that s the first point to make. the second point to make is this is not a route out for civilians into a safe haven, it is a route out into a government-held area given the scale of the destruction visited upon by east ghouta, wolf. it s very unlikely that many of the 400,000 people trapped in the city would take the opportunity. there could be one group of people for whom there is an exception. that is many hundreds of people who are in critical need of medical attention. they may well take that route offered if, indeed, it materializes. but the problem is, wolf, it s only a five-hour window, the implication being that syrian and russian forces for the rest of that 24-hour period will go back to business as usual, which has been raining bombs and reportedly pouring gas down on 400,000 people. wolf? and more death and destruction coming in this never-ending battle over there. sam, thank you very much.
i saw a sign of heap because the political establishment of this country, democrats and republicans, backed that horrendous decision down the line. that decision which cost so many lives and threw the middle east open to the hell we have burning there today. is he really going to pick a war hawk as a secretary of defense? is he going to let the people who took us to war in 2003 take another bite of the apple? just listen to the neocons. they re dying for another u.s. entry into battle over there. iraq, then libya, then the endless call to throw our young men and women to syria. the endless battle cries against iran. picking someone like john bolton for secretary of state or any position of power would be a betrayal of months and months of offering the country an alternative to the pathetic stupidity of the iraq war. the first job of the president-elect is to do no harm. picking john bolton or any neocon hawk would be for donald trump to jump into bed with a
at least in hindsight, to the iraq war. if he was so ready to say it was a bad war, a bad decision, i saw a sign of hope because the political establishment of this country, democrats and republicans, backed that horrendous decision down the line. that decision, which cost so many lives and through the mideast open to the hell we have burning over there today. so i sit here worried, is he really going to pick a war hawk as his secretary of defense? will he really let the people who took us to war in 2003 who were the cheerleaders for disaster take another bite at the apple? just listen to neocons, they re dying for another battle over there. it began with iraq, libya, then the endless call to throw our young men and women into syria. the endless battle cries against iran. picking someone like john bolden for secretary of state or any position of power would be a betrayal of months and months of offering this country an alternative to the stupidity of the iraq war. first job of any pres