<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>Top U.S. Commander in Middle East Resigns : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Top U.S. Commander in Middle East Resigns : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top U.S. Commander in Middle East Resigns]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/53916/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Admiral William Fallon has been described as the only man standing between the Bush administration and war with Iran. He resigned today.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush is A commander guy, not THE commander guy]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19102/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''<br/><br/>Or something like that.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13292/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:<ul style='list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 0px 10px;'><li class='li'>Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys<br/><li class='li'>Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths<br/><li class='li'>Lack of accountability</ul>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood Borders]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/5148/1/</link><description><![CDATA[he most arbitrary and distorted borders in the world are in Africa and the Middle East. Drawn by self-interested Europeans. The unjust borders in the Middle East &#8212; to borrow from Churchill &#8212; generate more trouble than can be consumed locally.<br/><br/>What if new borders were drawn in the Middle East, ones that cut along cultural/religious boundaries?]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush: Threat of World War III if Iran goes nuclear]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/38706/1/</link><description><![CDATA[U.S. President George W. Bush warned on Wednesday a nuclear-armed Iran could lead to World War III]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Searching For A New American Policy For Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/62707/1/</link><description><![CDATA[retired CIA station chief and head of the Agency's counterterrorism staff examines the Bush administration's Iraq policy and finds that it cannot be successful. He calls for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, a &#8220;complete change&#8221; in U.S. goals and tactics in the Middle East, and rebuilding bridges to allies.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. refuses Israel weapons to attack Iran: report]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/72217/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Did the United States turn down Israeli requests for military hardware to help it prepare for a possible attack on Iranian nuclear facilities?]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush moving his Risk pieces to Iran?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/10791/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Says he's certain that Iran is supplying weapons used against U.S. troops, even if he can't prove Iranian leaders are authorizing it. Also says he's &quot;going to do something about it&quot;.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Ends Protection for Wolves in 3 States]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/51633/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration on Thursday announced an end to federal protection for gray wolves in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, concluding that the wolves were reproductively robust enough to survive.<br/><br/>EDIT: When I first saw this article I thought it said &quot;gay&quot; wolves. Gray wolves are just not that interesting. My bad.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Emails Obtained Suggest White House Aides Lied about Firings]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13275/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Just breaking, MTB has obtained excerpts from the leaked emails suggesting the WHite House targeted federal attorneys for firing because they were not &quot;Bush loyalists&quot;<br/>Another Bush administration scandal, lies and cover-ups. <br/><br/>This update provides access to the actual email and may be the first place on the Internet to find it.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle East peace a reality in new computer game]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18766/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Many have tried. All have failed. But with a new computer game, you can make peace in the Middle East.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran Attack On Within A Year]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35173/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Presidential candidate Ron Paul believes that an attack on Iran is highly likely within a year and that the Bush administration is simply waiting for the right opportunity, or event on which to blame Iran, before launching the assault.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama changes his mind (again) and refuses to do town meetings]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/71050/1/</link><description><![CDATA[May: &quot;If John McCain wants to meet me anywhere, anytime to have a debate about our respective policies in Iraq, Iran, the Middle East or around the world, that is a conversation I&#8217;m happy to have...&quot;<br/><br/>August: &quot;Obama is reluctant to take chances or give McCain a high-profile stage now that Obama is ahead in the polls.&quot;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Bush regrets his legacy as a man anxious for war]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/65092/1/</link><description><![CDATA[President Bush regrets the way his gun-slinging rhetoric made people perceive him. He said that his aim now was to leave his successor a legacy of international diplomacy for tackling Iran.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel leaks plans for a nuclear strike on Iran]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8661/1/</link><description><![CDATA[<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8MGF4I80.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Or do they?</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[White House: No major shift on Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/4201/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Under election-year pressure to change course in Iraq, the Bush administration said Monday there are no plans for dramatic shifts in policy or for ultimatums to Baghdad to force progress.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran harrasses US ship.]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/46270/1/</link><description><![CDATA[I have this bad feeling that it may be used to start a strike against iran. Heard that the officals in Washington are saying that this is a serious act of aggresion.   MIDDLE EAST ROUND ? FIGHT!!!!!!!!!]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Lifts Executive ban of Offshore Drilling]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/68722/1/</link><description><![CDATA[President Bush lifted an executive order banning offshore oil drilling on Monday and urged Congress to follow suit.  &quot;This means that the only thing standing between the American people and these vast oil reserves is action from the U.S. Congress,&quot; Bush said.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress restricts Bush on Iraq spending]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/1623/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Congressmoved to block the Bush administration from building permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq or controlling the country's oil sector.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush setting America up for war with Iran ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35866/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Pentagon and CIA officers say they believe that the White House has begun a carefully calibrated programme of escalation that could lead to a military showdown with Iran.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Dept. Probes Torture Memo Legality]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/58913/1/</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The abject failure of legal scholarship in the Office of Legal Counsel's analysis of torture suggests that what mattered was not that the reasoning was sound, or that the research was comprehensive, but that it delivered what the Bush administration wanted,&quot; Whitehouse said.]]></description></item></channel></rss>