Diplomatic Engagement 101
In case anyone wondered how actually one [like a president, some members of Congress or a Canadian prime minister] would go about practicing diplomacy on the international stage, here are two examples from today alone. I think this is why there used to be a red phone on a desk in the oval office: The [...]
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How Many More Wars Do You Want, Anyway?
Pick a number, then vote McCain: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdJUCU1UH2w] Some context: Sarah Palin said two things which can be pegs for an attack ad of this kind: 1. War with Russia could happen over the Georgia conflict 2. Soldiers going to Iraq are fighting the people who killed thousands of Americans on Sept. 11. Share the Love: [...]
Justifying Invading Iran, Or Is It Iraq Again?
In a strange deja vu, the build-up to the Iraq invasion is taking place again with Iran: this time with Canada on board with the UN Security Council rhetoric. Where Chretien fell down, Prime Minister Steve is stepping up! March 3, 2008 (8:00 p.m. EST) No. 47 CANADA SUPPORTS ADOPTION OF NEW SANCTIONS RESOLUTION AGAINST [...]
Logical Absurdities: Only Anti-Government Sentiments Are Political
So, US Iraqi war veterans who oppose the political mission, though presumably they support the troops [themselves, their comrades and friends], aren’t allowed to march in a Veterans Day Parade in Long Beach. “They do not fit the spirit of the parade,” she said. “The spirit being one of gratitude for what the veterans have [...]
USA vs. Iran and Cubazuela
When w.Caesar should be gracefully entering his presidential lame duck status and thinking about who to pardon [whoops, he already got on that with Scooter Libby], he is instead feeding warm, bleeding horse meat to the dogs of war. From today’s Washington Post: In approving far-reaching, new unilateral sanctions against Iran, President Bush signaled yesterday [...]
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