There were plenty of proxy wars during the Cold War only back then the principals had enough sense to avoid direct clashes. That was then, this is Syria where today we find the rival superpowers circling each other inside the same phone booth. You could search the world over and
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Saints and slackers on the refugee front
The Canadian government has come under considerable criticism for its sluggish reaction to the Syrian refugee crisis, and deservedly so. As I pointed out in a previous post, this is in sharp contrast to our response to other similar crises. A number of countries are doing much better than us,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Our Schizophrenic War on Terror
Ah, yeah, right. It’s tough to win a war when you have to ally yourselves with both sides. That injects an element of schizophrenia in your policies and planning. It results in a fatal lack of coherence, a narrative that is hopelessly confused. And that is what confronts us in
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Madness of King Stephen
As excuses for war go, claiming a conflict to be “noble” is really scraping the bottom of the barrel. It’s something you resort to when there’s simply nothing left to pull out of your ass. “Squires, attend your Lords. Summon the Heralds. To the jousts! Ah, there’s a noble scent
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