Opinion Forum

Why Is the U.S. Attacking Libya?

March 23rd, 2011

By Tom Carter U.S. policy in Libya is getting murkier by the minute, and there’s not much chance of a positive outcome. All the normal standards for employing military force are being ignored, probably because most of the decision making is being done by people who know little about the military and don’t hold it […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: exit strategy, islamist, Libya, mission, opposition, strategy, terrorism, tribes
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Venezuela’s Election Lunacy: Results and Consequences

September 28th, 2010

By Dan Miller The opposition MUD alliance (seriously) won 52 percent of the votes, but got 37 percent of the seats. Hmm. * * * Christopher Hitchens observed a few weeks ago that el Presidente Chávez, whom he had visited in 2008 along with Chávez’s close friend Sean Penn and whose antics he still follows, […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Chavez, democracy, election, irregularities, MUD, opposition, Venezuela
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Is the (Red) Tide Turning in Venezuela?

September 12th, 2010

By Dan Miller More people now talk about el Presidente Hugo Chávez like a dog. * * * The recent loud but silent protest by the very beautiful outgoing Miss Universe, a Venezuelan, has not gone unnoticed in a country where the Miss Venezuela and Miss Universe contests are major distractions from daily woes. Miss […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: criticism, flag, Hugo Chavez, Miss Universe, opposition, protest, Venezuela
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