You don’t have to do much virtual thumbing of Alternet’s many uber-liberal articles to realize that the site was designed by the far Left, for the far Left, and as a vehicle by which to spread and propagate far Left ideology to the masses.

Or at least to the far Left masses.

Here’s a little gem about how the Pentagon is holding American soldiers as “prisoners of war” by extending their deployments in Iraq.

Oh yes, that’s the definition of POW for sure.

This piece is a little less wacky, but no less insulting or inane:

American policymakers, partly through ideological blindness and preening exaggeration of American power, partly through blindness brought about by political opportunism, made decisions that led to a defeat only their own actions — that only American power itself — could have brought about.

Not to complain about the actual writing, but I have a tough time reading this. It’s just written poorly. Aside from that, it offers up very little in the way of actual reasoning but rather lambastes America and the administration as being ideologically blind and opportunistic–favorite liberal terms phrased slightly different. Yes, it’s true, we are responsible for the terrorism against us. It has nothing to do with the terrorists and murderers. “American power itself” has brought this hellfire down upon us….

Here, the Liberal Ice Queen herself, Arianna Huffington of the dreaded Huffington Post, makes a huge deal out of McCain and his Iran/Al Qaeda link statement. Somebody should let her know that this has already been beaten to death in the media and online. I’m as tired of it as I am of hearing about Obama’s church.

The best part of this article is the end, a footnote actually, in which Ms. Huffington admits:

* This sentence originally read “…at a stop in Jordan last week, McCain made the ludicrous claim that Al Qaeda insurgents were being trained in Syria.” Thanks to the Weekly Standard’s Michael Goldfarb for pointing out my “senior moment,” which led to a copy editing lapse. McCain did mention Syria, but it was his repeated claims about Iran that were ludicrous.

Well, at least she can admit to misspeaking. Of course, since her entire piece was in regards to misspeaking, this is a pretty huge mistake. Kind of kills her point, if you ask me…though for those Alternet groupies, Ms Huffington’s mistake is a “senior moment” while McCain’s is a disaster worthy of weeks of articles, attacks, and commentary. To err is human. Huffington, from her cozy desk, can hardly claim that she is under the same stress or pressure as McCain. And there is still, by the way, no proof that Iran isn’t aiding al Qaeda, even if that aid comes in the form of non-intervention only.

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Kain's major subjects of focus at NeoConstant are international strategy; support of Israel; the failure of the international community to stop genocide; the spread of American power and democracy; historical analysis; and current events both domestically and abroad. He writes here, Newsvine and his blog, IndiePundit.