The World

We Must’ve Taken Another Peek Into Putin’s Soul

15 November 2006

Looks like despite Russia’s retreat from democracy and its abuse of human rights, the United States has decided to back Russia’s entry into the WTO. More troubling from an international trade perspective, however, is the way Russia treats Georgia. After Georgia arrested four Russians accused of spying, Russia has cut of Georgia’s mail, harassed Georgian [...]

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What Should Have Been Done Long Ago-

13 November 2006

If the nation really is ready to pull out of Iraq, at least partially, then it will be time to do something we should have done long ago – win the war in Afghanistan. NATO is doing by most accounts, a generally good job given the resources allocated to them. However, NATO is fighting our [...]

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Glenn Reynolds: Tool

12 November 2006

In a sign of the forthcoming bipartisanship and cordial politics of the right, Glenn Reynolds links approvingly to this piece, which argues that the Democratic victory in the midterm elections was actually a victory for al Qaeda: Now, the stage is set for al Qaeda to win a major victory. It was a simple matter of [...]

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Conrad Burns Wins an Award–From Jack Abramoff’s Partner

1 October 2006

Congratulations are in order for Senator Conrad Burns, who, though spending federal money like a drunken sailor, has been named the 2006 “Hero of the Taxpayer” by Americans for Tax Reform. He’s so proud of it, that’s he’s listed the award on his campaign web site, despite the fact that the award was presented by [...]

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Marine Mammals and Michelle Malkin: One Deserves Our Respect, One Deserves Our Scorn

6 July 2006

This is what passes for logic on the right today. Every issue, no matter how unrelated is still connected to 9/11 and terrorism. In the best case, it demonstrates that the practicioners of ‘logic’ on the right are just incredibly lazy. The less flattering, and more likely reality? They can’t support their arguments, so they desperately hope that repeating 9/11, war, 9/11, will convince idiots to make the argument for them.

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Has Anyone Noticed Israel is at War?

29 June 2006

So betwixt all the wrangling of the American political apparatus, has anyone noticed that Israel has started another war? The pretext is the kidnapping of a single young Israeli soldier by Palestinian forces. Because of this Israel has invaded the Gaza Strip, destroyed the electrical grid, and angered regional powers. Now, the emptiness of this [...]

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A Fresh Assessment on Iraq

23 April 2006

Catching up on the Economist this evening, I came across an interesting description of a threat being used by the major opposition party in the Congolese elections. Referring to opposition leader Etienne Tshieskedi’s demand for more transparency in the elections, the people of Kinsasha have taken to the streets. Their cry? Chanting a new battle-cry [...]

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The Responsible American Media and Iran

17 April 2006

If anyone doubts that the the Bush Administration doesn’t intend to go to war in Iraq, a viewing of MSNBC’s Scarborough Country might change your mind. On this evening’s program, Joe and his cast of neo-conservatives laid out the case for going to war with Iran–entitely relying on specious claims that Iran would make a [...]

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Freedom on the March: Afghanistan

20 March 2006

Looks like the Bush rhetoric might be falling a little short in Afghanistan, where becoming a Christian can get you executed…by the government. ABC News reports: Despite the overthrow of the fundamentalist Taliban government and the presence of 22,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a man who converted to Christianity is being prosecuted in Kabul, and [...]

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Thought of the Day

18 February 2006

From South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, regarding the US run detention center in Guantanamo: I never imagined I would live to see the day when the United States and its satellites would use precisely the same arguments that the apartheid government used for detention without trial. It is disgraceful. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post [...]

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How Does Bush Differ from Chavez and Hitler?

6 February 2006

Oh, Rummy. I mean, we’ve got Chavez in Venezuela with a lot of oil money. He’s a person who was elected legally—just as Adolf Hitler was elected legally—and then consolidated power.” U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Newsweek  Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up [...]

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So, Isn’t This Terrorism?

15 January 2006

The Guardian describes the result of the CIA’s attempt to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri in Pakistan: some of the results of the strike were very clear: three ruined houses, mud-brick rubble scattered across the steeply terraced fields, the bodies of livestock lying where thrown by the airblast, a row of newly dug graves in the village [...]

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