Tue - February 7, 2006

That will fucking show them


We of the left spend a lot of time and energy attempting to point out that in the so-called War on Terror, Muslims are not our adversaries and Islam per se is not the problem.

The one place that some of us meet up with conservatives (who are our adversaries, and whose ideology is the problem) is the idea that some sort of democratic government would be ultimately beneficial for the people of the Muslim world. We just differ on the question of whether invading their countries on false pretenses and occupying them is a legitimate or effective means to that end.

In Iran this week they're spending a lot of time and energy making our lives harder. These people even make flag-burning look bad.

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Fri - February 3, 2006

The enemy of my enemy is my friend


Two words: Satanic Verses.

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Thu - July 7, 2005

Commentary on 7/7


Just linking to a few posts elsewhere that I thought were worthwhile, with excerpts:

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7/7


I remember that the day of 9/11, when for a few hours the phones were overburdened and I didn't know whether my brothers (in New York and DC) were OK.

This morning when the radio alarm went off and I heard what had happened, all I could think about was how many people in London must not know about their loved ones.

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Sun - April 3, 2005

Iraq investment hoax at DKos


There's a fairly obvious hoax being passed off as news in the Daily Kos Diaries.

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Fri - March 25, 2005

O beautiful...


This is who we are now.

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Tue - March 1, 2005

Varium et mutabile semper Europa (?)


W's trip to Europe last week had one prominent theme: European leaders loudly advertising their desire to move past their differences with the United States — epitomized by Schroder's expressed desire to focus on the areas of agreement rather than disagreement.

I have to say that I'm confused.

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Japan: The World's Next Superpower


Awesome: 1 in 4 Japanese schoolchildren can't find North Korea on a map.

Can global dominance be far behind?

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Thu - January 27, 2005

North Korea buys nuke from Pakistan...


...and Pakistan is sort of near Iraq, so it's almost like we're in the right place.

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