NeoConArtists' Formula for Disaster

Bill Kristol and David Kagan are dangerous to America. And don't think they care one whit. They're hoping for a bloody 2007 that furthers their right wing radical, treasonous, nuttiness:

Simplify and Exaggerate

President George W. Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq demonstrates the remarkable durability of neo-conservative foreign policy. Just a couple of months ago, the neo-cons were being written off. The Baker-Hamilton report on Iraq was advertised as signalling the triumphant return of the "grown-ups" and the "reality-based community". But the president chose to ignore Baker-Hamilton, reportedly dismissing the document as a "flaming turd".

Instead he turned for succour and advice to his old neo-con allies. The "surge" idea was developed and promoted at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think-tank that has long served as neo-con central. The neo-cons, like President Bush, are getting another throw of the dice in Iraq.

Barbara Boxer says she won't apologize

Who's NOT apologizing now?

Senator Barbara Boxer, for "speaking truth to power". ...

SFG "I was just saying what I felt,'' the California Democrat said in an interview with The Chronicle. She said she would not apologize for the exchange because "I delivered a very strong message and tried to find common ground with her ... and I tried to draw us together, and not apart.'' The exchange occurred when Rice appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to support President Bush's proposal to increase U.S. troop levels in Iraq by 21,500.

Boxer, during her questioning of Rice, said she wanted to focus attention on the human consequences of the decision. "Who pays the price? I'm not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old, and my grandchild is too young," to serve, Boxer told Rice. "You're not going to pay a price, as I understand it, within immediate family. So who pays the price? The American military and their families.''