Moving Right Along

Washington: The navy admiral poised to take command of U.S. forces in the Middle East warned Tuesday that "time is short" to change the course in Iraq, but he said that this still might be achieved through a "more realistic" approach combining intense political and economic efforts with military persistence. Admiral William Fallon also bluntly told the Senate Armed Services Committee, at a confirmation hearing, that "what we've been doing is not working." It was time to "redefine the goals" in Iraq, he said.

(We need help.)

This Congress was never meant to be a rubber stamp,' Sen. Barbara Boxer told her colleagues last week. 'Read the Constitution. The Congress has the power to declare war. And on multiple occasions, we used our power to end conflicts.' Boxer has proposed a bill that would call for troops to come home in 180 days, allowing a minimum number to say behind to hunt down terrorists and train Iraqi security forces.

(New congress, new rubberstamp.)

General Ban Ki Moon: Ban's initiative comes just months after the United Nations' top U.S. official, Christopher Burnham, stepped down as the head of its management department. The Bush administration has agreed to relinquish that post -- which an American has headed for 15 years -- in the hopes of securing the top post in the growing Department of Peacekeeping Operations, which oversees 100,00 peacekeepers and has an annual budget of nearly $5 billion.

(Peacekeeping department or "nation building" under the UN.)

Dennis Kucinich offers plan to end war: Key to Kucinich's plan is the use of the United Nations in developing an international security and peacekeeping force, managing Iraq's oil assets and helping reconstruct the country - with the U.S. contributing financially.

(Same old, same old, Euro/US bashes in the door, then pay "peacekeeping" troops to mop up.)

The reichwing will rule the world and make ya believe it's radically progressive.