Americans like to see themselves as rugged individualists, a nation defined by the idea that people should set their own course through life. Think of Clint Eastwood rendering justice, rule-bound superiors be damned. Think of Frank Sinatra singing … [Continue reading]
Draining The Swamp, Hopey Changey Style (Slightly Revised)
One thing many people forget about Donald Rumsfeld: he didn't really want to do Iraq. Oh, he did in the sense that Cheney did, and for many of the same reasons. But he was never a Neocon. Securing The Realm and subjugating the Arab/Islamic … [Continue reading]
Support This Blockade Or We Will Shoot This Dog
It's been a bad run for Israel lately. Consider the events over the past two years that have led up to this moment. The war on Gaza, initially justified by Hamas rocket attacks on Israeli civilians, was grossly disproportional and resulted in war … [Continue reading]
And The Cat’s In The Cradle And The Silver Spoon . . . He’d Say “I’m gonna be like you Dad. You know I’m gonna be like you.”
Jabotinsky's heirs down through Irgun, the bombing of the King David Hotel, Likud and the temporary false front of Kadima and its aftermath have the Boy King's measure. Bibi, among this motley assortment, is not even the most extreme. So why should … [Continue reading]
Who Else Should Be Offered A Job By The White House If They Will Just Stop What They’re Doing?
So the Big Dog offers a prominent Obama White House job to Joe Sestak if he would take a dive. Par for the course. L'affaire Sestak raises a more interesting question. Why stop at pure politics? The White House can do more good offering … [Continue reading]
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