A letter from another literary crush — Kurt Vonnegut’s POW letter home.
A letter from another literary crush — Kurt Vonnegut’s POW letter home.
Conflict diamonds are an externality stemming from the economics of the diamond business. Hence, if you want to stop Mugabe and other tyrants from selling conflict diamonds, stop coveting diamonds.
No punches pulled here, eh. Afghanistan will prove to be Obama’s Vietnam.
If I controlled the world, I would evacuate every innocent Israeli and Palestinian (who wanted to be evacuated) to a safe place temporarily, then let the governments and armies of both countries bomb the hell out of each other. Let the fuckers wipe themselves out.
I had these thoughts while watching the Remembrance Day commemoration at Whitehall (on the telly):
If people / humankind have had to fight so hard and lose so many lives over this concept of freedom, is it possible that the freedom we’re talking about may not be the state we’re naturally meant to experience? What is the right equilibrium? Or is the fact that we’re sentient and have the ability to communicate enough to justify wars fought on the basis of liberation or freedom?
Easiest tip ever: “Friendly fire deaths during the 2003 Iraq war have shown just how important it is to ensure that the fire power of our forces on the battlefield is directed at the enemy – and not at our own servicemen and women or at civilians.” — Friendly fire progress ‘too slow’
Eric Joyce was on BBC Radio Scotland this morning, saying the UK was part of the invasion force because Saddam Hussein was a tyrant toward his people.
I’m fairly certain the main reason given for the UK signing up to an invasion of Iraq in 2003 was the non-compliance of Saddam Hussein’s regime with respect to United Nations directives on Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Thanks to the power of the Internets I know my memory isn’t faulty. Thanks to the power of the Internets we know he is just desperately trying to rewrite history to make his party (and himself) look less like utter turds.
It looks like the world could suffer because of the Bush Administration’s tendency to cry wolf. Today, there is scepticism over their claims that they have evidence of Iran messing about in Iraq.
What Iran might be doing in Iraq sounds serious, but the problem is it’s the Bushies who are shouting it. From what I heard on the radio this morning, certain elements in the Bush White House are extremely keen to launch an attack on Iran — with what troops? Aren’t they already having problems with enough troops for Afghanistan and Iraq?