“Mr. Powell said the Palestinian-Iranian arms smuggling is a ‘deeply disturbing problem. By the way, just as a former soldier, let me compliment the Israelis on a neat piece of work,’ said Mr. Powell, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ‘It is deeply troubling to see the kinds of weapons that were being introduced into this volatile area,” Mr. Powell said in the Jan. 8 interview. “And I think there is a heavy burden on Chairman Arafat and the Palestinian Authority to explain what they know about this and get to the bottom of this, because this is an escalation.'”- from Bill Gertz in today’s Washington Times.
MEDIA BIAS WATCH: “Last week, Berry appealed to the president to drop attempts to appoint Peter Kirsanow, a conservative lawyer from Cleveland, to replace Victoria Wilson, an ally of Berry.” – Washington Post, January 11. So it’s relevant to describe Kirsanow as a conservative but it’s not relevant to describe Berry as a leftist or Wilson as a liberal?
The Dish 