It’s puzzling to me why this isn’t getting more press in the U.S. media. A Palestinian doctor and five nurses from Bulgaria, on a mission in Libya, diagnosed an outbreak of pediatric AIDS in 1999. They were promptly charged with,… Continue Reading
TL, I read your last post about the Iraq Study Group. You sure seem cynical about it. Yup. Why are you such a hater? Don’t you think these people really tried to help find a solution to a really difficult… Continue Reading
In 2001, the explicit warnings of Colin Powell that we were being fed a line about invading Iraq were ignored, and the President put his faith in Donald Rumsfeld’s assurances that Iraq could be converted into a steadfast ally formed… Continue Reading
Early in the morning, the verdict in Saddam Hussein’s first trial will be handed down. The trial has been tragic political theater on a grand scale. The verdict, and the reaction of the Iraqi people to it, will be most… Continue Reading
This morning, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki (who earlier warned America that he was “not your man in Iraq”) bowed to pressure from the warlord Moktada al-Sadr, and ordered American troops to lift their checkpointed seige of Sadr City,… Continue Reading
Words have power. Words have meanings — exact meanings. And when words are translated from one language to another, they can lose their meanings. Tonight, I heard a very interesting bit of commentary about the word “jihad.” You may think… Continue Reading
A friend asked “How is it that North Korea has adopted such an ‘us-against-the-world’ mentality?” At the risk (read: certainty) of sounding shrill, I have to protest that this is nothing new and nothing that we in the West have… Continue Reading
Demonstrating his flair for statesmanship and international diplomacy, Senator Bill “The Video Doctor” Frist’s solution to ongoing insurgency and violence in Afghanistan is… Wait for it… To invite the Taliban to join the government. You read it here first, folks.… Continue Reading
It’s good to see that yes, there are limits to professional Bush-hating. I’m reminded of big brothers (and sometimes sisters) who go out of their way to protect their younger siblings from bullies. “Only I get to beat up my… Continue Reading
Today, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that U.S. President George W. Bush was “the devil.” Mira, Señor Presidente, no estoy un big big fan of el Presidente del Norteño myself. But I think that may just be overstating the case… Continue Reading