Those demonstrators. They will not be showcased in US media, and the New York Times will not dispatch Hassan Fattah to hail them and cheer them in fawningly uncritical articles, as he did in his coverage of the Hummus Revolution in Lebanon. In general terms, they sound similar to the slogans of the Hummus Revolution. They want US troops out of Afghanistan, and they want to discredit the US-installed government. There is no evidence that they are Taliban fans, before you throw that into the picture. Will you now do what the dictator in Mauritania does when he claims that all his critics are funded and armed by Al-Qa`idah (including those who have no weapons mind you)? Yet, these are not the demonstrations that will get the attention of the US press. It is incredible how the "free" US media play a big role in helping the efforts of the US government. Walid Jumblat today expressed his regret for his one-time praise of the US war in Iraq in that now famous interview in the Washington Post. An interview that was published widely in the US press to validate Bush's doctrine (I always feel weird using the words "Bush" and "doctrine" in the same sentence, but bear with me). He was very critical of Bush in his interview today on Future TV, but will any US newspapers cover the remarks? Of course, not. US puppet in Afghanistan Hamid Karzai explained the demonstrations (and the shooting of the innocent demonstrators by puppet troops in Afghanistan) as part of democracy. Now I know what Bush means by "democracy."