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No word today from my Senators on their positions on UN reform. Here are some of the gory details. This is from Section 601 of the House version of UN reform.(1) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in paragraph (4) and in accordance with paragraph (2), until such time as all certifications (or alternate certifications) are…
The headline on today’s Financial Times article about Iraq suffers from a double standard all too common in MSM reporting.Weekend of slaughter propels Iraq towards all-out civil war.For some reason, continuing violence directed against a population does not constitute a state of war. Only once the population fights back in a systematic way do the…
Most analysis (like here or here) trying to set up Uzbekistan as a realist-versus-idealist problem in foreign policy is missing an important point. No matter how the US reacts to the Andijan massacre, Uzbekistan’s current government is likely to replace us with the Chinese as an alliance partner. So tolerating their brutal actions makes no…
Scrappleface says it better than I’ve been saying it…“Clearly Mr. Bolton is a blunt man, with a focus on results and little patience for fools and swindlers. How could he ever function at the U.N.?” Mr. Voinovich added that [I am] “not beholden to any special interest group — like the Republican party or the…
From today’s New York Times, on the John Bolton nominationMr. Chafee told CNN that the committee’s Republicans might consider whether to recommend that the nomination be withdrawn.Senator Chafee, you need to tell your constituents exactly why you believe this. The article hints that the sole reason is “bad temperament”Mr. Chafee and 2 others have now…
Over at Dust In the Light, Justin has motivated a thread about the increasingly important question of what has happened to liberalism (see Justin’s original post & comments). Here’s my capsule sketch of how liberalism got to the place where it is now… 1. Once upon a time, some enlightened philosophers came up with an…
Congressman James Langevin voted in favor of allowing the federal court system to decide if Terri Schiavo should be allowed to continue receiving “food, fluids, or medical treatment necessary to sustain her life.” Congressman Patrick Kennedy voted against against the measure, in effect voting to deny Ms. Schiavo “food, fluids, or medical treatment necessary to…
