Mr. Bush is currently on a tour of the Middle East in a last-minute effort to get Israel and Palestine to come to terms. I assume the thinking there is, if Bush's name is linked to an Israel-Palestine treaty, people will forget about the Constitution-as-toilet-paper, militant cronyism of his administration.
In swinging by Saudi Arabia, he offered our allies a 900 smart bombs so they'll back us in the upcoming Iran War and so they'll back the peace deal. But don't worry, officials say: the bombs we give Israel are smarter.
Great. Piss off the Arabs more. That should help.
Oh, and no comment about oil. Why would they talk about that? It's not like the Saudis are the most powerful arm of OPEC or anything.
This is why I pay such sporadic attention to the the news these days.
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There's also a story about the national intelligence director is making plans to gain access to any email, anytime. One of his aides told the New Yorker, "We have a saying in this business: 'Privacy and security are a zero-sum game.'"
Meaning security only comes at privacy's expense.
Now if that were phrased as just this guy's thoughts on the subject, fine. It would be troubling enough, but still, fine. But allegedly there's a "saying in this business." Implying that many, most, some, a lot of the people in this business (INTELLIGENCE) take this as a given.
Holy balls.
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