Taking a break from watching and reading about the revolutionary activity in Egypt so I can, ya know, write about it. It’s called “processing.” Or vomiting, your pick. So the WaPo was the first Respectable Beltway News Organ to publish an opinion piece giving George Bush credit for the wave of popular democratic uprisings against [...]
The Bush Was Right Meme
January 31st, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: human rights · politics
This Week in War Mongering
November 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Last week President Obama flew to India to sell them $5 billion for 10 Boeing C-17 cargo planes — the sixth biggest arms deal in U.S. history. As Jim Hightower points out, this deal doesn’t do much to boost American employment (despite administration hopes), but it does help escalate the arms race India runs with [...]
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“Iranian Threat” – Don’t Question It
September 1st, 2010 · No Comments
Iran is a threat because Washington says so. Certainly, WaPo accepts the charge at face value: Iran’s ambitions, which have cast a long shadow over the greater Middle East, may serve as a common bond keeping a frail peace process intact despite threats that have arisen even before the negotiations open Thursday at the State [...]
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Side Show Jan
February 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Jan Markell, founder and director of Olive Tree Ministries is excited to see Benjamin Netanyahu back as Prime Minister of Israel: “Basically Israel now has to go at it alone, which is actually fulfillment of scripture. Zechariah 12 through 14 prophesies that to happen. They have to go at it alone in this world. America is [...]
In Contempt (1/22/2009): Pyrrhic Victory
January 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
You should really click that image to read it at full size. Otherwise you’ll strain your eyes.
Tags: cartoons · human rights · in contempt · war
War Crimes in the Middle East
January 18th, 2009 · No Comments
“Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a street near a U.N. school, after an Israeli attack killed dozens of Palestinians taking shelter there, in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)”(source) The UN contends that Israel may have committed war crimes in its assault on [...]
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Middle East Exceptionalism
January 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Mandolin expresses frustration at trying to keep a cool, compassionate head amidst the debates on Israel and Gaza: Debate about Israel and Palestine is plugging into something really, really weird. We don’t seem to get this level of emotionality and jackassery on other foreign policy issues, even ones that involve equivalent levels of death and [...]
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Voices Against the War on Gaza
January 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Israeli activists demonstrate against the war in Tel Aviv, as reported in Al-Jazeera. Glenn Greenwald asks a question that has been lurking at the back of my mind as I hear my fellow Americans rationalize the Israeli government’s war with Hamas militants. I have a question for supporters of the Israeli attack on Gaza: Prior [...]
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It’s Sike-ah-lah-gee
January 6th, 2009 · No Comments
David Brooks views the Israeli invasion of Gaza not in terms of violence, death or chaos, but “psychology”: This new game isn’t a war of attrition. It’s a struggle for confidence, a series of psychological exchanges designed to shift the balance of morale. The material destroyed in an episode can be replaced, but the psychological [...]
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Jinx!
January 6th, 2009 · No Comments
How do you know you’re screwed? Bill Kristol predicts your success. Sorry, Israel. After arguing that the attack on Gaza is, like, totally different from the attack on Lebanon, Kristol reminds us Why We/They Fight: An Israeli success in Gaza would be a victory in the war on terror — and in the broader struggle [...]
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