Category: terrorism
Webb Blasts Revisionism on Iraq War
January 28th, 2007Andrew Sullivan has a nice piece on Jim Webb (new senator from VA), which records the following quote of him dissembling the omnipresent revisionism on the case for the Iraq war ("we had no reason to disbelieve the President"):
The president took us… more »
Minneapolis "Zombies" Sue Over Bogus Homeland Security Arrest
December 12th, 2006A few months ago a bunch of hipsters in Minneapolis dressed up like zombies and went out dancing. Bizarre? Sure. Quirky? Definitely. But also harmless.
The response? Arrested by the police on suspicion of being terrorists.
Yeah, you read that… more »
"Security" For The Proles
October 22nd, 2006Bob Sullivan has an excellent and incisive critique of the security complex post-9/11, in light of the recent crash of Cory Lidle's plane into a NYC skyscraper. As Sullivan points out, this was an opportune moment to take stock, as for a unacceptable am… more »
You May Only Criticize The Planning Of the Iraq War
October 18th, 2006That's the new concensus, just in case you missed it: the Iraq war was noble and justified... or at least, we couldn't have been anything but fooled by the shoddy "intelligence" stovepiped to us at the time, so we had to initiate the whole ordeal. We c… more »
Yes, We Really Have Caused All Those Deaths In Iraq
October 12th, 2006Daniel Davies gives the basics of the methodology of the recent Johns Hopkins Lancet study regarding the deadliness of the Iraq War, and strikes back at some of the political hacking:
... it is with heavy heart that I see that President Bush - wh… more »
RIP, Habeas Corpus
October 11th, 2006Crooks and liars has coverage of Olberman's sad and sardonic look at the elimination of habeas corpus.
Congress passed The Military Commissions Act to give Mr. Bush the power to deal effectively with America's enemies -- those who seek to harm th… more »
Schneier On Our Dumb Reaction To Terrorism
September 15th, 2006Security expert and commentator Bruce Schneier lets it rip on how we combat and react to terrorism, which begins by misunderstanding its nature:
The point of terrorism is to cause terror, sometimes to further a political goal and sometimes out of… more »
What Neocons Are Really Arguing
August 24th, 2006And I suppose the so-called "neo-libertarians" have the dubious honor of being included in this mnemonic:
Whenever a neoconservative says something should be done, whether it is democracy promotion, or instilling purpose in an enervated American po… more »
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