August 27, 2008
According to AP, the Hermit Kingdom "has stopped disabling its nuclear reactor and will consider restoring the plutonium-producing facility in anger over Washington's failure to remove it from the U.S. list of terror sponsors."The North Korean regime may also be annoyed that China's President Hu Jin...
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Glenn Greenwald points out that which is patently obvious to the entire world beyond America's shores:. . . We're a country that fights wars and uses military force in far more places and for far broader reasons than any other country in the world, by far. . . That's why it's so amazing to watch Co...
go to article »August 26, 2008
The NY Times reports that the UN has "convincing evidence" that a US air strike in Afghanistan has killed 90 civilians, including 60 children. Air strikes don't win wars. The allied bombing of Germany was not what defeated Hitler; the carpet-bombing of Tokyo did not defeat Imperial Japan; bombing C...
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There something about the behavior of some Americans in the lead-up to the recent crisis in the Caucasus that stinks. I have touched on it in a number of posts. Now someone has nailed it. In this previous post, I quoted from a Washington Post article that discussed the business activities of one...
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Although the violations I have in mind are not as grave as Georgia and Russia having violated the the sacred "Olympic truce"* they are still troubling.Today, China announced that every Chinese Olympic gold medalist would receive about US$ 50,000 from the state. Other countries also pay their medal...
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CNN's Cafferty asks whether not picking Hillary might cost Obama the election, blogging "there are signs of lingering deep bitterness between the Obama and Clinton camps."I had assumed Hillary supporters would "get over it," but in the back of my mind was an incident in which I had been a participa...
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In my estimation, Barack Obama could not have picked a better running mate in his bid for the American presidency.I took this photo in July. Senator Joe Biden is shown on the left, next to Senator Lugar (center) and Senator Hagel (right).These ranking members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Rela...
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"He wouldn't just shore up Obama's foreign policy flank. He would help Obama go on the attack, which is surely a consideration when running against a candidate who still supports an unpopular war," writes Thomas Noyes in the Guardian.Here's the clincher: "In terms of temperament, Biden is hot to Oba...
go to article »August 24, 2008
August 23, 2008
And that's the way it is. Hat-tip Fallows....
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