"The War President" -- a sad and chilling composite image of Americans killed in Iraq...somewhat annoyingly appropriated by Michael Moore, but still. Just in the last two days in the "Sunni triangle," nearly 50 Marines have died, along with 150 Iraqis, as the Shiite "uprising" turns into a full-on insurrection against the U.S. occupation. If I had The White House, Inc. in a room right now (Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc.), I'd have to ask them, what good can possibly come of this? Will they ever achieve their puppet oil-ocracy over there, or will the whole "war" be canceled, like Somalia, and never spoken of again? Uggh.

But wait, while we're on this topic, let's ask the question, "Is anti-Americanism the new global religion?" Here's a feisty book review on a new tome exploring the world's treatment of its geopolitical whipping boy. I don't agree with the reviewer or the book on everything, but it's an entertaining ride.