US Sacrificed Aid Agencies That Help Children To Kill Bin Laden
If you ever had any doubt that the hunt to locate and then kill Osama bin Laden was about anything other than vengeance and demonstrating to the world that Captain…
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That certainly answers my questions
It was revealed earlier this year that the Canadian Council of Chief Executives — among others — had worked with the government to keep negotiations for a new perimeter security…
Parliament In Review: September 23, 2011
Friday's session in the House of Commons saw a few themes discussed which figure to be hot topics of discussion for the next little while - with the continued focus…
Pakistan: When Thieves Fall Out
As Neil Sedaka once crooned "breaking up is hard to do", especially when you're a superpower who needs the help of an unstable and corrupt government to have any chance…
Inside the wire
Nov. 16, 2010, according to Defence Minister Peter MacKay: ...there will be no battles with insurgents in the military's new role, despite the fretting of Opposition parties in Ottawa Tuesday,…
The left’s opinion change on Pakistan and the drone war
The issue of the drone war and the public reception to it, particularly among progressives, demonstrates both the strength and failings of that movement. The hallmark test of legitimacy for…
Seamless Transition: Pentagon Spokesman Geoff Morrell Moves to BP America
Geoff Morell.jpg Last week, BP America hired former Department of Defense spokesman, Geoff Morrell, as its head of communications. The move sheds light on the central tenet of American natio...
Inside the wire
Taliban gun attack, explosions rock Kabul Afghan security forces were battling with Taliban gunmen near the U.S. embassy in Kabul on Tuesday after insurgents launched an unprecedented, multi-pronged attack on…
I Refuse To Read 9/11 Memorial Coverage
If you're reading this right now you are doing something that I have refused to do: read any coverage or analysis of 9/11. I am boycotting the wall to wall…
Looking Backward in the Year 2011
by matttbastard Der Spiegel runs down W’s “tragic legacy” in the long, long, looooong decade of U.S. decline that followed 9/11: America was trapped in Iraq for years, where a…
Afghanistan: USA Busted Trying To "Cut & Run"
Remember all that macho b.s. that G W Bush (and Stephen Harper) said about not "cutting and running" in Afghanistan? We were gonna fight to the end - for truth,…
Dear Jack…
I have tried three times this week to compose this letter, each time only to trail off in a cloud of tears. Here it goes. First of all, I want…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Heather Mallick highlights the dangers of the permanent unemployment which regressive politicians around the globe are so vociferously demanding in the guise…
Jack Layton: A real gentleman and a citizen politician – 1950 to 2011
I am privileged to have once met and interviewed The Honourable Jack Layton. He was introducing three local candidates at Bar Bobards on boulevard St-Laurent during the 2006 election. At…
Jack Layton: A real gentleman and a citizen politician – 1950 to 2011
I am privileged to have once met and interviewed The Honourable Jack Layton. He was introducing three local candidates at Bar Bobards on boulevard St-Laurent during the 2006 election. At…
Jack Layton: A real gentleman and a citizen politician – 1950 to 2011
I am privileged to have once met and interviewed The Honourable Jack Layton. He was introducing three local candidates at Bar Bobards on boulevard St-Laurent during the 2006 election.At least…
Inside the wire
You may recall that last fall when the Conservative government, with the help of what was then the official opposition, reversed course and agreed to continue the involvement of Canadian…
How Did We Expect to Achieve Anything in Afghanistan by Partnering with Mobsters?
Of late the Taliban have been busy hauling out the trash. They've been clearing out Hamid Karzai's support network in the Pashtun south by a series of targeted assassinations that…