Gone with the Gipper
June 8, 2004From the : The Guardian While we can’t speak ill of the dead, surely we can wish a better hereafter for the living. A great analysis on Reagan’s contribution over here. Christopher Hitchens at his biting best.
Tag: US
Wouldn’t it be simpler to stop the torture?
May 26, 2004Mobile phones fitted with digital cameras have been banned in US army installations in Iraq on orders from Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Britain’s The Business newspaper reported yeterday. Quoting a Pentagon source, the paper said the US Defence Department believes that some…
Fool’s Paradise
May 26, 2004In an article entitled Bravery, Blood & Lies writer Ralph Peters opines: “The media leaps to validate enemy lies that a “wedding party” was attacked. Not one voice in the media raised the possibility that terrorists willing to slaughter 3,000 civilians on…
Did Iranian Hawks Lure US Hawks to Iraq?
May 26, 2004The latest that seems to be coming out of an increasingly sordid war, is that the American’s blue eyed lap dog – Ahmad Chalabi was an Iranian Spy. This does not come out of a Liberal, or a loony or a conspiracy…
The Wedding Day Massacre
May 22, 2004During the second world war the British Soldiers used to refer to their American Allies (GI’s) as being “oversexed, overpaid and overhere” I think that the phrase that can be applied to the US invasion force in Iraq is “over inept, over…
What did Rummy Know?
May 16, 2004In the modern American lexion Abu Ghraib has come to denote Pandora’s box. Each day a new set of revelations come out to turn your stomach. Seymour Hersh’s new salvo from the New Yorker this week seems to imply that Mr.Rumsfield lied…
A Life for a Life
May 12, 2004A young American, Nicholas Berg – was beheaded today by brutal murderers, who claimed that it was in revenge for Abu Ghraib. They Said: “For the mothers and wives of American soldiers, we tell you that we asked the US administration to…
How Much Worse?
May 12, 2004“Take the worse case and multiply it several times over.” – Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore. on the pictures of abuse and humiliation from Abu Ghraib. How much worse? I have, like millions of others, seen selected pictures in newspapers, television channels, and…
The Price of Arrogance
May 9, 2004Extremely good article by Fareed Zakaria in the Newsweek. Somehow leaders and Governments have begun behaving as though by attaining power they are above the law. Across the world, leaders no longer seem to think that they are answerable to the people….
Symbol of America
May 8, 2004Senator Edward M. Kennedy, ‘‘In the Middle East and too often today, the symbol of America is not the Statue of Liberty; it’s the prisoner standing on a box wearing a dark cape and a dark hood on his head, wires attached…