Via Juan Cole, it's clear that someone gets it: In a speech Tuesday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Kennedy, D-Mass., said North Korea and Iran have continued unchecked with their nuclear buildups while the United States preoccupies itself with Iraq. ''Instead of leading the...
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From John Judis, currently operating out of Talking Points Memo: Bremer's economic program wasn't confined to selling off state enterprises. Bremer saw privatization as part of the broader conservative economic agenda.
Here's a pretty interesting post at Crooked Timber arguing that the European Parliament will make future EU-US relations sticky regardless of who wins the November election. Since the University of Washington.
First, read this post. Now, tell me what an Islamo-fascist is. I'm waiting. I don't have all day. . . Actually, that wasn't true. I do have all day. . . Heads up. There is no such critter. Back in the Cold War, we could point...
GREAT interview between Moore and Katie Couric, see it here, Atrios has a partial transcript. I also have mixed feelings about Moore. I've only seen The Big One, and I really didn't care.
Sy Hersh and Tacitus take up the Iran-as-winner theme; you heard it here first. And in case you're wondering about the Iranian nukes: Iran Rebuked by UN Agency for Withholding Atom.
A couple months ago, the Washington Post had a story (which I can't find) about young applicants for Heritage Foundation internships finding themselves in the far more exciting field of rebuilding Iraq. The administration, rather than seeking out people able to do the jobs assigned...
Read this excellent essay on French torture in Algeria. You'll need to watch an ad in order to get to it. I've always been a little bit twitchy about torture; it.
I think Mickey Kaus might actually be on to something. Can the terrorists both want Bush defeated and want Bush reelected? Sure, if they're different groups of terrorists. The Zarqawi.
Instapundit and Andrew Sullivan both think that Muqtada Al-Sadr's retreat and expressions of approval for the new government are a victory for the administration. That is certainly a point of view. A more accurate point of view would note that it was the US, not Sadr,...
Cruising the blogosphere, checking out the reaction to the 9/11 report. . . Tacitus has a measured response. He acknowledges that Dick Cheney is a damned liar, but notes that.
This quote from Tacitus is precious, even if I am appalled by it: Tacitus can't admit he was wrong even in the face of facts! Which is to say, because I recognize.