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Al-Bashir Is Accused
… but who cares? Only the West it seems. The International Criminal Court was set up by Europe and the US, and our current administration doesn’t intend on joining it. If it did, then Bush would be accused in 2 seconds. So, if the US doesn’t adhere to the rules, why should the rest of [...]
Continue reading...Iraqi PM wants timetable for US withdrawal
8. July 2008
As of late I have found myself engrossed in local news, news regarding Montana, and coverage of the presidential campaign. Sometimes, I forget that there are other things going on in the world. Iraq’s prime minister has for the first time publicly called for a US troop withdrawal timetable. Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that a military [...]
Continue reading...Iraq: A More Sober Assessment of the Surge
15. June 2008
One of the most frustrating elements of the media’s coverage and the government’s claims about Iraq has been that there has been no nuance: either the war was necessarily to defend Americans from mushroom clouds, the war was a complete failure, or now, the war is a stunning success, due to the leadership of General [...]
Continue reading...The Elitist Left? Sometimes.
18. May 2008
I attend college in Washington state and over the last few years I’ve become acquainted with a number of left-leaning periodicals, which focus on a range of subjects from entertainment to social life to politics. One such periodical is The Sitting Duck, which is published in Olympia. This week’s issue has an article focusing on the [...]
Continue reading...A Wake Up Call
7. May 2008
Parents of a soldier from Oregon, who is serving in Afghanistan, came home to find a three minute long phone message of a firefight their son was involved in. The soldier’s phone pressed redial during the firefight, which he and his unit made it out of safely, and called his parents. The story is so shocking [...]
Continue reading...Obama, Iraq, and “Wiggle Room”
24. April 2008
Obviously, a major theme of the Democratic and Republican primaries has been Iraq. Most Americans want out of Iraq or are, at least, generally displeased with the war (a recent Rasmussen poll found that 65 percent of Americans want to see us out of Iraq within a year). McCain has said that he is willing [...]
Continue reading...End This War Now…or Uh, At Some Undefined Politically Safe Time
9. February 2008
Matt Taibbi does, and he’s not feeling terribly supportive of the Democrats who have done nothing to actually end the war. Pelosi seemed especially broken up about having to surrender on Iraq, sounding like an NFL coach in a postgame presser, trying with a straight face to explain why he punted on first-and-goal. “We just didn’t [...]
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15. July 2008
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