Tag: Iraq
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Pet Peeve #4 – The Stupidity of Pro-War Protesters
Being pro-war doesn’t make you patriotic, any more than being anti-war makes you unpatriotic. A century ago, we used the terms “hawk” and “dove” to describe those positions precisely because it is beyond insulting to use how you feel about a particular military conflict to pigeonhole you as patriotic or not. While I’m on the…
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Fools and the Fools Who Follow Them
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Alexander Pope You know what’s funny? Our invasion of Iraq would have worked better in 1990, when the Bush who was then President, and the Cheney who was then Secretary of Defense, were afraid to do it.
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Regime Change Begins at Home
As the rhetoric gets louder and louder, with less and less connection to reality, I feel a responsibility to say – I was wrong to support the Bush administration in invading Iraq. It seems clear to me that the President was willing to claim whatever was necessary to justify our invasion, willfully misinterpreting (or flat-out…
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Blair Makes the Case
I was on the fence about war with Iraq until I read this speech by Tony Blair. I have always held that while war is never a good thing, it is sometimes the right thing. After reading Mr. Blair’s speech, I am now convinced that war with Iraq is the right thing. Most of these…
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The Politics of Teaching
So I was reading Excite News today, and I came across this story, about two teachers in Albuquerque who were suspended for putting anti-war posters in their classrooms. About 45 students walked out in protest, and 4 were arrested for refusing to go back to class.