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Rasmussen: a Hypocrite Opportunist?
Turkish newpaper Hurriyet pointed out that Rasmussen's Danish freedom of expression permitted PKK station Roj TV eventhough the PKK is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey America, NATO, and the EU. http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/opinion/11377572.asp?yazarid=314&gid=260 The PKK are reported to be responsible for killing ...
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Usama3
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April 7, 2009
Hitchens at the Hoover Institution?!!
Hitchens's rhetorical question/title is an ad hominem attack. (''Why is McCain Still Beating His Wife?'' ) His use of ''dusky'' reminds me of Richard Brookhiser's phrase ''Numinous Negro.'' (I mean that in a bad way.) Why is Hitchens flaccid, facile, and infuriated? The notion that we should all remember a single line from one of Obama's ...
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btraven
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September 24, 2008