MemeFirstMemeFirst. You Second.Real civil war- December 13, 2006 People who want to see the US leave Iraq should ponder this New York Times story reporting Saudi Arabia's willingness to finance a Sunni insurgency in Iraq. What is happening in Iraq is not all-out civil war. "Sectarian conflict" may be a bureaucratic sounding bromide but it is more accurate. The violence is being perpetuated by local cells intent on fomenting civil war, be they al Qaeda, Saddamites, local Sunni resistance fighters, or Shia from the slums or within the government. That is...http://www.memefirst.com/001504.html Imagine My Surprise- December 11, 2006 I received a bit of stick in one of the comment train of one of my most recent posts, after I pointed out the humourous similarity between the processes the US government is proposing to "try" alleged terrorists, and those of the Stalinist show trials of the 1930s. Some thought it both extreme, and beyond the pale of serious criticism, and yet (almost paradoxically) "hackneyed" and "unoriginal". As a reminder, Claude wrote in comment 31: . . . bracketing putative Gitmo trials with Stalin. . ...http://www.memefirst.com/001503.html Bad Monkey- December 9, 2006 As ever, Matthew Parris kicks their arses Mr Baker knows very well that Mr al-Maliki must fail. Prepare for the spectacle of Uncle Sam the organ-grinder storming from the stage in a huff, shouting abuse at his monkey. Reach for the sick bags as the puppeteer starts throwing punches at his puppet. Weep, as the ventriloquist indicts his dummy.http://www.memefirst.com/001502.html |