An article in The Star says Bush won’t let anyone have dictators, and he personally will rout them out.

It’s basically, “Syria, you’re next,” and I love the quote:

In meetings in Damascus with British and Saudi envoys, Syrian President Bashar Assad again denied all U.S. accusations.

“For the president of the United States to come on television and say that Syria must co-operate, my question is who, in the name of heaven, does he think he is?” asked Syrian political analyst Mohammed Aziz Shukri. “Is he the god of this Earth?”

Ahem. I believe that is indeed the question.

There is a fascinating article at New Scientist.

It outlines some of the environmental repercussions of war in Iraq. These aren’t things I’ve heard brought up in any other news. This is a very delicate ecosystem and the idea that we–both sides–could be causing horrible, irreversible damage just horrifies me.