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  • Musharraf walks a tightrope

    In the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination in Rawalpindi, Pakistan yesterday, the country continues to descend into chaos. President Pervez Musharraf has some tough choices ahead of him, none of which appear particularly appealing. The death of Musharraf's leading opponent comes just eleven days before parliamentary elections, in which her ...
    Posted to Russ McBee (Weblog) by RussMcBee on December 28, 2007
  • In which I engage in wild speculation on Bush, Iran, Iraq, and the NIE

    For the last couple of years, the neocons and their puppets have been shouting about the dangers allegedly posed by Iran and its oh-so-scary nuclear program. Just two months ago, President Bush said this about the threat that Iran's nuclear program represented: Q But you definitively believe Iran wants to build a nuclear weapon? THE ...
    Posted to Russ McBee (Weblog) by RussMcBee on December 4, 2007
  • "A stunningly bad idea"

    In a perfect example of Brownian motion as a template for diplomacy and international relations, the Bush Administration has proposed the sale of $20 billion worth of satellite-guided missiles to Saudi Arabia. That would be the same Saudi Arabia from which 15 of the 19 September 11 hijackers originated, and the same Saudi Arabia which is busy ...
    Posted to Russ McBee (Weblog) by RussMcBee on November 20, 2007
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