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Parties of God: The Bush Doctrine and the Rise of Islamic Democracy
Another story picked up from the March issue of Harpers that is interesting (and very long reading) about how the US and Bush have given rise to a different democracy in Muslim countries.
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Among the precepts of the “Bush Doctrine”—as loyalists to the current president call the set of foreign-policy principles by which they, and no [...]
The America We Used To Know
A sad commentary on the state of the United States…
Craig Cohen Online at the Washington Post
The Washington Post had Craig Cohen, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, online to discuss and answer questions about the Pakistan Army’s raid on Lal Masjid and the impact it will have on President Musharraf’s Presidency and the future of Pakistan.
I followed it online until about midnight Pakistan time, [...]
Fog Facts - Huffington Post
This is a great piece from the Huffington Post on how the media can make things disappear even though it is public information.
Fog Facts are things that have been made public, but have somehow disappeared into the mist.
Thereby becoming invisible.
Here are some examples: seven of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers have phoned in to say they [...]
