SuperDon™ goes to Iraq

SuperDon_™ will be visiting a warzone near you! Be the first in your bunker to get an autographed sandbag! Ask about your nifty-difty stop loss plan!
Inquire into top placement in the next Ramadi all-fire-all-the-time billet! You,too, can be part of the SuperDon Squad*
*some restrictions apply; offer not valid to those in a free fire zone, all applicants must be at least certifiably insane for over 30 days, submit requests in triplicate signed in blood (preferrably your own). Please note: background in military and/or foreign policy not neccessary, proctological sobriquets preferred.

Rumsfeld Makes Surprise Visit To Baghdad
April 26, 2006 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is in Baghdad on an unannounced visit aimed at showing support for Iraq's emerging government.

Rumsfeld has so far held talks with the top U.S. commander in Iraq, General George Casey. After the meeting, Rumsfeld stressed the importance of the new Iraqi government, calling the formation of the "first government that doesn't have a qualifier in front of [its name] ... another important milestone."
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So without a qualifier, would that make it un-qualified? A state which I'm sure he can fully empathize with. Because you know he's just going there to gloat because they tossed out the guy they didn't like.
But hey, anytime SuperDon's out of the country sounds like party time to me.

Let's do a Fun & Profit Edition!

Spying on people for Fun & Profit:

AT&T Sees Net Income, Sales Jump
Cingular's growth helps profit rise 63% in the first full quarter since SBC purchased the erstwhile Ma Bell.
By James S. Granelli, Times Staff Writer
April 26, 2006
AT&T Inc. on Tuesday reported a 63% increase in profit and a 54% jump in revenue, as the former SBC Communications Inc. released its first full quarterly results as a combined company. Full Story

You gonna share some of that with the National Spook Association? I mean, the NSA has to be one of your biggest customers by now.
Right after reading this, I made another donation to EFF. I sincerely hope their profits rise another 63%, so they can be sued silly.

Terorrism and Death for Fun & Profit:

Silverstein announces World Trade Center Deal
The developer Larry A. Silverstein announced yesterday that he had accepted the economic terms of a new deal at ground zero. The proposal reduces his overall role on the 16-acre site and clears the way for construction of the Freedom Tower, the tallest and most symbolically important of five towers planned for the site.

Larry Silverstein made the announcement at 7 World Trade Center.
The deal calls for Mr. Silverstein to surrender control of the $2 billion Freedom Tower, along with more than one third of the ground zero site, to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. But he would retain the right to build three office towers on the most valuable parcels there. Full Story

Wow, I'm all choked up. Let me wipe away the tear with one of Larry's billion dollar bills.

Schilling for Fun & Profit:

FOX Host to be named White House Spokesman
By TERENCE HUNT AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON Apr 26, 2006 (AP)— Conservative pundit Tony Snow will be named White House press secretary, Republican officials said Tuesday night, in the latest move in President Bush's effort to remake his troubled White House.Full Story

Stop. It's too easy. Snow jobs..Yellow Snow... TSno... there's no challenge.
I do think it would be economically wiser if Fox News just broadcast from Cheney's rectum.

Strawmen for Fun & Profit:

Iraqis Condemn Al-Zarqawi Video
Wednesday April 26, 2006 10:01 AM
By THOMAS WAGNER
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi politicians and citizens on Wednesday condemned terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as a foreigner determined to destroy their country, but they also seemed to take his new video promising more attacks as a serious threat.Full Story

Uh, guys, we don't all have the attention span of snap peas.

Military Plays Up Role of Zarqawi
Jordanian Painted As Foreign Threat To Iraq's Stability
By Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 10, 2006; A01
The U.S. military is conducting a propaganda campaign to magnify the role of the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, according to internal military documents and officers familiar with the program. The effort has raised his profile in a way that some military intelligence officials believe may have overstated his importance and helped the Bush administration tie the war to the organization responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

The documents state that the U.S. campaign aims to turn Iraqis against Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian, by playing on their perceived dislike of foreigners. U.S. authorities claim some success with that effort, noting that some tribal Iraqi insurgents have attacked Zarqawi loyalists.
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Workin on some serious credibility issues here. I mean, how can they honestly expect Americans to take anything the Pentagon claims seriously anymore?
Yeah, you wanna impress us? Find Waldo.

