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Since msfe and his other pro-Saddamites have been making such a point about Kemal, I'll re-post here what I posted on another thread in response to the same article: Seems like this one is now making the rounds on ET and elsewhere. There are at least two problems for the pro-Saddam types -...

Seems like this one is now making the rounds on ET and elsewhere. There are at least two problems for the pro-Saddam types - like Trader556 and msfe, among others - in staking too much on Kemal: 1. If you believe his testimony in full, then you have to believe that Iraq engaged in thorough...

This story has been debunked repeatedly, not just by Pelletiere's former associates, but by UN and relief organization representatives. The Iraqi general who was responsible for the Kurdish policy recorded himself bragging about the event. The particular most recent article by Pelletiere...

All responses based on TS6 - TS7 very unlikely to be less capable: 1: You'd probably want to write code within the strategy to give you maximum flexibility. 2: That's an inaccurate response: You can embed a factor reflecting variable commission sizes within a strategy. 4: That's...

If the war goes well, he can say he supported the overall policy, but just thought it was premature. If it goes badly, he can claim to have stood up against it. Very similar to the Democrats who voted against the first Gulf War, and later had to defend their positions when popular opinion...

I suppose if Carter had referred to a "determination to launch a war without majority support as represented in opinion polls of foreign populaces" then his statement might have been accurate. It would not, however, have justified his larger argument. In addition, if some politician explicitly...

It would be easier simply to address Carter's arguments if they came from anyone other than an ex-President. That he would publish such a piece in the midst of war and on the even of battle is reprehensible. Even if his arguments were more coherent or useful, his open attack on one of his...

Agony of mother set ablaze by Iraqis By Julius Strauss (Filed: 07/03/2003) Shortly after three o'clock on a hot afternoon 37-year-old Nazif Mamik Tofik, an Iraqi Kurd, approached the border post carrying two five-gallon canisters of fuel. She hoped to cross to the Kurdish-controlled...

It's a free country, and a two-sided market. Those who are betting on US success are just as much engaged in a mild form of war profiteering as those betting against it, though the former may feel less guilty about spending their money if they win. Neither group is materially contributing to...

I knew it had to be Candletrader - though the depraved expressions of glee over prospective harm to "the USA" - which has to mean its people as well as its soldiers and politicians - may set new low standards even for him. The post is easily among the most loathsome posts I've ever read...

The argument which I was addressing attempted to put Israel's "defiance" of the UN on the same level as Iraq's. I consider this argument to be fallacious, and a side issue. Your post is irrelevant even to the side-issue. Since, however, the subject does relate somewhat to the main topic of...

The resolutions with which Israel (like anyone else) has "failed to comply" are mainly those ludicrous General Assembly resolutions - like the infamous "Zionism is Racism" resolution of years back... you know, when the world's assembled dicatorships, satrapies, and failed states get together and...

March 06, 2003 U.N. Delegates Await Translation of Bush Remarks (2003-03-06) -- Most United Nations delegates withheld comment on U.S. President George Bush's news conference tonight, preferring to wait for a printed translation of his remarks. "It's not that we didn't understand his...

JIC you still think I'm stuck on Kobe, I'm going to shock you: I agree with the article. If the Wolves go into a tailspin and/or the Lakers pull past them on the strength of Kobe's play, then things might look different, but for now you've got to hand it to him. I also think that any doubt...

Stuart Taylor has just published a piece on exactly this topic. http://nationaljournal.com/taylor.htm How Free-Riding French, Germans Risk Nuclear Anarchy By Stuart Taylor Jr., National Journal © National Journal Group Inc. Monday, March 3, 2003 EXCERPTS: [b]

How Free-Riding French, Germans Risk Nuclear Anarchy By Stuart Taylor Jr., National Journal © National Journal Group Inc. Monday, March 3, 2003 Imagine President Bush responding as follows to the latest rebuffs from France, Germany, South Korea and others and to the stunning surge of...

There are many who believe that elements of the Saudi government - for the most part meaning some members of the ruling family - have supported Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups actively, in the former case building on ties that originated around the time of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, and...

FULL TEXT AT: http://www.nationalreview.com/kurtz/kurtz030303.asp

Along with the above, this other piece on somewhat the same subject has gotten some attention in the blogosphere. Thought you might find it interesting. I don't think the perspective contradicts the above at all...

March 04, 2003 The Theme Song For The Human Shields: I couldn't resist taking one more cheap shot at the human shields. So without further adieu, but with many thanks to whoever wrote "Brave Sir Robin" from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", here's the new theme song for war tourists, "The...