When people have no hope, when there is despair, little else matters. And this is not about

terrorists don’t like freedom. Tell that to the Palestinian people who have been chained down for many, many years.

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Hagelian synthesis

Crooks and Liars has video of Chuck Hagel (R-NE) laying it out to the Senate on Iraq and the [non-binding] Hagel, Biden, Snowe, Levin resolution against escalation. I guess it takes a Republican to say the things he does, such as point out that the reputation of the U.S is shot in the Middle East. Here is a rough transcript (by me) of a part that I found particularly surprising:

Will someone notify Dershowitz, please?