Ronald Bailey Still Doesn’t Get It

But at least he isn't a liar. Writing in Reason, Bailey describes one effect of intelligence-tampering: The American public and the rest of the world will be understandably skeptical when U.S. intelligence agencies next claim there is a looming crisis somewhere....

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The Israelification of America Continues

According to Ha'aretz, U.S. military honchos are visiting with the Israeli Defense Forces to learn about occupation techniques. Interestingly, these meetings began a full year before the war on Iraq. What country were they planning to occupy then? And for how long?

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The Poles Understand Blowback

Would they please explain it to Americans? From the AP: Public support for Poland's role in Iraq appeared to be eroding, with a poll published Monday showing more than half of those surveyed disapproved of sending troops. A growing number of Poles also feared that...

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All This Talk of Democracy

And no one's laughing? A great article on a global delusion: The Day Irony Failed, by Gary LaMoshi. The US State Department weighed in on the Makati crisis by backing "the legitimate civilian government of the Philippines". The US cleverly avoided use of the word...

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yeah, that’s the ticket.

Paul Wolfowitz is now saying that fighting the war in Iraq is key to fighting the war against terror. In fact , he is now saying, that's why the American army invaded Iraq- our intelligence was "murky" but surely everyone can see that without invading Iraq, America...

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A bit of good news

Ali Abbas, the Iraqi boy who lost both arms and his family during the war, will be transported to London for prostheses. That the artificial limbs and subsequent therapy alone will cost $675,000 brings to mind Henry Hazlitt's "blessings of destruction".

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Maybe the Liberventionists Were Right

About spreading freedom at gunpoint. Drug prohibition seems to be out the window in liberated Afghanistan-- which is why we'll soon be invading them again. From the Christian Science Monitor: Bumper year for Afghan poppies BATIKOT, AFGHANISTAN - Gul Hazrat Bacha has...

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Plunderers in Serbia

According to the Financial Times, Ms Kori Udovicki, "a Yale-educated economist and former expert on Yugoslavia for the International Monetary Fund" is the new head of the Serbian central bank. The choice should not be surprising. Udovicki is a Statist economist to...

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