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Compare these words from William Z. Foster, general secretary of the Communist Party USA, as quoted in Ronald Radosh’s Prophets on the Right: “Socialist countries will not make war against each other,” Foster predicted confidently, “but will live together harmoniously.” Only a fascist world would be one beset with imperial war; “a socialist world will [...]
Filed under: Foreign policy
For those who have been following the debate surrounding Ronald Suskind’s claim that the CIA forged a phony letter in late 2003 to “prove” al-Qaeda was connected to Saddam Hussein, yesterday’s detailed disclaimer by the Agency (posted on the CIA website) does little to reveal who actually might have done the deed. As in past [...]
Filed under: War
As the Beijing Olympics approach their end, it’s perhaps time to look forward to 2012, when London will host the Games. With error-prone Mayor Boris Johnson–see below–in charge, we can be confident that Britain will fail to match the “flawless execution” of the PRC’s sportfest. But at least it won’t be as creepy. (Please ignore [...]
Filed under: World
There seems to be a growing recognition among some pundits that the U.S. shouldn’t support NATO membership for Georgia and Ukraine, and that by extension, an attack on Georgia and Ukraine is not an attack on the U.S. Great! But at the same time, the same pundits seem to accept it as a given that [...]
Filed under: Foreign policy, War
The New York Times had a lead editorial today entitled “Afghanistan on Fire.” It was a “something must be done” presentation that attempted to define four or five things that can fix Afghanistan based on the premise that if Washington fails the “more freedom al-Qaeda will have to mount new terrorist operations against this country…” [...]
Filed under: Foreign policy, War
Filed under: Foreign policy, World
Jeremy Lott says that Catholics who take their faith seriously have no choice at all in this election year. And he references the Simpsons: Senator Barack Obama has voted against affording protections even to premature babies that are accidentally delivered during abortions, for fear that it might set a precedent that could prevent even one [...]
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The winds of change are blowing — and they smell just like the streets of Times Square on a 90-degree summer afternoon with no breeze and 100 percent humidity. Not pretty. The same rank smell the night Rudy “America’s Mayor” Giuliani spoke before the Republican National Convention Aug. 30, 2004. Since the Republican National Convention [...]
In Sunday’s NYT books section, Bill Keller wrote glowing review of John Carlin’s Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation. The book, Keller informed his readers, is about how Mandela used rugby, a sport that was once the very symbol of apartheid, to heal his country’s racial divisions. “There are [...]
Gen. David Petraeus might be spreading the word that he’s ready to pull a combat brigade out of Iraq by year’s end, but don’t take the ticker tape out yet. Apparently, the Army is ready to shift the balance to Afghanistan, where Taliban killed ten French soldiers and attacked a US base on Tuesday. According [...]
Filed under: Foreign policy, Iraq, War