Archive for the 'International Relations' Category
Friday, August 8th, 2008
I was a bit surprised to read Georgia had moved troops into South Ossetia and Russia had in turn moved troops in and had started bombing Georgia (CNN, FoxNews, Johnson’s Russia List (via e-mail)).
It’s like Bizarro-Kosovo/Serbia.
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Let’s say there’s a street out there in Hypothetica. On that street is a relatively nice big house with a couple spare rooms, 2.5 bathrooms, and a five-car garage. It’s a beachfront house with a yard that stretches from sea to shining sea. A nice family lives there, a husband, a wife, 2.05 children, [...]
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
In case you haven’t seen the news today, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. She knew this would be a real possibility when she returned from exile to challenge President Musharraf, and given the current state of affairs in Pakistan I figured this would be all too likely. That doesn’t change the [...]
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Sunday, August 5th, 2007
Jill e-mailed a month or so ago to say that she’s doing a whole lot better, and that she appreciated all the support she got in the aftermath of her ordeal in Kyrgystan.
Thank you to everyone who offered to help, whether it was advice on Kyrgystan or praying for [...]
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Sunday, January 14th, 2007
If you’re not regularly reading Victor Davis Hanson, you’re letting some of the best commentary on the War on Terror pass by. If you disagree with him, at least he makes you think. Here’s some good thinking to get your 2007 underway.
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Sunday, October 8th, 2006
Revelations 5:4 (NIV) — Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword. Okay, so a nuclear weapon isn’t necessarily the latest sign of an impending apocalypse. Still, methinks [...]
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Friday, July 21st, 2006
I’m pretty close to a number of Germans. They’re very good friends (and family), and I really love them all.
Occassionally we’ll discuss world events, and since the Middle East is nearly always in turmoil, it tends to come up as a good topic. I tend to talk at length about [...]
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Sunday, April 23rd, 2006
I understand the demon djinn just released a new audio tape. Apparently his current cave (or equivalent primitive dwelling) doesn’t sport rudimentary video facilities. He called for a Muslim boycott of American goods. Let’s see, a short list of American exports could consist of food, airplanes, medical technology, computer operating systems, and [...]
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Saturday, April 1st, 2006
Here are a few noteworthy readings: On the Return of History. When Cynicism Meets Fanaticism.
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Sunday, March 26th, 2006
Abdul Rahman, the Afghani who was recently facing the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity, has been temporarily spared (here’s a link to the story on FoxNews.com). The case against him was dismissed. The problem is, he’s still in a country where there are a lot of people out to see the [...]
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