Tony Blair rails against the shameless parading of the 15 captured Brits with his usual vigor, but what really takes the air out of his rhetoric is the alacrity with which the detainees have turned against their own government.
It’s been less than a full week since they were taken into custody, and already the woman, [...]
More Iraqis Killed than Rwandans in Genocide Attempt of ‘94: UK govt. now admits Johns Hopkins/Lancet underestimated death toll
War is Horrible: Only the inexperienced claim otherwise
War, Lies, Torture: And those who aid and abet
Because you need some of both to handle the present reality without losing your mind.
First, the funny, from Mike Gerber and Jonathan Schwarz.
Now, the serious, from Arthur Silber.
Torture Cover-up: Abu Ghraib Sgt. says ‘bad apples’ were under orders
Washington’s $8 Billion Shadow: Corporate Warfare
Ministers of War: The crazy things they tell people
American Renditioned to Ethiopia: Go back to your TV show
Support the Troops in War!: Betray them when it’s over
It’s always amusing to hear true-blue Democrats explain how their leaders don’t really mean what they say and do.
Oh, don’t you know that Charlie Rangel really isn’t for conscription – he’s just pulling a fast one on the Republicans. Don’t you know anything about how the game is played?!
Aw, c’mon, Democrats don’t really believe in [...]
Both from IOZ. On Christopher Hitchens:
[I]t’s always been the genius of Hitchens to set himself up in amorphous opposition to a perfectly rational, unremarkable belief, which he usually states with the clarity and concision of a wise advocate before tightening his haunches and beginning a wolf-howl of righteous derision – tuneless, frightening, and senseless.
On Andrew [...]
