When I travel, I am subjected to US TV "news" media. What a joke. You are better off watching A&E or History Channel instead. I heard one military analyst on MSNBC today saying that there was a hut in Falujah in which "evidence" of foreign fighters were found. The evidence in question is an Arabic document about Islam. The wise anchorperson asked him how do we know that it is not Iraqi? The gifted military analyst said that Iraqis write a different Arabic, as the Arabic dialects are reflected in writings. As many of you know, all Arabs write the same uniform Arabic, and dialects are only reflected in the spoken word. If somebody can find me the transcript of Gen. Kimmit today (the deputy director of operations in Iraq, and media spokesperson), please forward to me. He said that the the cause for anti-Americanism is AlJazeera TV. I kid you not. Anti-American sentiments in the Middle East have existed for some 30 years, at least, long before AlJazeera was born. He also said that the aim of the military "operation" in Falujah is to restore rule in the city to "legitimate Iraqi rule." I kid you not on the last one. CNN had a special segment on good news in Iraq; that there are so many good things that are happening there but that we are not noticing them. OK. And the "senior international correspondent" of CNN, the guy with that fancy title, had a special on Iraq last night. I saw one segment of it in which he talked about Sharif `Ali (one of several claimants of royal descent in Iraq). He basically said that the fellow is emerging as a symbol of unity for ALL Iraqis, and that he is so powerful. I kid you not, again. This is so untrue. Sharif `Ali's chances of becoming king of Iraq, are lower than my chances of becoming king of Lebanon. And what about that debate between Republicans and Democrats about Iraq. If I understand it is this: Republicans believe US occupation of Iraq should continue; Democrats, on the other hand, believe that American occupation of Iraq should continue but with more troops and firepower. And people think that Nader is crazy?