Hughesair (Inflection Point)

And they arrested her attorneys and her son. What century is this again?

Once again the President's designation as Commander and Chief, delegated to other civilians and DOD, may have lead to some kind of a breach within the Administration. No US news, but read this Syrian view of what may have been an Israeli attack on a North Korean package in Syria. “It appears that the Israeli planes were on a reconnaissance mission when they got caught by Syrian defenses and were forced to drop their bombs and extra fuel tanks,” said a Western diplomat in Syria’s capital Damascus. He declined to be named. Did, as suggested, elements in the administration go around Bush and Rice to engage in a risky military action? Call it the fog of war, justifiable intervention or is it a divide in the administration? Can Pres. Bush control the Neocons? Maybe it is better to fight an asymmetrical guerilla war by even more covert strategies and by engaging a willing proxy. It would be interesting to ask David Petraeus these questions tomorrow.