Tue Jun 19, 2007 – 6:05 pm
To mark the birthday of HM, the subsequent knighthood of Salman Rushie, crazy Muslims have taken to the streets … again:
The international row over Salman Rushdie’s knighthood escalated after Islamic extremists placed a £80,000 bounty on the writer’s head.
The British Government expressed its “deep concern” over reported comments by one of Pakistan’s ministers which suggested […]
Wed Jun 13, 2007 – 11:28 am
Since I seem to be The Politic’s resident anglophile, here’s another update on the 25th anniversary of the Falkland’s War. Historically it is a fascinating struggle that not only defined the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, but remains a case study in national self-determination (for the Falklanders) and the legitimate defence of sovereign national interest […]
Tue Jun 5, 2007 – 10:59 am
Michael Yon reports on “Death or Glory,” his journies with The Queen’s Royal Lancers in Iraq; the first installment of four. Good reportage on what is otherwise grossly underreported in the MSM.:
The Queen’s Royal Lancers have been living out in the desert for about six months, like nomads moving from place to place, sleeping […]
Mon Jun 4, 2007 – 9:10 pm
How would you feel if this happened to you?
Monday, April 16th, 4 am, near the hamlet of Craigmyle, southwest of Hanna, Alberta. John Rew, age 50, was awakened to the sound of an Emergency Response Team (E.R.T.) “flash bang†shot through his bedroom window.
He was thrown face-down on the floor and handcuffed instantly afterward, as […]
Thu May 24, 2007 – 8:32 am
Via SDA, Charles Adler flays Tim Wollstencroft of Strategic Counsel over their poll showing Canadians apparently supporting negotiating with the Taliban. A good example of “push polls.” One could find lots of other examples of such polls.
Mon May 21, 2007 – 12:58 pm
CTV is reporting that Canadians think we should be negotiating with the Taliban for peace in Afghanistan.
I refuse to believe that 62% of Canadians believe we should sue for peace with a group that believes in keeping women draped in black with only their eyes visible, keeping them from education, divorcing them for allowing themselves […]
Thu May 17, 2007 – 8:20 am
In his Republic, Plato has Socrates argue that wars have their origin when disordered desires seek new lands to conquer that will enable those ever-expanding desires to be satisfied (which can’t happen anyway).
Andrew Bacevich provides a panoramic analysis of post-WW2 US foreign policy in light of this insight, with special attention to demonstrating the link […]
Tue May 8, 2007 – 9:35 pm
Believe it or not, it is now possible to fly a radio controlled toy air plane massive distances with reasonably sized payloads. Recently a father and son team built a small unmanned airplane in Vermont, U.S., and flew it nonstop from New Hampshire to the U.K. complete with a five-kg load. Apparently their […]
Tue May 8, 2007 – 8:12 am
French President-elect, Nicholas Sarkozy, who didn’t say much about foreign policy during the election campaign, has signaled major changes are ahead for France’s foreign policy:
Sarkozy sought to quell that uncertainty in a speech barely 30 minutes after his electoral triumph.
France, he said, will stand alongside “all those persecuted by tyranny, by dictatorships.” He reached out […]
Fri Apr 27, 2007 – 7:32 pm
Ted Byfield has a good article, There’s No Reason - Where do supposedly rationalist liberals get the demonstrably absurd idea that Christians are scary like radical Muslims?, in the Western Standard for May 7, 2007. His assessment is sound:
We stand for reason against faith, claims the liberal left. Do they, now? Perhaps […]
