“The War Doves”

Kris Johansen defends imperialism before his fellow pinkos in the August edition of Adbusters: Every spring the bulls charge down the narrow alleys of the Spanish town of Pamplona, their thousand-pound bodies careering around corners, hooves clattering across paving...

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I confess

This Ann Coulter parody in the Weekly Standard made me chuckle. Of course, the dragoness is more or less correct about one thing (McCarthy)--the only reason the neos have it in for her.

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Blame Dixie?

The Spectator's Paul Robinson suggests another group to blame. "Jacksonian rhetoric has spearheaded America’s recent wars. The word ‘honour’ is rarely used, but substitutes such as ‘credibility’ abound in official speeches. Nato had to bomb Yugoslavia because the...

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Ronald Bailey Still Doesn’t Get It

But at least he isn't a liar. Writing in Reason, Bailey describes one effect of intelligence-tampering: The American public and the rest of the world will be understandably skeptical when U.S. intelligence agencies next claim there is a looming crisis somewhere....

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The Israelification of America Continues

According to Ha'aretz, U.S. military honchos are visiting with the Israeli Defense Forces to learn about occupation techniques. Interestingly, these meetings began a full year before the war on Iraq. What country were they planning to occupy then? And for how long?

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The Poles Understand Blowback

Would they please explain it to Americans? From the AP: Public support for Poland's role in Iraq appeared to be eroding, with a poll published Monday showing more than half of those surveyed disapproved of sending troops. A growing number of Poles also feared that...

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All This Talk of Democracy

And no one's laughing? A great article on a global delusion: The Day Irony Failed, by Gary LaMoshi. The US State Department weighed in on the Makati crisis by backing "the legitimate civilian government of the Philippines". The US cleverly avoided use of the word...

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yeah, that’s the ticket.

Paul Wolfowitz is now saying that fighting the war in Iraq is key to fighting the war against terror. In fact , he is now saying, that's why the American army invaded Iraq- our intelligence was "murky" but surely everyone can see that without invading Iraq, America...

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A bit of good news

Ali Abbas, the Iraqi boy who lost both arms and his family during the war, will be transported to London for prostheses. That the artificial limbs and subsequent therapy alone will cost $675,000 brings to mind Henry Hazlitt's "blessings of destruction".

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