As Afghanistan’s war-loving General McChrystal prepares to ask for more troops at the end of the month, will he get them, or will Obama be a massive vagina and say no fuck you? Bill Kristol, for one, thinks there ought be more troops! The Foreign Policy Initiative, Kristol’s new iteration of the famous Project for the New American Century, has gone back to its 90s-style out-of-power activist method of advocating for more newer wars: writing letters to the president about bombing people, and having lots of signatures. Just read the list of co-signatories on this thing: Max Boot, John Podhoretz, a million Kagans, Randy Scheunemann, and finally, the fire of Randy Scheunemann’s loins: Sarah Palin. We’ve never felt better about the “Afghanistan War,” have you? [FPI]

Even though Barack Obama is ramping up the Afghanistan war now, as well as the official policy towards Pakistan known as “Fucking Around,” what we need is more wars, all the time, doesn’t matter if they’re major land wars or just playful warring. This must be done, because if we truly want the oppressed world to enjoy our freedoms, we must first kill them in wars. Comically evil Republican handyman Bill Kristol, for example, would like to see at least one new war every day. And to get his opinion out there — because it’s not like every major media publication gives him regular column space whenever he asks — he has formed a new non-profit that is much like his old evil one, Project for the New American Century, the one founded during the Clinton years that went somewhat dormant during the Bush years when all of its members were busy invading Iraq. MORE »

Reason captured this billboard in Marion, Illinois, which is, heh heh, “innocently” in the same neighborhood as Bill Ayers (by several hundred miles). Right, like THAT’S A COINCIDENCE. Those terrorist are just so scared of John McCain, who knows that they exist somewhere, in one of the world’s eighty or ninety Mexicos, wherever, it doesn’t matter, they will be bombed at all times. The terrorist would literally prefer anyone else. Norm Podhoretz, Bill Kristol, any Kagan, name your favorite neocon, it doesn’t matter. Just not John “Bombs” McSlavepants. [Reason]

Be warned: America’s class of neoconservatives have suddenly grown a POWERFUL NEW BONER. Russia and Georgia’s conflict 20 billion miles away has opened the door for the New Cold World War III, this time with SURROUND SOUND AND TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING CUP HOLDERS AND DIGITAL FIRE STEAMFUCK LIBERTY NUKES. Have no fear, because whenever a former Commie aggressor threatens God’s Democracy somewhere in the world, there’ll always be a Kagan somewhere just stone cold writin’ killer op-eds denouncing those fuckers. MORE »

HuffPo reported late yesterday afternoon that William Kristol — the glib neocon editor of the Weekly Standard and founder of the Project for the New American Century, in addition to his active work the last seven years helping the Bush Administration work out the particulars of destroying the world — will be a columnist for the New York Times in 2008. It’s not that the current op-ed columnists are any great shakes, but if you’re looking for a litany of reasons to cancel that print subscription you’re still stubbornly holding onto, I recommend this, this and this, for starters. Just wanted to pass the news along in case you haven’t banged your head against the wall today. [HuffPo]

Today, the world mourns as the proud leader of its bank, Paul Wolfowitz, forever leaves the institution he single-handedly reformed and revived.

Wolfowitz, beloved architect of America’s Eternal Victory in Iraq, tells the Financial Times that for his next disastrous job, he’s got a number of disadvantaged countries in his sights. If you live in any of these places, you might want to consider moving soon:

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Even guys who start endless wars everywhere are still vaguely human, at least in the sense of having limbs and feet and such. That’s the charming message of this photo montage from the Associated Press, which shows Neocon All Star Paul Wolfowitz at a mosque in Turkey, where he was meeting with extremists to plan new attacks on America. Best known for grooming his hair with his own saliva, today’s photo shows his personal habits are no better on the other end. MORE »

If you were worried that even neocons seem to have lately discovered shame and regret, we’ll always have alternative-reality propagandist Amir Taheri and his endless supply of hysterical bullshit about Iran and Iraq and whatever other country they’re going to blow up next. Witness the tragicomic incoherent beauty of Taheri’s column in today’s NY Post:

Some 70 percent of Baghdad’s violence is concentrated in five neighborhoods, where both Shiites and Sunnis have been the targets of rival death squads for months. Other Baghdadis say the population of those areas will greet the American troops with sweets and flowers.

What?! Not even Dick Cheney in campaign mode has peddled this ridiculous lie for years. Oh well, what do you expect from the propagandist who made up an entire “Iran makes the Jews wear yellow badges and homosexuals wear blue hat” story that the National Post put on the front page? MORE »

* Poli Sci 101 talking point Francis Fukuyama returned to announce his official divorce from neoconservativism. Captain Ed, taking a cue from Charles Krauthammer’s lashing, claims the split deserves a more candid explanation. [Captain's Quarters]
* Blogger Rusty attributes Putin’s plagiary of an economics thesis, as reported in the Washington Times, to standard operating procedure. [The Jawa Report]
* Senator McCain yucked it up with Reverend Falwell at Liberty University. A Kos contributor provides Tim Russert a laundry list of questions to fire at the Maverick Senator. Will he crumble under the pressure of the hard-hitting agree/disagree format? [DailyKos]
* Leave well-researched theorizing on exploitation of the African continent to fancy PhD’s. John Hawkins can trace the roots of Africa’s economic and public health woes to their superstitious rejection of relaxed fit pleated khakis. [Right Wing News]
* No college-themed post is complete without reference to DEA-hating pipe aficionados. Davis Sweet takes on the Agency, the Administration, and Ambien-poppers — each unwilling to admit that driving under the influence of marijuana is just like “driving-while-getting-a-blowjob.” [HuffPo]