Why is it that every time a politician feels themselves sagging in the polls, they invoke some improbable, obviously impossible, pipe dream about the space program? Â This pantomime is almost invariably played out in front of a NASA audience in Cape Canaveral,...
Okay, I’ll admit to skimming this, however this might explain why EU resistance to this action in Iraq was so fierce.. and is yet another perspective on the overly-simplistic “War is about oil” mantra. -Ian. —-
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0304.marshall.html Practice to Deceive Chaos in the Middle East is not the Bush hawks’ nightmare scenario–it’s their plan. By Joshua Micah Marshall Imagine it’s six months from now. The Iraq war is...
—— Forwarded Message From: Jeff Pulver Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 15:33:25 -0400 (EDT) To: Ian Andrew Bell Subject: Being that this was a Canada paper, I thought you might enjoy this… Hey Ian, Sometimes they print the stuff you just don’t expect...
Remember I don’t always agree with stuff that I post to FOIB. 🙂 ———– http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/opinion/31FRIE.html March 31, 2002 Suicidal Lies By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The outcome of the war now under way between the Israelis and...
