Category Archives: War

Thomas Friedman is one of the rare American journalists who understands that foreign affairs involves dealing with foreigners. He walked with Robert Fisk thorugh the steaming remains of Sabra and Chatila after the massacre. He doesn’t believe most of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Douglas Feith is now a very senior Pentagon official: the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Here is what he had to say in favour of invading Iraq in 1996. Note all the weird mystical stuff about “national exhaustion”; the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

After all my tergivisations, my daughter has a cold. I have a cold. So we shall be snotty liberals at home, and watch the march on television. My wife has gone, though. But if you look for me on the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve been trying to think straight about the march on Saturday. I shall go, if only to because I regret never bothering to watch the Diana hysteria in Kensington Gardens, and this promises to be the most significant mass demonstration … Continue reading → Continue reading →

For taking Glenn Reynolds seriously a couple of posts back. Here is his grand explanation of the bin Laden tape:HOW CONVENIENT. Personally, I think this is evidence that Osama is dead, and that the CIA is supplying these tapes for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Glenn Reynolds, the Instapundit man, has posted a rant on MSNBC about how a real Empire would not at all behave as America does. Let me say at once that America is not yet an imperial power. But that is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Andrew Sullivan is not a fool. He is, of course, an ideologue of the sort who can’t see creditable reasons for people to disagree with him about the stuff he really cares about. But can even he sincerely believe that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

God knows, our own dear press is stupid, ignorant and vicious often enough. But not as bad as this. The New York Sun is arguing against granting a permit for the anti-war march next Saturday:” we wouldn’t want to overstate … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Mofaz was inspecting the refitting of an Israeli Dolphin-class submarine, which experts say could be armed with nuclear missiles, giving Israel a second-strike capability if it were attacked with weapons of mass destruction. This is from a Ha’aretz/Reuters report, describing … Continue reading → Continue reading →