Making Excuses for Animals

So sue me: people who riot and kill and swear jihad against an entire country because some drooling gap-toothed Lynndie-type flushed a wad of paper that had religious stuff written on it down a toilet are A-N-I-M-A-L-S. I don't care if it was their holy book. I don't...

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The Good War

Your Antiwar.com review of Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith: I liked it. Turns out wars are the death of republics, and the Emperor does a great Yushchenko impression. In other news, the U.S. Air Force is planning to build a Death Star.

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Trouble in Paradise?

I can hardly wait for a certain DC liberventionist to explain this away:Ukraine's Orange Revolution was an exhilarating and joyful event. It was a classical liberal revolution for democracy and freedom and against corruption. Viktor Yushchenko became the...

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US mock-executioners in Iraq

The Australian Daily Telegraph reports: Mock executions – in which a prisoner is made to believe his death is imminent – are expressly prohibited by the US army's interrogation policy. The details were described in documents sought by the American Civil Liberties...

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Extra! Extra!

Glenn Reynolds actually has a worthwhile insight! (Sandwiched between two slabs of baloney, of course.) On the childlike chickenhawkery of Andrew "Second Thoughts" Sullivan:When Andrew was a champion of the war on terror, writing about martial spirit and fifth columns...

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Play Stirs Memories of Falklands War

Oakland, CA: TheatreFIRST is producing a rare revival of playwright Robert Holman’s abstract portrait of the lingering effects of war, Making Noise Quietly. In three one-act plays, Holman gives playgoers a glimpse at war’s more rarely acknowledged consequences and...

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Galloway: A Pack of Lies

If you ever wanted to hear a bunch of US Senators get told off, here's your chance.George Galloway: Your case for war was a pack of lies.MP3 courtesy of Crooks and Liars (they have a Realplayer video version if you prefer)Are the documents implicating Galloway...

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Manufacturing Consent

Glenn Reynolds writes: I want to add that I don't think there's anything immoral about flushing a Koran (or a Bible) down the toilet, assuming you've got a toilet that's up to that rather daunting task, and I think it's amusing to hear people who usually worry about...

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