The big news today is about Condy touring the middle-east, pretending to have a "lasting solution" to the current crisis. Apparently, she's expressing concerns about the civilian toll and Israel's 5% Hezbollah to non-Hezbollah hitrate. I'm pretty sure my grandma could do better vehemently throwing her purse at them, but I disgress.

This might seem curious to people who had figured out the real motives of the war, and the US' interest in the conflict. Fear not, people, for the coin has two faces.

It appears that while Condy is PR stunting by pledging a cool US$ 30 million in humanitarian aid, her fellow Pentagon concubines are actively feeding the war by accelerating delivery of 5000-pound laser-guided bombs to Israel. Business is business, right?

All is rosy in George W. Bush's world. He's even invited American Idol winner Taylor Hicks to the White House on Friday. After all, who cares about a quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing? It's not like history repeats itself, is it?

  • PDF file of NYT article on Rice's visit
  • PDF file of NYT article on US Bomb sale
  • PDF file of LA Times' "Why They Fight"