Novel concept! BBC NEWS | Americas | The world four years on from 9/11 (news.bbc.co.uk, 9/9/05):

And the inability of the US to "pacify" Iraq has called into question its ability to act as the policeman for democracy the world over.

The 'world over' has been calling this into question since the US first got the idea. Where have these reporters been?

Catching up on clarifications by those who enjoy becoming the evil we deplore: U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo clarifies 'nuke Mecca' comments - Wikinews (en.wikinews.org, 7/22/05):

Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO) has clarified his earlier statement that 'you could take out their holy sites,' in the event of a nuclear attack upon the U.S. by Islamic terrorists. Rep. Tancredo has refused to make any apologies, saying 'When we bombed Hiroshima, when we bombed Dresden, we punished a lot of people who were not necessarily (guilty). Not every German was a member of the Nazi Party. You do things in war that are ugly.'

I ask you: is that supposed to make us feel BETTER?!?! That innocents are killed in war?

Setting aside the fact that he clearly does not comprehend that fundamentalists have no one country that one could justify attacking... Here's a question: does he comprehend that saying that it's acceptable for innocents to die in war could justify the killing of innocents HERE, since he finds such terms acceptable?

[Editor's note: clearly not. He's been making public statements about how his remarks 'make America safer.' Seriously.]