"Musharraf’s visit to five Arab capitals and four Muslim countries cannot be divorced from America’s overall plan for Iraq and the broader Middle East--the heart of which is the settlement of the protracted Arab-Israeli conflict. It was no coincidence that Musharraf’s trip came after the publication of the Baker-Hamilton report and Bush’s State of the Union address."

"The results of the 2006 mid-term elections, however, indicate that the Israel lobby’s support—or opposition—is not the last word in determining winners and losers. Not only did some high-profile—and expensive—races not go quite the way they were supposed to, but it was the losses suffered by several Israel-firsters that ultimately ceded control of the Senate to the Democrats."

"Israel’s real goal is to stampede a reckless and unpredictable American president into militarily attacking Iran before his term expires, out of fear his successor would not do so. Thus the frenzy of the Israel lobby’s accusations—which are merely statements, repeated endlessly and without proof—is accelerating. The International Atomic Energy Agency has found no proof that Iran aims to acquire the bomb."

"Bush and his neo-con advisors are driven by an insatiable greed to grab oil and money, and if this road to riches is littered with corpses then so be it. The US cannot win in Iraq—Bush has admitted as much, but still insists that the US is “not losing either”—but in the process it is determined to cause as much havoc in that part of the world as possible."

"At the international security conference, the suave Secretary of Defense Gates dismissed Putin’s unanswered specific charges on U.S. missile defense in Europe, the expansion of a hostile NATO alliance to Russia’s borders, and U.S. meddling in Russia’s traditional sphere of influence by saying that the United States felt that “one Cold War was quite enough.” Yet Putin was right that the United States is pursuing another Cold War, this time an unstated one, against both Russia and China."

"Whatever name you give to it -- being “construction,” “modernization,” “renovation,” “Judaization” or “archeological excavations” -- a process of cultural cleansing of Jerusalem has been going on in the Holy City since Israel occupied it in 1967."

"...while much can be said about the need for Palestinians to look at themselves in the mirror and put a stop to their infighting, there is no way out of this issue except by ending the occupation and the siege and providing Palestinians, young and old, with direction and a true source of hope."

"Almost half of the listed dictators will face the fate of Saddam Hussein at the hands of their people, provided the puppet-masters in London and Washington either leave the directly and indirectly occupied nations alone, or the super-dictators in UK and US are brought to justice by their respective nations for their crimes against humanity."