From the Dept. of "No, That's not What We Meant, " comes this:

Hawks tell Bush how to win war on terror
By David Rennie in Washington

President George W Bush was sent a public manifesto yesterday by Washington's hawks, demanding regime change in Syria and Iran and a Cuba-style military blockade of North Korea backed by planning for a pre-emptive strike on its nuclear sites.

The manifesto, presented as a "manual for victory" in the war on terror, also calls for Saudi Arabia and France to be treated not as allies but as rivals and possibly enemies.

The manifesto is contained in a new book by Richard Perle, a Pentagon adviser and "intellectual guru" of the hardline neo-conservative movement, and David Frum, a former Bush speechwriter. They give warning of a faltering of the "will to win" in Washington.

In the battle for the president's ear, the manifesto represents an attempt by hawks to break out of the post-Iraq doldrums and strike back at what they see as a campaign of hostile leaking by their foes in such centres of caution as the State Department or in the military top brass.

Their publication, An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror, coincided with the latest broadside from the hawks' enemy number one, Colin Powell, the secretary of state.

Though on leave recovering from a prostate cancer operation, Mr Powell summoned reporters to his bedside to hail "encouraging" signs of a "new attitude" in Iran and call for the United States to keep open the prospect of dialogue with the Teheran authorities. Much more at link.

Okay, so let me get this straight. Richard Perle, who bluntly said the invasion and occupation of Iraq was illegal, and his ideological comrades, are NOW telling the ever pliable Mr. Bush that what they are now proposing is the way to win the war on terror. I see. I think that the country should pass on this one. The neo-cons haven't been correct on a sinlge issue. From the costs/forces needed to enforce a police action in Iraq to 'welcomed with flowers.'

These cold war relics should be dumped onto the garbage heap of 20th century failed ideologies. Of course Perle and Co. want perma war. They'll personally profit handsomely, whilst the country is crushed under a mountain of debt. Fuckin' traitors.