The Savage Wars of Peace
Why on Earth would the Obama Administration "strongly condemn" the assassination of a member of the Iran's Manhattan Project? War of Assassins-link. If the United States is responsible for the clandestine war being waged against the Iranian atom bomb program, as I fervently hope we are, we certainly should admit to no such thing; even if we aren't, which would be a shameful neglect of our national security, we certainly shouldn't condemn such a shadow war. If anything, even if the U.S. isn't behind this, we should act in such a way as to give the Iranians the impression that we are. The Islamic Republic of Iran is an enemy of the United States of America & has been for over thirty years. The blood of hundreds, if not thousands, of American soldiers & Marines is on the hands of the I.R.G. &/or Iranian-backed militias from the recently "concluded" Iraq War. At the very least, Washington owes Tehran a few dead atom-bombmakers as both a down payment on a future settling of accounts & as a warning that the West is in earnest when we say Persia will not be permitted to go nuclear.

The worst aspect of the ill-conceived condemnation is that it emanated from the National Security Council. I'd expect such drivel out of Foggy Bottom, sure, but the N.S.C.? How much longer must we endure having an executive branch that at every turn seeks to promote an image of American passivity & impotence?

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, "Sunday Afternoons on Wisdom Ave." from The Magic of Youth (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Today I named The Magic of Youth the 2011 Album of the Year on the B.T.W. Forums, & with the choice of the R.B.D.S.O.T.D. thus narrowed down to its eleven tracks "Sundays Afternoons on Wisdom Ave." just called to me. Sweet fancy Moses, I love The Mighty Mighty Bosstones!