly falls into the category of political satire that we see and hear in the mainstream media every day. It is unlike humor based on race, ethnicity and sexual preference, whose targets suffer hostility and persecution that produce severe consequences on the basis of inherent human characteristics.

then we get this gem in the same section from james sutton of des moines:

The final irony is that Mann's detractors have given him another diabolism for his list: "Republicans believe satire is a hate crime."

BRAVO folx.

that twit who won poopyhead of the month award, david yepsen who has to squawk his venom in the des moines register, still cant get the facts right. either that, or he's derelict in his duty to report the truth.
DesMoinesRegister.com | Opinion

And peace activists can generate a lot more press attention than the hawks. Let 750 people show up at a church to relive their youth singing "60s peace songs and it's a bigger TV story than the fact that a growing number of Iowans - 59 percent - tell pollsters they support the forcible removal of Saddam Hussein from power. And 20 people carrying anti-war pickets get more ink and airtime than the fact that hundreds of Iowans are showing up at send-off ceremonies for our troops.

when in fact, 59% of iowans do NOT support what bush is doing. they want a united nation resolution authorizing invasion of another member state. and bush knows he needs that resolution too. the independent ran an analysis of why. i'll post the link if i can find it again. but that media-has-a-left-bias just doesnt work anymore yeppie.