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Burma, Oil, &amp;amp; Neo Cons
Connecting the global crusade for control of oil and the faction within Washington called the Neo Cons is fairly simple today. Thus, there is no surprise that Anne Applebaum makes a case for intervention in Burma. She is an operative of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). The AEI is the leading Neo Con think tank in Washington and includes ...
Posted to Foreigners by Usama2 on May 13, 2008
Re: No moral responsibility?
I too was taken aback by the recommendation for withdrawing all troops from abroad. However, this can be separable from the question of our moral responsibility in situations like Rawanda or Darfur. The rationale for our stationing troops in over 100 countries is simply that we are an imperial power, so the basic question is whether the American ...
Posted to Fixing It by cedarpark on April 3, 2008
I Blame America
That's right. I don't want American troops, or US ''advisors'', or America arms to go the Darfur rebels. I don't want UN sanctions to cripple Sudan like they killed Iraq for 12 years after '91. I want America to get the Hell out. Who runs Sudan? General Omar Bashir. Who is he? He is a graduate and close ally of the Egyptian regime. He was ...
Posted to Foreigners by Usama2 on January 30, 2008