Saturday News Smash-Up
Sorry about my absence for the last five days, but I've been going to "school" and attempting to learn basic Spanish. Suffice to say, yo no hablo espanol, pero poco…
libya
Libyan Rebels Are NATO Patsies For A New Great Game In Africa
Today: UK PM Cameron with Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of rebel TNC & former Gaddafi Justice Minister In the first days following the pro-democracy demonstrations and then uprising in Libya,…
Johnathant Baird visits Libya to meet rebels
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/06/27/baird-libya-visit.html
Is It The End Of NATO?
I suggested the other day that NATO was basically a zombie and that they had already lost - at least in terms of intended political consequences - the war in…
Rape as Weapon of War is Bigger Issue
During the debate over the extension of the Libyan "mission", NDP foreign affairs critic, Paul Dewar, brought up the subject of rape as a weapon of war.He wanted the Conservatives…
NATO Has Already Lost In Libya
I'm certainly not one to believe that imperialist agendas, hideous in life, won't rise zombie-like from the grave. The present air war by NATO to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi…
Jack Layton May Have Sold Out for Nothing
I mentioned yesterday being surprised that every single NDP voted in favour of bombing the hell out of Libya.Layton performed his usual posturing, saying yes drop those 1000 bombs, but…
QOTD
John Cole at Balloon Juice translates the latest White House attempt to explain why the Obama administration doesn't need congressional approval to continue military action against Libya: We're not engaged…
What is Really Going on in Libya?
I can't help feeling that this so called "mission" in Libya is just more blood for oil. You can't save people by bombing them, and yet we are bombing the…
Parliament In Review: June 14, 2011
With the debate over Libya taking up the time for debate, yesterday didn't see quite as much of a range of issues discussed as some previous days. However, there's still…
Releasing Government Bad News Under Cover of a Hockey Game
Based on the bad news coming from the BC and Canadian governments under cover of game one of the Stanley Cup finals, we should be wary of the Canucks going…
Air force generals’ pathetic lies: We’re waist deep in the Big Muddy
Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi with one of his Western friends. The Libyan dictator is stubbornly hanging on in the face of Western escalation and the promises of air power advocates.So, how…
IDFA offers online films on “Arab Spring” – Docs on Middle East commemorate pro-democracy movement
Docs on the Middle East online for the first time.
Reassessing the Libyan Intervention
As the NATO bombing campaign in Libya nears the one month mark, we can - and indeed must - reassess our previous opinions on the Libyan intervention with the new…
International Intervention in Libya
By David Olevson and Ekaterina Perchenok With the conflict in Libya and throughout the Middle East escalating every day, we must keep conscious of the inherent bias of our news…
TVO’s The Agenda: The Arab Spring – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
In my broadcast essay for TVOntario’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, I argue that despite our sometimes chequered history in the region, Western states have an obligation to enforce the…
TVO’s The Agenda: The Arab Spring – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
In my broadcast essay for TVOntario’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, I argue that despite our sometimes chequered history in the region, Western states have an obligation to enforce the…
Monday Mayhem
Here's the links to American wankery and International news that were covered on this morning's radio show to help you get the week started. Beginning with the Nobel winning economist…
Libya bombing mission – the NDP should not have supported this fools errand
Canadian CF-18s bomb Libyan ammunition depotHonestly, all the political parties supported this 'mission', but it's disheartening to have the Dippers join in on this. Honestly, we're stretched thin by Afghanistan.…
Molly’sBlog 2011-03-18 01:28:00
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS:RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE ARAB REVOLUTIONS: I write these words in the context of what may be a "low point" of the uprising of Arab people for the sort…