The shadow Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, argued in The Independent on Sunday a few days ago that though “corruption and establishing good governance” are not unimportant, “we need to recognise that Afghan governance is likely to look very different from governance as we know it in the West”. Leaving aside the patronising tone of the [...]
Hilary Clinton had some stiff opposition last week in Pakistan. Everywhere she went in her dazzling blue pants suit, Pakistanis raged about US policy in Afghanistan and along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. One woman pointedly asked, Do the US drone bombings that kill Pakistani civilians count as terrorism? Clinton of course said No.
On [...]
What rein can hold licentious wickedness
When down the hill he holds his fierce career?
We may as bootless spend our vain command
Upon the enraged soldiers in their spoil
As send precepts to the leviathan
To come ashore. Therefore, you men of Harfleur,
Take pity of your town and of your people,
Whiles yet my soldiers are in my command;
Whiles yet [...]
We have to be honest about the world we live in because otherwise we won’t face up to the challenge of explaining it.
This recently has become an issue to me because of the recent uproar in the media and political circus about the Environmental Czar, Van Jones. Here is a really good summary.
Operation Northwoods and [...]
This Day in History
1787: The bloodless coup was revealed that would end the government of colonies that had been won by the sacrifices of the War of Independence, terminating them in a general national government. I refer, of course, to the signing of the Constitution.
1862: The most bloody one-day battle in American history took place [...]
The Web is covered in stink today because of a reporter for the Associated Press, Julie Jacobson, who photographed the death of a Marine whose legs had just been blown off. The kid was Joshua Bernard, a lance corporal of 21 years. When the photo appeared, Robert Gates, the secretary of defense [sic] furiously tried [...]
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944).
I highly recommend you see this WWII movie about striking back at Japan after Pearl Harbor. What was amazing to me watching this movie, made and released during the war, was how concerned everyone was about civilian deaths. Officers firmly instructed the pilots and crews that, if they missed their assigned [...]
The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot — Period by Debra J. Saunders on Creators.com – A Syndicate Of Talent.
The fact that people get morally outraged at Bush-Cheney for a program that never actually did what needed be done–kill terrorists–while Obama continues to bomb families and kill civilians with bombs, pretty much exemplifies the moral perversity and [...]
In public, when it comes to the Iranian question, President Obama is all sweet reason and kissy-face. His recent video message to the Iranian people was just what the doctor ordered. However, this public performance is severely undercut by an ongoing covert program aimed at regime-change in Tehran – or, at least, at undermining the [...]
Nearly eight years after the fact, former Vice President Dick Cheney finally admitted that there was absolutely no evidence to suggest that Saddam Hussein was involved in 9/11. He did however defend the invasion and the subsequent war, saying Hussein had “without question” provided sanctuary to other terrorist groups.
Repeatedly during his two terms as vice [...]
Pretty amazing interviews, especially if you listen to them back to back in chronological order:
October 13th, 2008 (Listen especially to the material fourteen minutes into the interview)
March 27th, 2009
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Quickly jaunted over to fill the tank before the price went up and was stupid enough to listen to Rush’s show for five minutes. More Cheney because we can never promote torture enough.
Ugh.
The GOP is actively campaigning for Obama’s second term. They are doing this by (1.) asserting there is nothing in common between Bush’s [...]
Encouraged by Washington, Pakistan’s leaders launched the full-scale offensive Thursday to halt the spread of Taliban control in districts within 100 kilometres of the capital, Islamabad.
Pakistan’s army is fighting to wrest Swat and neighbouring districts from militants who dominate the adjoining tribal belt along the Afghan frontier, where U.S. officials say al-Qaeda chief Osama bin [...]
I seem to remember that awhile ago we found out that the CIA once planned to assassinate Fidel Castro and that this revelation caused a great deal of controversy. If I remember correctly the outcome of this debate was a consensus that the killing of enemy leaders by the U.S. Government was wrong and it [...]
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