Hey listen up. I'm going to assist my loyal military psyops brigade and spell out just where you're losing us. We know there are militant groups. We know about the Mujahadeen and Radical Islam. For crissakes, why do you have to talk UP somebody? Aren't there enough real threats to go around? Stop invoking this already discredited puppet. And while you're at it, enough with all Al-Qaeda all-the-time. I mean, apparently Al Qaeda has a base in my laundry room - because they're just about everywhere else. If they're that omnipotent, I say we give up the ghost and move to the Outer Hebrides.
It is impossible to win a war that you're losing at home. (cough, Somalia, cough Vietnam) You want support? Stop lying to us. Stop pretending we're adolescents unable to comprehend that soldiers are going to die in war zones. Stop showing us Iraqi 'successes' and start laying it out on the table: good and bad.
Fallujah was a nightmare, Ramadi is under 24/7 siege, Baghad is a few ducks short of a revolving wheel, Al Anbar's official uniform has a moving target crest... as a matter of fact, just admit the whole Triangle has us in the crosshairs.
See, if there's one thing about honestly, it begets respect. While doling out happy horsepuckey wins you one free ride on the Magic Skeptical Garden Kingdom and a free all day pass to DelusionQuest:3D.
And increasingly waning support at home.
Or... you could keep dressing up AlQaeda leaders, hiding soldiers coffins, gagging military experts, promising draw-downs we can't afford, and telling us things are going swimmingly. Because it's working so well for you.
Bill O'Reilly and at least nine other people are thoroughly convinced.

As to seasoned experts, thanks to Mr. Goss, that's undergoing a nice purge:

Top leaders of CIA's clandestine service resign
From David Ensor
CNN Washington Bureau
Monday, November 15, 2004 Posted: 11:14 PM EST (0414 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Steven Kappes and Michael J. Sulick, the top leaders of the CIA's directorate of operations, resigned Monday morning, sources told CNN.

Their departures come in a period of turmoil at the intelligence agency as the new director, Porter Goss seeks to impose his control.
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Has anyone bothered to point out to Porter that he works for us? Or would that totally decimate his rampant God-complex? Clear indication, as Freud would say, of big egos coming with tiny packages. Not that he's alone in purging the best for the kiss assiest:
State Dept sees exodus of weapons experts, replaced by syncophants w/ no experience
Hey, let's not let experience get in our way:

Tehran insider tells of US Black Ops
By an Asia Times Online Special Correspondent

TEHRAN - A former Iranian ambassador and Islamic Republic insider has provided intriguing details to Asia Times Online about US covert operations inside Iran aimed at destabilizing the country and toppling the regime - or preparing for an American attack.

"The Iranian government knows and is aware of such infiltration. It means that the Iranian government has identified them [the covert operatives] but for some reason does not want to show [this]," said the former diplomat on condition of anonymity.
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Wow, what choices! Destabilize the country, topple the regime, or prepare for an American attack. Gimme a second here.


Okay, back. I'm not even going to point out that this has never worked. We've spent decades and decades toppling regimes and destabilizing countries. It coined the term 'blowback'. That invasion idea is fabulous. Here's an animated scientific presentation of what their limited nuclear strike on Iran would do: HAVE A LOOK. It's a quick animation, and will give you an idea of what they are considering a viable strategy.

And lest we forget another nuclear tragedy:

Chernobyl Horror Remembered
Ukrainians mark 20th anniversary of nuclear disaster
SLAVUTYCH, Ukraine -- Bells tolled across Ukraine and the families of victims carried red carnations and candles Wednesday to mark the 20-year anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl.

The April 26, 1986, pre-dawn explosion which spewed radioactive contamination across whole swathes of Europe was being marked in Ukraine with daylong events on a day of national mourning.Full Story

The victims of Chernobyl continue into this day, a lesson to all men who seek the possibility of winning against the Chaos Theory.

With a determination to leave you with the positive, I urge you to go watch this online Eagle cam, a nesting pair with eggs. It makes you realize what it it is we really stand and fight for. To preserve life at all costs, not to take it needlessly.

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