Thoughts on Kabul

*In Bushes speech last night he said we need new defenses . Star Wars failed us on September 11. How will it work now ?

*Osma Bin Ladens group work in decentralized cells. It is like a spider web, break one strand and the others can keep working

*They are apparently dropping bombs and food on Afghanistan . How ?

*I have yet to see any really solid evidence to prove Osma is directly responsible .

*Aside from the Texas Journailist and Bill Maher there has not been alot of direct crushing of dissent. But when Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, CNN, CBC, the assicated press et. al. have the exact same news and i have not heard alot of alternative opinons it seems that dissent has been stifled

*What the fuck does a Homeland Security Advisor do ?

*What are the long term implacations of Bush declaring his agreement with a Palestinan state ?

* This is an idelogical war with no clear aims and no one ever wins those , because we cannot declare a draw . ( cf Vietnam)

*No one has won the Kyber Pass. They pull the swiss defense and no sexy computer guiding missile defense can do boo

* This has been a war since Ishmael was envious of Issac , Reread the Pentatauch

*The FBI is claiming the passengers on board of the airliner that crashed near Camp David " engaged in a fight for there lives " and the US miltary did not shoot anything down

*The phrase Surgical air strikes " . How delicate can you be with tonnes of mass explosives . As well the last time i checked scapels were meant to heal not destroy thosuands of woman and children. The gulf wars strikes were less then 30 % accurate. If a surgeon made 70 mistakes for every operation he would lose his liscence.

*A delightful qoute from Texas Senator Phil Gram, " The Storm Unleashed Sunday will continue until the evil is eradicated. It appeats this is another crusade .

*My partenal grandmother said this weekend that this is what happens when you do not seperate church and state . Shes right .

A couple of other things. I spent three hours listening to Joni Mitchell on the road home. It helped esp. California,

The new pictures of leonard cohen are fab. They are black and white and he no longer seems brooding. He looks transcendant and happy and VERY well dressed