A foreign policy driven by politics and money is a foreign policy of inconsistency!
Bush defends his decision not to send U.S. troops into Darfur
One can only wonder what his position would be if they were sitting on a mountain of oil or the AIPAC determined Darfur was a threat to Israel. We’d have a couple [...]
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Bush to Darfur: “Outside forces tend to divide people up.”
Posted in Foreign Policy on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
US troops, families hit with indefinite curfew in Okinawa
Posted in Foreign Policy on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Time to rethink our position as the world’s moral policeman?
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The Revolution Continues …
Posted in Foreign Policy, Quotables, Ron Paul on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love this quote … “The only weapon of mass destruction in Iraq is the U.S. Military”
A Pakistani view of U.S. nuclear weapons
Posted in Foreign Policy, War: What Is It Good For?, tagged nukes on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Do as we tell you … not as we do!
Perhaps we should pause from our policing of the world and evaluate our own policies before requiring other nations to act in a way we are not willing to. Of course, if we start to look at ourselves from the perspective of those on the outside, [...]
3.1 Trillion … Are You Kidding Me?
Posted in Foreign Policy, War: What Is It Good For? on February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our economy is getting it’s ass handed to it and Bush proposes a $3.1 trillion spending plan for 2009???
The justification?
“Two key principles guided the development of my budget — keeping America safe and ensuring our continued prosperity,” Bush said in his budget message to Congress.
I’m not sure how continuing to debase the currency by printing [...]
Cost of Liberating Iraq = 1 Million Iraqi Deaths (and counting)
Posted in Foreign Policy, War: What Is It Good For? on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And they call this liberating?
Iraq conflict has killed a million Iraqis
When They Let Him Speak …
Posted in 2008 Elections, Foreign Policy, Ron Paul on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For $100, “What is Victory, Supporting Our Troops and Honor?”
Posted in 2008 Elections, Foreign Policy on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Answer: Reasons that 3 of 4 Republican candidates say justify our continued war in Iraq.
Question: How do you quantify any of them?
What is the objective criteria for determining whether or not we are victorious? How do you determine whether enough “support” for our troops has been given in order to bring them home? What can [...]
Made In America: McDonald’s
Posted in Foreign Policy on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s challenging to go into a store these days, pick up an item, and NOT see a “made in China” sticker. But have you ever asked youself, “What do we give them?”
Well, amongst other things, apparently one of the things we give them is quarter pounders with cheese!
McDonald’s says to open 150 outlets in China [...]
Flip-Flopping on Iraq
Posted in Flip Flopping, Foreign Policy on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When you stray away from the rule of law (i.e. the Constitution) you get things like this:
1994: Dick Cheney on Invading Iraq