Scott Ritter — who got WMD in Iraq right before the war started:
…God is not on our side, or the side of any single nation or people. To believe such is the ultimate expression of national hubris. To invoke such, if one is a true believer, is to embrace sacrilege and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Iran’
24 Oct
Remember General Wesley Clark?
2 Oct
Sex, lies, and…
…politicians. No, not sex, just propaganda, spin, and an election becoming more tumescent by the day.
Workplace “reform”
See The State of the Workplace in today’s Sydney Morning Herald and take the trouble to download the three PDF files on offer there. [NOTE: 9.30am. Those three files are at the moment totally irrelevant material about Purdue University! I [...]
20 Sep
The march of folly and the guns of war
Yes, I have appropriated and adapted two of Barbara Tuchman’s famous 20th century histories to create that title, because they are so sadly apt in the current world climate. First, let me get a disclaimer (or several) out of the way: I am opposed to suicide bombing especially when it targets innocent people going about [...]
27 Aug
Inside Iran
Last night Compass presented Part 1 of Rageh Omaar’s Inside Teheran, a significant counterweight to the rhetoric of politics there or here. You get the idea from this edited extract:
16 Dec
Eteraz on Iran
Want some insight into Iran and its current Head Whacko? Read Iran’s Non-Violent Velvet Revolution & Why Left Coverage Of Iran Is Better by Ali Eteraz.
14 Dec
Building peace on a foundation of lies?
While I caused a stir among some readers with my earlier post Cross cultural rhetoric: Bush and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, while I am not in favour of military “solutions” to Iran, while I believe that America should engage with Iran more in pursuit of an Iraq solution, while the hypocrisy of the Israelis almost certainly having [...]
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