Wednesday, December 14, 2005|
An amazing article over at Winds of Change regarding the F-35 and America's cooperation or lack thereof in this case with Britain, a major ally. It's impossible for me to even begin to summarize the article and all the really intelligent comments but suffice it to say, we could well be making a decision that drives our allies away from us and at the heart of the matter, Republicans are doing the driving currently. 11:24:29 PM permalink What do you think? [] trackback [] |
Saturday, July 23, 2005|
More signs of something resembling normalcy from Iraq: They're racing horses. 6:48:05 PM permalink What do you think? [] trackback [] |
Saturday, April 09, 2005|
11 years ago this month, the Rwandan genocide started. While the UN and the Clinton administration looked for ways to avoid calling it a genocide, one UN peacekeeper in Rwanda found a way to save hundreds of lives. This is his story and you owe it to yourself to read it. |
Tuesday, March 15, 2005|
Retrogrouch, like many on the far left, gets it all wrong. As usual, there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth about Iraq but in reality, the situation is complex, fluid and filled with both successes and failures. When someone paints the entire landscape as a dismal failure, ignoring all of the good news coming out of Iraq and Afghanistan, it becomes quickly clear that they have an axe to grind. By denigrating the Iraqi election, he seems to miss the point that they actually had an election. By saying Bush has no plan, he misses the point that we turned the country over to the Iraqis when we said we would and we had elections when we said we would. When it comes right down to it, there have been both successes and failures but when someone only focuses on one or the other, everyone is done a disservice. |
Wednesday, March 02, 2005|
While we're over at Obsidian Wings, let's note this post on a tiny African nation gaining itself a democracy with some help from local African countries. Democracy is spreading around the globe and we should note each of its successes. 8:20:34 PM permalink What do you think? [] trackback [] |
Thursday, February 10, 2005|
North Korea announced that it has nuclear weapons today. What does that mean for the U.S. and the countries in the region? Before NK, China, India and Pakistan were all known to have weapons in Asia. We now seem to be on a tipping point in Asia where the tide can go either direction. If NK does in fact have the weapons (actually probably even if they do not), countries like Japan, Australia and South Korea are either going to have to develop them as well or have very firm promises from the U.S that we will retaliate if NK goes off with their weapons. Could we possibly have another Cold War, this one involving Asia, specifically NK and China? This seems possible to me and with a rogue state like NK, I'm not sure what steps we have to available to us to prevent further proliferation. Can sanctions have an appreciable effect on a state that has already acquired the weapons that sanctions are meant to prevent? It seems unlikely to me. Diplomacy is rapidly becoming a non-option of NK's own admission. While there have been recent reports coming from NK that anti-NK propaganda is gaining a foothold, it's unlikely to keep Kim Jong Il in check at the moment. And a military invasion not only seems unlikely, but possibly catastrophic, not only to the region but possibly to the world. So do we hope for Kim to die? That seems to be our best option at this point, given that he's old and quite possibly frail. Undoubtedly, NK will face further isolation as the article above notes, though that is hard to imagine, given their current isolation in the world. It would seem that we almost have to play ostrich, stick our heads in the sand and hope that nothing bad happens to us. If they do have the weapons, any provocation would seem foolhardy. |
Sunday, January 30, 2005|
More on the Iraqi vote including links to some of the most prominent leftist blogs basically bitching and moaning. If you can't at this time stand as one and accept that something historical is going on here, I think you pretty much suck. 8:16:38 PM permalink What do you think? [] trackback [] |
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Lots of people were predicting doom and gloom during the Iraqi elections. However, as Shannon notes at ChicagoBoyz, violence was low, turnout was higher than expected and the terrorists have been struck a blow from which they are unlikely to recover. This is good news, not only for the Iraqis, but for all blossoming democracies, from Afghanistan to Ukraine. This is a huge steop forward in the spread of liberal democracy and we are lucky to be experiencing it. 7:47:38 PM permalink What do you think? [] trackback [] |
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