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Thursday, January 25, 2007
Not Ready for Prime Time
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The idea behind the Baghdad "surge" is for American troops to back up Iraqi forces in cleaning out neighbourhoods infested with Su...
The Cavalry - Just In Time
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Or let's hope it'll be just in time. Word that the Afghan mission is in for some badly needed reinforcements - at least one more NAT...
Looking Into the Crystal Ball
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Imagine it's 1957 and you're suddenly presented with clear proof of where the world would be in half a century. Let's say, for e...
Everyone Finds Their Reasons
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Anti-Americanism is sweeping the globe. According to the controversial right-winger, Dinesh D'Souza writing in the Christian Science Mon...
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MacKay Wants NATO to Guard Border
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Foreign Affairs minister Peter MacKay wants our NATO allies to send help to guard Afghanistan's border with Pakistan. Even if he gets a ...
Putting the Cart Before the Horse
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It's poppy eradication time again in Afghanistan, the time right after Afghan winter when Kabul, the UN, Washington and NATO toss around...
When There's Just Not Enough Time for Waterboarding
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Hey, if you haven't got time to waste making a guy feel like he's drowning, why not make him feel like he's on fire? Ah, the mod...
We're Presumptuous?
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The US Ambassador to Canada, David Wilkins, has called Stockwell Day "a little presumptuous" for seeking to have Maher Arar remove...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Thrown To The Wolves
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He bombed. By all accounts, George Bush's State of the Union Address last night was a dud. Usually a president can expect a bump in supp...
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Can America Reclaim its Integrity?
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It's all about reverse polling, planting seeds of doubt, smear jobs. It's becoming a defining part of American society. Remember Joh...
Drawing the Line
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Imagine, Bill Clinton back in the White House. Hillary sitting behind the Commander in Chief's desk in the same oval room where her husb...
The Alamo, Baghdad
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It's what the Bush "surge" is all about, a cluster of fortified houses that will become one of about 22-outposts that US force...
Monday, January 22, 2007
Freedom House 2007 Survey - Much Work to be Done
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Freedom House has released its 2007 survey. The study shows that, overall, freedom around the world has largely stagnated over the past deca...
Sea Shepherd versus Japanese Whalers - the Battle Turns Ugly
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The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is resolutely determined to disrupt whaling around the world. Under the direction of Paul Watson, the ...
Selfish or Altruistic - It's All In The Brain
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Posterior superior temporal sulcus. That's the name for the part of the human brain that determines whether you'll be selfish or alt...
The Infidels' Dwindling Shelf Life
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Whether it be Afghanistan or Iraq, one factor that's rarely talked about is our forces' very limited shelf life. Let's face it -...
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War on Terror Trumps War on Drugs
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It's no secret that America's military services are stretched thin, some almost to the breaking point, due mainly to the quagmire th...
A Dubious "First" for Canada
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It's the PFL and it's taken New York by storm. PFL stands for Pillow Fight League, an idea hatched in Toronto. It's a big enough...
The American People More Anti-Bush Than Ever
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On Iraq and just about every other issue, the American people would rather have American policy set by congressional Democrats than presiden...
Iran Moves Up the List
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USS John C. Stennis Foreign papers suggest that the United States, possibly in conjunction with Israel, may be preparing to strike Iran. A ...
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