July 18, 2008
The 60th anniversary of Israel’s birth saw a flurry of praise by the worldwide Zionist community. The Australian Jewish News editorialised that “Jews all over the world feel Israel is the most special place on earth”. Furthermore, “the Israeli Defence Forces are the envy of the world … ...
go to article »July 17, 2008
Some see the recent killings in Iraq as a reason for the Americans to pack up and go home. It's far away and it's Bush's war anyway, right? It's sad that terrorists kill civilians. But it's Bush's responsiblity, and he's on his way out. If only it were that simple. Yesterday murderers, maybe al-Qaed...
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Foliofn Investments, an American firm has just introduced the first-ever screening tool to let investors build portfolios free of companies that support and profit from the genocide in Sudan. Foliofn Investments launched in May of this year help customers automatically screen out companies on the G...
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"What was the symbolic significance of the fact that Iran test-fired 9 medium range missiles today?" asked a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The State Department's third highest ranking diplomat, William J. Burns, responded. At the US Senate committee meeting concerning Iran... ...
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A new report says, "Violence in Iraq has dropped considerably in recent months, as Iraqi military cooperation and a willingness among Iraqis to settle differences without violence have led to a broad decrease in civilian deaths, according to a report issued by the US military today." Of course not,...
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Are there factors informing your perception of China circa 2008? Novelist-blogger and researcher of worldly affairs Yang Hengjun moves on from ‘How did America cover up the truth of the bombing of our embassy in Yugoslavia?' to his post last week, ‘Are Western countries afraid of the...
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Over and over again, Barack Obama promises to end the war. He never tells us how, but we can guess he thinks it will involve withdrawing the U.S. troops. What happens to the Iraqi civilians and neighbouring countries, well, never mind about them.WaPo reports the Shiite militias have a new method of ...
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One of the premises I often read about from various media sources are that some Republicans will vote for Senator McCain because of his support for the Troops and his understanding of military matters. I am a big fan of the show Countdown however due to the time difference I don’t often get to...
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Nicholas Kristof writes in Sunday's NY Times: Each Tomahawk missile that the United States fires in Afghanistan costs at least $500,000. That’s enough for local aid groups to build more than 20 schools, and in the long run those schools probably do more to destroy the Taliban.My own take on this.....
go to article »July 16, 2008
Let's see. Iran pressures Iraq's prime minister to push the Americans for a timetable for withdrawal. President Bush resists. And what does presidential candidate Barack Obama do? He writes an op-ed in the NYTimes that calls for abandoning Iraq's civilians, and he makes no mention of Iran's involvem...
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