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Celebrating Krauthammer’s credibility problem
Charles Krauthammer, April 22, 2003, reassuring us that weapons of mass destruction would be found in Iraq, justifying the invasion and occupation his party chose: Hans Blix had five months to find...
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History matters: Juan Cole on religious conflict in Iraq
Juan Cole’s “Who are Iraq’s Sunni Arabs and what did we do to them?” is a very helpful short read of the long view. It’s a good summary of the history of sectarian strife between Sunnism and Shiism,...
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‘God only knows how much blood it will take’
I have, arbitrarily, been working my way through the Daniel Amos discography, song by song, mining the lyrics for the titles of the occasional short-links posts here. We’ve arrived at their 1991 album...
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WeAreN’t helping when we take sides in sectarian violence
Who said the following? “It’s obvious the majority of the community liked it. So should we deny the 95 percent of those that liked it their rights, just for the 5 percent of people who are upset?”A....
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War: Because, hey, what’s the worst that could happen?
“What’s the harm of bombing [ISIS] at least for a few weeks and seeing what happens?” This is Bill Kristol’s idea of foreign policy. Drop some bombs and “see what happens.”“What’s the harm …?”You may...
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Short memory, must have a
“In the tents new rifles,” the singer barks, bitterly summarizing the endless cycle of war in Afghanistan and elsewhere, and bemoaning the “short memory” that ignores all that has gone before. The...
View ArticleSouthern Baptist leaders call for war … or something
Southern Baptist Convention president Ronnie Floyd and 16 of his predecessors have penned an open letter to President Barack Obama, calling on him to do … something or other about ISIS.This is one of...
View ArticleCourt evangelicals courting Mister Bone Saw
"The meetings are part of a long-term agenda." That's the truest statement from CBN's report on a meeting of "Christian leaders" with the Saudi crown prince. The problem for these "leaders" is that the...
View ArticleHappy Andrew Natsios Day!
"In terms of the American taxpayers' contribution, I do, this is it for the US. ... The American part of this will be $1.7 billion."
View ArticleJust add bello
I didn't make these rules. I don't endorse these rules. But yet still, these are the rules.
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