Category Archives: politics

Okay, maybe I spoke too soon Here’s a little something to stir up controversy…

A change in stance, sort of. After reading this article, I’ve modified my feelings about the war in Iraq. I now believe that going into Iraq was a “good thing to do”. Hussein’s regime is a bunch of murderers. Unfortunately, I also still believe that the U.S. is being somewhat one-sided about things. Since we’ve …

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The concept of a just war A lot of what Chris talks about two or three articles down discusses the fact that America had a higher purpose in invading Iraq, that of saving the Iraqi people from the slaughter of the Baath party. While such a slaughter has occurred, the policy, at least to me, …

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Is war the right thing to do? An interesting blog I think one of the fundamental problems with all of the conflict in the middle east and Afghanistan is the idea that there will eventually be peace in an area because of it. Israel’s continuing fight with its neighbors ever since its inception is proof …

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The United States believes strongly in what you call soft power, the value of democracy, the value of the free economic system, the value of making sure that each citizen is free and free to pursue their own God-given ambitions and to use the talents that they were given by God. And that is what …

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http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110003834 In part: “I am fully aware in saying this that the present U.S. administration has made itself an obstacle in various ways to the development of a more robust and comprehensive framework of international law. But the thing cuts both ways. The war to depose Saddam Hussein and his criminal regime was not of …

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I don’t know anymore. Maybe Reuters has been kicked in the teeth by AP and UPI along with the instant news networks too many times, but they’re pretty much doing away with sensible reporting and headline writing. Chris Wright has documented some of Reuters headlines showing obvious democratic bias, but today I’d like to show …

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Editorial on Michael Moore’s Oscar Speech from an Ohio newspaper I replied to this with the following: Re: Editorial on Michael Moore And the 2003 award for most obviously Republican-slanted editorial goes to: The Advocate! The biggest problem with the debate about the war is that people automatically associate support for the troops as support …

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