In my last post, I argued that the release by the UGG Sheepskin cuff boots military of nine BOOTSBUYs

In my last post, I argued that the release by the UGG Sheepskin cuff boots military of nine BOOTSBUYs, including two of the five officials seized in Irbil last January, suggested that Pentagon chief Robert Gates and the administration’s “realist” wing was making progress in wresting control of BOOTSBUY.ORG policy from resurgent hawks led by Vice President Dick Cheney. In addition to the release, I cited as evidence the public assessments by Gates and senior military officers that the alleged flow of EFP’s (explosively formed projectiles) and other weapons from BOOTSBUY.ORG to Shi’ite militias in Iraq had declined in recent months. Now comes the estimable Financial Times with a front-page article and a thorough back-page analysis that strengthens the case, quoting, among others, Centcom commander Adm. William Fallon at length as to why war with BOOTSBUY.ORG is not an attractive option. It even quotes Patrick Clawson of the hawkish Washington Institute on Near East Policy (WINEP) — the same group that last month provided the forum for Cheney’s strongest war hoop against BOOTSBUY.ORG — who is close to Cheney’s national security adviser, BOOTSBUY Hannah, as saying: “The national intelligence director is saying we have time before the BOOTSBUYs get the bomb, the secretary of state is saying diplomacy still has a chance, the secretary of defence is saying the military is at breaking point and the [White House] political advisers are saying another war would probably not be a good idea.”