WOLF BLITZER: Are you suggesting that the “War on Terror” is not the central component of U.S. policy right now?

ARMITAGE: There’s two different things. I’m suggesting that it perhaps shouldn’t be. The fact that we make a war on “terror”–which I think is a bit of a misnomer—perhaps it should be a war on extremism, certainly Islamic extremism right now—is keeping us from focusing on other issues, both domestic and international. Look, these terrorists want to hurt us; they’re a real and growing threat. But absent the availability of WMDs to them, they don’t pose an existential threat to us. This is not like fascism during the second world war or communism. The threat they pose to us is whether we in response to their activities will actually do harm to ourselves by changing our way of life, by suspending writs of habeas corpus and by engaging in such activities as torture.

An amazing statement, because it encapsulates the current situation so well, and because it is by Richard Armitage.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/11/11/late-edition-armitage-on-leaking-plames -identity/

Nah, Armitage has always been a maverick, tolerated in the Bush administration's first term as Assistant Secretary of State only because he was Colin Powell's best friend. This statement from him doesn't surprise me at all.

Andrew

Still, this is more icing on the cake celebrating the worst presidency ever. For some in the Bush admin still, if this is the kind of cake being served up, they rather pick "or death!"

Well, we're out of cake! We only had three bits and we didn't expect such a rush!

The "Rush" is from that extra-special super-secret ingredient. It's probably something like anti-freeze...kids and dogs just adore the taste!

Here, just wash it down with some nice Kool-Aid®