Is Isis creepy? Yes. But would the American people, (egged on by the same cheerleaders who beat the drums for the Iraq/Afghanistan debacle — John McCain, Dick Cheney, William Kristol et al) be demanding action if Isis hadn’t released videos … Continue reading
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So, here we are bombing evildoers in Iraq again. This time it is allegedly a humanitarian act, to protect a tiny sect threatened with extinction. We are also in Iraq, apparently, to give air support to the Kurds, who are … Continue reading
When the British Empire declared bankruptcy after World War II, we inherited many of the responsibilities for trying to keep order. Unfortunately we inherited some of the hubris too. By then the Brits had discovered that trying to run the … Continue reading