Archive for the 'Islam' Category
From The Nation:
Myth 1. It’s a dangerous world. We face an array of serious national security threats that require an experienced Commander in Chief.
Myth 2. The surge has worked. To withdraw from Iraq now would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and embolden Islamic extremists.
Myth 3. We cannot allow Afghanistan to become a safe […]
From Frank Schaeffer, from Huffington Post:
Dear Republicans: This election all Republicans who love America must vote for Obama. A vote for business-as-usual and a continuation of the Neoconservative/Religious Right/ party of corporate American alienation is a vote against America. As a former Republican activist, I appeal to your patriotism and honor.
Unless you haven’t been paying […]
Republican and Democrat Secretary of State seem to agree: talking to Iran is the only way to go:
Five former U.S. secretaries of state said on Monday the next American administration should talk to Iran, a foe President George W. Bush has generally shunned as part of an “axis of evil.”
Engaging Iran is important because Washington’s […]
From a former member of the House of Representatives:
In 2002, President Bush publicly ordered Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon to end a bloody, destructive rampage through the Palestinian West Bank. He wilted just as publicly when he received curt word from Sharon that Israeli troops would not withdraw and would continue their military operations. A […]
From McLatchy:
In June, long before she was selected as the Republican nominee for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin attended a religious gathering at the Wasilla Assembly of God, her former church.
Standing on stage and speaking to the college-aged graduates of the church’s Master’s Commission ministry, the governor reminisced about growing up in the fellowship […]
Interesting analysis, as an Iranian born in 1978 who left Iran in 1983, this is pretty clever and accurate. In fact, America is becoming more and more of a theocracy just as Iranian demographic trends make Iran to be less and less of one. In 2019, at this rate, the countries might be closer alike […]
“Pray for our military. He [Palin’s son] is going to be deployed in September to Iraq – pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right for this country – that our leaders, our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God, that’s what […]
Musharraf, a key ally in America’s war against terrorism who had survived three assassination attempts by Islamic radicals in his nine years in power, finally bowed to demands to step down rather than face impeachment charges which the government had threatened this week.
In an […]