Explosions That Are Felt Around the World
Today has been another terrible day in Baghdad. I cannot escape the constant awareness of the suffering of the innocents there. I hope that the bastards who are carrying out…
War, Peace, and Terrorism
The Horror of Sectarian Massacres, Courtesy of Al-Qaeda and Uncle Sam
Whether the UN numbers for civilian deaths are high, low, or spot-on, the fact is that sectarian killings in Iraq have been up for some time. The turning point was…
Muslim Basher Robert Spencer Upset at my Dismissal of his Book
Don’t Bother: It’s Not Worth the Effort Robert Spencer, author of one of the trashiest and least enlightening books I’ve read, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)…
Ahmad Chalabi
I highly recommend today’s New York Times Magazine essay on one of the sleaziest characters in the whole Iraq story.
Will They Find Him Guilty? Hmmm…..
For another insight into what Iraqis are thinking about the forthcoming verdict in Saddam’s trial, visit Iraq the Model. (It’s not representative of all Iraqis, but it’s written by people…
Rock Against Intolerance
The Washington Post has an inspiring article on “Rock Star Rattles Radical Islam,” about Ahmad Dhani and the Indonesian popular music group Dewa. Their “Warriors for Love” is an anthem…
Pause for Thought
The hard-line advocates of the Bush administration’s often extreme (and unlawful) approaches to terrorism should read the findings of the Canadian Arar Commission, which examined the conditions under which Maher…
Trends in Global Terrorism, Indeed
The revelation in the New York Times (may require registration) of remarks by people who have read the classified National Intelligence Estimate’s findings wasn’t much of a surprise. The Bush…
Bush’s Defense
The video above (click on the image) offers a good example of a president employing what I recently learned is now called the “Chewbacca Defense,” which Wikipedia defines as follows:…
Some Common (Moral) Sense about Torture
Andrew Sullivan subjects president Bush’s speech, in which he admitted to secret CIA prisons but denied authorizing torture, to a critical look: 1, 2.