Category Archives: Foreign Policy
Rumsfeld and the Crusades memos
“On the morning of Thursday, April 10, 2003, Donald Rumsfeld’s Pentagon prepared a top-secret briefing for George W. Bush. This document, known as the Worldwide Intelligence Update, was a daily digest of critical military intelligence so classified that it … Continue reading
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Bush/Cheney kept us safe through torture.
If 3,000 Americans had been killed on your watch, in an attack that could have been prevented, perhaps you’d be a little hesitant to accuse anyone else of endangering America. And if you had advocated torture, and the torture produced … Continue reading
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Israeli war crimes in Gaza
The Israeli military are accused of:
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NRO: Obama is a “utopian radical”
National Review test drives several critiques of Obama’s speech in Berlin. He is insincere? Maybe, but “most voters don’t seem to buy this line of attack, and it risks making conservatives look bitter, marginalized, and defeated already.” They decide to go … Continue reading
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Michael Medved on parallels between Iraq and Philippines
Michael Medved, who I thought reviewed movies on TV, tells us about the parallels between the US occupations of Iraq and the Philippines. The U.S. succeeded through generous policies during the occupation as much as through courage on the … Continue reading
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Burmese Buddhist monks, violence and revolution
“The mass arrests since September have spurred a new radicalism among some of Burma’s monastic community. ’If we have guns we will shoot back’.” Guardian video, article. What would the Buddha do?
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