Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Quote of the Day
"In the long run, we're not safer because we're still operating on the assumption that we're hated because of our freedoms, when in fact we're hated because of our actions in the Islamic world."—Michael Scheuer, who served in the CIA for 22 years before resigning in 2004. Harpers has an interview with him and according to Ken Silverstein, "His prognosis was illuminating and insightful—and, unfortunately, almost unrelentingly grim."
Full article here.