Time for solidarity in defense of enlightenment values.
Brendan O’Neill says, though, that we’re missing the real point — that the real cultural enemy isn’t extremist Islam, but the multiculturalists within. But Nick Gillespie explains why it’s important nonetheless. And Mark Steyn has more thoughts.
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People will see what they want to see.
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Who decides what is provocative?
Some thoughts on Arlen Specter’s foreign-policy legacy.
Isn’t this, kind of, you know, an act of war?
The navy ship Cheonan sank on March 26 after an explosion on the vessel as it sailed in the Yellow Sea off South Korea’s west coast.
The Post said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because South Korea had not yet disclosed the results of the investigation, said analyses showed the torpedo was identical to a North Korean torpedo previously obtained by South Korea.
The formal accusation is expected to be announced on Thursday and South Korea will ask the U.N. Security Council to take up the matter, Post sources said.
Do they seriously expect the Security Council to do anything about it? Especially with this White House?
Actually, they’re just on the other side. David Horowitz elicits an amazing admission from a Muslim student in San Diego.
Solves the mystery of the Purloined Pathfinder.
…was in contact with Awlaki. No doubt the emails will reveal their discussion of how awful the health care bill was, and his foreclosure situation.
…of the foreign terrorist organization list:
…if you can follow this, we’re in a war on terror against terrorist organizations that are killing and plotting to kill Americans but that our government won’t officially call terrorist organizations.
The “Continuity Irish Republican Army” is on the terrorism list … but not the Taliban.
Note that this is bipartisan stupidity. The Bush administration could have done something about this years ago, and never did.
Lileks, on the moral superiority of our media and political “elites.” It’s really hard to use that word for them with a straight face.
Hope the attack was caused by one of the several dozen million militia members — also known as “Midwesterners.” After all, that’s the logical extension of being opposed to anything the government does while in control of the Democratic Party: blowing up that oasis of commerce and gaudy free enterprise, Times Square.
Fingers crossed: Oh, if only the attack was caused by someone protesting Arizona’s immigration policy. Such a thing would be misguided, but there’s a lot of anger out there about a law many say harkens back to Nazi Germany, where they rounded up Jews who had entered the Third Reich illegally, and made them return to Israel.
…CNN chatterboxes later ruminated that the fellow had a hard life in the U.S. — couldn’t get a good job, had his house foreclosed on. Granted. But this has happened to many during the Great Recession, and 99.99999% don’t sit down and conclude: “Well, it’s Pakistan for fertilizer bomb training, then.”
Do these people actually think about the stupid things they say?
I fully expect all those being foreclosed on to be put on a terrorist watch list. But we can’t discriminate against those Jihadis. That would be intolerant.
…insist on violating the Laws of War?
Before citing the 1949 Geneva POW Convention, critics should be aware what they actually say. Article 84 states: “A prisoner of war shall be tried only by a military court.” And Article 97 says: “Prisoners of war shall not in any case be transferred to penitentiary establishments (prisons, penitentiaries, convict prisons, etc.).” [Emphasis added in both cases.]
It is only because terrorists like Khalid Sheik Mohammed & Co. don’t qualify for full Geneva protection that we have the legal option of trying them in domestic courts.
I think that Eric Holder should be charged with war crimes.
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Yes, I occasionally do troll my own site — one of the privileges of being the host. As you can see, it didn’t take long to reel the first one in.
Meanwhile, here is a useful discussion on the question concerning with whom we are at war, which could clarify who we do, and do not, Mirandize.
The bomb suspect was allowed on a plane despite being on the “no-fly list.”
The country’s in the very best of hands.