Video here. Poor old George Bush Jr. He’s got nothing left but straw men and circular logic to keep American soldiers in Iraq. First he implies that his critics believe the “sophisticated propaganda” of the enemy terrorists that “our” presence is the cause of all Iraq’s problems – a case I’ve never heard made by [...]
Letter of the week comes from Zev Berkovich, who could be the next great warblogger: Subject: You guys are crazy (and extremely misinformed) Hi, I’m sorry to say, but you guys don’t seem to understand anything about what’s going on in the Middle East. Are you suggesting that Iran should be allowed to develop nuclear [...]
I’ve been watching for coverage of Muhammed Yunnus getting the Nobel Peace Prize – and am disappointed at the desultory results. But why should I be surprised? Yunnus isn’t glamorous or political particularly, just really smart, and really compassionate, and came up with an idea that has been making a difference in many very poor [...]
From my down-under pen-pal Tim Gillin over at Stress: “The Australian opposition leader Kim Beazley has labeled Iraq, the worst foreign policy failure since Vietnam. Beazley, recently in the US, outlined a proposed withdrawal plan he calls ‘repositioning’. Beazley is generally considered to be ‘on the right’ of the Australian Labor Party (which is itself [...]
Newsday’s Walt Handelsman, aided by Roy Furchgott, has a wonderful animated cartoon featuring singing spies. The cartoon is here. This makes the National Security Agency wiretap issue so simple even a congressman might be able to get the point. Perhaps congressmen will respond by merely adding an amendment to a “spying legalization†bill to prohibit the feds [...]
Intrepid Washington reporter Robert Dreyfuss interviews Salah Mukhtar, who is “close” to the Iraq opposition. It’s clearly as bad or worse than you think. Our choices seem to be: 1. Stay the course of installing the dictatorship of the Iran parties, 2. Switch sides back to Saddam’s Ba’athists, 3. Break the former country into three, [...]
