Here We Go Again

A close read of President Bush’s November addresses at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington and at the Whitehall Palace in London leads a traditionalist almost to despair. George Bush did not write this democratist drivel. This is the kind of messianic rhetoric he probably never heard before he became president. Who is putting … Continue reading “Here We Go Again”

Now They’re After Putin

The decisive victory of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “United Russia” slate of candidates for the Duma is the occasion for a new round of Putin-bashing, with “human rights officials” condemning the election results as “a retreat from Russia’s democratic reforms.” Just what is a “human rights official,” anyway? The way the Associated Press puts it, … Continue reading “Now They’re After Putin”

Carla del Ponte’s Pound of Serbian Flesh

One by one, Serbs are confessing to their guilt regarding Srebrenica. Are we witnessing another Stalin show trial, where the defendants were told, "if you sign, we won’t shoot you"?  Well, Stalin’s victims signed and many were shot anyway, or worked to death in the Gulag. The Hague "Tribunal" seems to have taken Uncle Joe’s lesson … Continue reading “Carla del Ponte’s Pound of Serbian Flesh”

Former Top US Security Officials Back Geneva Accord

Three days after the administration of President George W. Bush shrugged off the unofficial Israeli-Palestinian peace plan released last week in Geneva, a bipartisan group of eight former top U.S. national-security officials said they supported the so-called "Geneva Accord." The endorsement of the group, which includes four former national security advisers, comes amid a growing … Continue reading “Former Top US Security Officials Back Geneva Accord”

Uzbek Leader Becoming Embarrassment to West

President Bush’s recent vows to pursue a "forward strategy of freedom" in the Islamic world are in the spotlight as a close ally, Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov, comes under attack by human rights groups. Despite Western pressure, Karimov has outlawed opposition parties, harassed and imprisoned dissidents, and, despite his own promises, failed to take meaningful … Continue reading “Uzbek Leader Becoming Embarrassment to West”

Iraq Is No Vietnam, But It May Be Poland

A nascent empire falls in love with its “liberating” political and economic state system and decides it is time to export its domestic model to other countries by means of war, of course. Liberation to all is the ultimate goal. No, it is not early 21st century, the leader is not George W. Bush, the … Continue reading “Iraq Is No Vietnam, But It May Be Poland”
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