"The U.S. Department of Defense and the CIA know perfectly well that today's Iraq poses no threat to anyone in the region, ...

...let alone in the United States. To argue otherwise is dishonest."

Hans von Sponeck, a 32-year veteran diplomat and the former head of the U.N.'s Iraq program.


This Is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama's White House

By Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. Posted November 20, 2008.