Politics
All the News That Fits. . . Chaos in Afghanistan, Santorum Hopes Frodo Will Stay the Course and More
- The BBC publishes an interview with an anonymous militiaman who claims his unit — and the entire genocidal Janjaweed — was armed, trained and ordered to kill by the Sudanese government.
- 13 civilians die in NATO-Taliban insurgents crossfire. In Iraq, gunfire, roadside bombs kill ten troops, bringing American casualties past the 2,775 mark. Regarding the same two wars, Rumseld proclaims “it’s not possible to lose militarily.”
- North Korea’s Nuke was plutonium powered. The significance? This wouldn’t have happened under Clinton.
- Striking poll numbers from the nation’s bellwether state: Ohio opinion turns strongly anti-Republican, with Democratic aspirants to the House and Senate enjoying double digit leads. Bush’s base in tatters as less than half of the state’s evangelical Christians approve of his presidency. Accordingly, GOP drops $700 grand on Ohio TV ads.
- In what may be the spookiest, most asinine simile of the 2006 election cycle, Pennsylvanian Sen. Rick Santorum compares the Iraq war to The Lord of the Rings. Nation’s top grey wizards note Iraq’s lack of volcanic activity, more prominent sectarian divide, etc.
