Daniel Larison, riffing on a Hooman Majd post commemorating the one year anniversary of the controversial Iranian election that helped spawn the Green movement, says much of what I was saying at the time, and would like to reiterate now – only he does it better. In particular, Larison discusses some of the ”unassailable” conventional wisdom concerning [...]
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As I’ve been warning for some time, one of the reasons that our Afghan policy will not work is that Pakistan, which has the considerable advantages of geographic proximity, cultural affinity/knowledge, historical ties and what it perceives as vital strategic interests in Afghanistan, is working at cross-purposes: Pakistan‘s main spy agency continues to arm and [...] The Obama administration seems to be operating under the theory that Gitmo was unpopular in the Muslim world (and beyond), and was thus such a strategic liability, because it was located in the Carribbean; that the gross violations of human rights that occurred at that venue were only abusive because of the name of the [...] Although this is not the type of story that one comes across in the Western media very often, it should not come as a surprise to anyone paying attention (via): As Israel ordered a slight easing of its blockade of the Gaza Strip Wednesday, McClatchy obtained an Israeli government document that describes the blockade [...] Back in late March, I linked to a story that discussed some revelations gleaned from the diaries of Abu Zubaydah, and the surrounding events. Among the more disturbing allegations was the claim that Zubaydah was experimented on to test the parameters of where to draw the line in terms of torture techniques. From that piece: For example, [...] …And now Andrew McCarthy would like to throw us all aside and put us all away. No, seriously. John Holbo, bless his soul, delves into the pathology prevalent in Andrew Mcarthy’s new book – like Jonah Goldberg’s infamous masterpiece, but with a twist. Call it Liberal Islamofascim for short: A couple posts back [...] Well, can’t say I didn’t warn ya. Adam Serwer: Two New Jersey men, Mohamed Mahmood Alessa and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, were arrested at JFK airport yesterday on suspicion of trying to join Al-Shabaab, the Somali terrorist group that has been affiliated with al-Qaeda. I’ve written about this before, but in light of the arrests, [...] |
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