"Although the sanctions on Syria are less severe and will only impact a trade of $300 million a year, the message to the Middle East is one of antagonism and hostility."

"As Sharon and Olmert speak of "relocating" existing settlements in the Occupied Territories, new ones are being established."

"It is good that Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (D-MO) is finally confessing that he doesn’t trust Bush, Jr. “to conduct foreign policy.” It would have been much better if he would have come clean about his reservations when that important vote came up in the House of Representatives, in October, 2002, on the pro-Iraq War Resolution. Instead, Gephardt voted then to delegate the awesome war making power to the Bush-Cheney Gang."

"Constitution is nothing more than what we put in it. Any clause inserted under the label of amendment can never be legitimate if it makes its way only through a series of extra-constitutional measures against the will of the people."

"We are ruled by an intellectual and moral featherweight who lost the popular vote and since 911 has moved from that awful beginning to head the worst regime in American history."

"When it comes to fundamental democratic reform, therefore, perhaps the Muslim world would do better to emulate Western democratic ideals of a century ago, not the hypocritical and schizophrenic brand being practiced today."

"The sooner Arabs and other Middle Easterners come to terms with the ‘LA Lull’ standard, the more likely they are to land in the real world."

"The country would be both safer and less fearful with a more low-key alert system, targeted to state and local agencies that specific intelligence shows to be under threat at a particular time."