Joseph Biden will run for president, provided he thinks he has “a clear shot at winning the nomination by this November or December,” if it’s “a real possibility.” I feel so inspired by that rousing clarion cry, don’t you?
CIA head Porter Goss says the failure to capture Osama bin Laden is from “our sense of international obligation, fair play,” and certainly not from massive incompetence. Goss told Time he has an “excellent idea” where bin Laden is, but can’t just walk up to him on the street, because they haven’t been formally introduced.
So after decades of Israel destroying economic infrastructure in Gaza, seizing land and water, imposing curfews and travel bans that kept Gazans from their jobs, and just generally keeping them impoverished and miserable, the houses in the Jewish settlements will be destroyed because they’re too up-scale for Gazan Palestinians, who’d really be happier living in a nice shanty town, much better use of the space really. Given that Gaza has just about the highest population density in the world, there may be some validity to that logic, but what an insulting logic it is. And if that weren’t insulting enough, the Israelis, not wanting to hang around and get shot at while all the rubble is being cleared, will leave that work for the Palestinians who won’t be able to live in the nice homes. (Eli at Left I, whose post I hadn’t seen — speed it up, Bloglines! — makes these points and more)
Condi Rice, who had some hand in brokering this arrangement, did not visit Gaza before going on to Egypt, where she tried to part the Red Sea.
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