Pelosi, Reid and their inferiors in the President’s Congress never intended to end the war and now they openly proclaim it. May Matt Taibbi damn them.

Thanks to Lew.

Chris Floyd explains how Mitt “The Cannibal” Romney, as revealed in his speech conceding to John “Beer Cartel” McCain, is the perfect representative of the vicious, deceitful, paranoid, racist parasites who rule the Anglo-American empire.

In this case, that longtime asset of numerous foreign criminals, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Pakistan is now the central front in America’s war on terror
By Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay

Deep State Coup Averted in Turkey
By Christopher Deliso

Guantánamo Trials: Where Are The Terrorists?
By Andy Worthington (The Other Scott Horton’s able defense of Worthington from the disgraceful mendacity of the New York Times editors here.)

Gates Says Anger Over Iraq Hurts Afghan Effort (cough)
By Thom Shanker

6 Guantánamo Detainees Are Said to Face “Trial” Over 9/11
By William Glaberson

Muslim Backing Of Al-Qaeda Wanes
Walter Pincus

Israel Reduces Gaza’s Electricity as Rocket Attacks Continue
By Isabel Kirshner

Putin, in Speech, Accuses U.S. of Setting Off ‘New Arms Race’
By Peter Finn

Hayden Admits: Contractors Lead ‘Enhanced Interrogations’ at CIA Black Sites
By Noah Shachtman

Reid Files 15-Day Extension of Surveillance Law
CQ

From yesterday:

Justice Dept. ‘Cannot’ Probe Waterboarding, Mukasey Says
By Dan Eggen

Shift in Tactics Aims to Revive Struggling Insurgency
By Amit R. Paley

It’s been a hell of a great Ron Paul Revolution. Thanks so much Dr. Paul for all of your efforts. It’s great to know you’ll still be taking ‘em on in the Congress.

Paul’s statement:

February 8, 2008

Whoa! What a year this has been. And what achievements we have had. If I may quote Trotsky of all people, this Revolution is permanent. It will not end at the Republican convention. It will not end in November. It will not end until we have won the great battle on which we have embarked. Not because of me, but because of you. Millions of Americans — and friends in many other countries — have dedicated themselves to the principles of liberty: to free enterprise, limited government, sound money, no income tax, and peace. We will not falter so long as there is one restriction on our persons, our property, our civil liberties. How much I owe you. I can never possibly repay your generous donations, hard work, whole-hearted dedication and love of freedom. How blessed I am to be associated with you. Carol, of course, sends her love as well.

Let me tell you my thoughts. With Romney gone, the chances of a brokered convention are nearly zero. But that does not affect my determination to fight on, in every caucus and primary remaining, and at the convention for our ideas, with just as many delegates as I can get. But with so many primaries and caucuses now over, we do not now need so big a national campaign staff, and so I am making it leaner and tighter. Of course, I am committed to fighting for our ideas within the Republican party, so there will be no third party run. I do not denigrate third parties — just the opposite, and I have long worked to remove the ballot-access restrictions on them. But I am a Republican, and I will remain a Republican.

I also have another priority. I have constituents in my home district that I must serve. I cannot and will not let them down. And I have another battle I must face here as well. If I were to lose the primary for my congressional seat, all our opponents would react with glee, and pretend it was a rejection of our ideas. I cannot and will not let that happen.

In the presidential race and the congressional race, I need your support, as always. And I have plans to continue fighting for our ideas in politics and education that I will share with you when I can, for I will need you at my side. In the meantime, onward and upward! The neocons, the warmongers, the socialists, the advocates of inflation will be hearing much from you and me.

Sincerely,

Ron