Category Archives: Politics

Surge

More troops in Iraq? Please, it really bothers me that several News sources could even suggest that President Bush would consider doing this.
This would be analogous to the successful "hammer and nail" carpenter that tried to drive a screw with his favorite tool. Several of his friends told him that it would be wrong to [...]

Barriers

It's been a while since the Berlin Wall came down. Israel has been building their fence for a few years. President Bush recently approved the plan to build a fence along part of the border with Mexico. And the other day Saudi Arabia announced it's plans to build a fence along it's border with Iraq.
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Surprised?

The big news today is that Saddam Hussein has been found guilty and sentenced to death. Was there ever any doubt? Why wasn't Saddam tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Could it have anything to do with the fact that a conviction by the ICC could not result in the death penalty? True, Saddam [...]