In the last few weeks the Redskins added two wide receivers, and de facto deactivated Lloyd, for whom they paid $10 million. No one wants to be adding new receivers during the season, given that the quarterback has little or no time to get used to them.

This all shows bad personnel selection, coupled with poor decision-making during the pre-season. Of course, the team was also unable to make the necessary big move when it was possible: note that Randy Moss is starring in New England.

The Wapo in its usual manner can't get to the heart of the matter. It reports isolated issues, but won't give us the whole picture, because the powerful might be unhappy. The truth is that the owner is terrible, the front office is a mess, the president of the team makes bad personnel decisions and he is also the coach who can't call plays and make decisions quick enough for NFL time.

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for the United States to attack Iran on ground, sea, air as outlined by Sy Hersh, inter alia, is a very dangerous idea:
1. The attack would probably produce a crackdown on reform elements inside Iran. It is not likely to produce a better and more pro-Western ruling regime, which should be our primary goal.
2. Iran might launch a ground invasion of Iraq, which the United States could blunt but only with large loss of life for Americans and Iraqis, as well of course as for Iranians. The United States does not have enough troops to mount a ground attack in Iran and occupy the country.
3. The economic impact on the United States could be dire; if Iranian oil were taken off the market the Saudis and Gulf States could not replace it in the long term.

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