Month: November 2006

Who Is ‘We’? Valid and valued argument in general, but I’m afraid that it becomes slightly irrelevant, considering that 50 percent-plus (of voting American individuals) returned Mr. Bush to the White House barely two years ago – are they “innocent victims”? ~ Etienne Marais, Cape Town, South Africa David R. Henderson replies: Dear Mr. Marais, … Continue reading “Backtalk November 27, 2006”

Updated at 1:00 a.m. EST, Nov. 27, 2006 Although violence was light in the capital, at least 148 Iraqis were killed or found dead today and another 58 were wounded during violent acts there and throughout Iraq. Five more American servicemembers were reported dead. Two American and seven British soldiers were wounded in separate events. … Continue reading “Sunday: 148 Iraqis, 5 GIs Killed; 58 Iraqis, 7 Brits, 2 GIs Wounded”

Updated at 1:00 p.m. EST, Nov. 27, 2006 As Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Saudi Arabia to discuss the volatile Middle East situation, 158 Iraqis were killed or found dead and at least another 55 were wounded during violent acts in the restive country. Fifty-eight of the dead were suspected militiamen, who were killed … Continue reading “Saturday: 158 Iraqis, 2 GIs Killed; 55 Iraqis, 1 GI Wounded”

Well, if nothing else, be thankful that Bonkers Bolton doesn’t stand any chance of remaining our ambassador to the United Nations, come January 2007. It’s also beginning to look like President Hu Jintao has outsmarted Bonkers Bolton (and his nominal boss, Condi Rice, and his real boss, Dick Cheney) at every turn. Oh, it’s true … Continue reading “Bonkers Diplomacy”

There are over a half-million foreign students at American colleges and universities; the U.S. borders, for all practical purposes, remain wide open; only 6 percent of the shipping containers are checked; and there is still a generous number of legal immigrants admitted. I offer this as an antidote to the Bush administration’s boogeyman stories about … Continue reading “Boogeymongering”

Bosnia, Year 11 Eleven years since the Dayton Accords were finalized at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, Bosnia-Herzegovina is not at peace. Though military operations stopped in 1995, hostility among the country’s ethnic communities – Muslims, Serbs and Croats – has not diminished much. Politics turned out to be the continuation of war … Continue reading “Bitterness, Irony, and Hope”

The deaths of over 400 Iraqis on Thursday and Friday renewed fears that that the sectarian violence will ripen into a full-blown civil war. Efforts to tamper attacks met with limited success as Shi’ite militiamen ignored an indefinite curfew in order to pay back Sunnis for Thursday’s mass attack in Sadr City. Six Sunni men … Continue reading “Attacks Leave Hundreds Dead in Iraq”

Updated at 10:50 p.m. EST, Nov. 24, 2006 A day after the single largest attack since the occupation of Iraq began, Baghdad remains under an indefinite curfew. However, some retaliatory violence already has occurred and more is expected. So far today, 98 Iraqis have been killed and another 93 injured in separate events. Also, a … Continue reading “Friday: 98 Iraqis, 1 UK Soldier Killed; 93 Iraqis Injured”

Commentators and columnists are agreed. Pierre Gemayel’s assassination must have been the handiwork of Syria because his Christian Phalangists have been long-time allies of Israel and because, as industry minister, he was one of the leading figures in the Lebanese government’s anti-Syria faction. President Bush thinks so too. Case, apparently, settled. Unlike my colleagues, I … Continue reading “Syria: Convenient but Unlikely Fall Guy for Gemayel’s Death”

With MySpace.com bulletins and a handful of homemade flyers, two teens have struck a blow against the American Warfare State, Lindale, Georgia Division. On a Friday afternoon the 17th of November, 17-year-old high school seniors Robert Day and Samuel Parker decided to act after Day overheard some teachers at Pepperell High School saying that first … Continue reading “Teens Frustrate Military Recruiter’s ASVAB Scam”