SezWho2 said...

SezWho2 at 12:26 PM JST - 22nd July

undecidedbout08,

I disagree that everyone knows that the New Yorker cover was satire. There are far too many people everywhere who judge on appearances and hearsay and who are not intellectually curious. We might even have a president like that, not to say that he doesn't know it was satire.…

Posted in New York Times defends decision not to run McCain's op-ed article at 12:26 PM JST - 22nd July
SezWho2 at 12:08 PM JST - 22nd July

Are we assuming that the NYT did not also require Obama to make revisions? It seems to me that we are.

This should be a non-issue. All McCain has to do is to produce a credible piece. Why would folks who believe that the NYT is a liberal mouthpiece be…

Posted in New York Times defends decision not to run McCain's op-ed article at 12:08 PM JST - 22nd July
SezWho2 at 12:02 PM JST - 22nd July

I don't think it is unrealistic to ask for timetables. McCain has resisted timetables for troop drawdown, but how about timetables for Iraqi government cohesion? for decisions on oil revenue sharing? for Iraqi control of dissident militia elements? for the return of refugees? for the unwalling of communities? and even,…

Posted in New York Times defends decision not to run McCain's op-ed article at 12:02 PM JST - 22nd July
SezWho2 at 02:22 AM JST - 22nd July

undecidedbout08,

I don't think it would take much for people who hold opinions different from your own to lose credibility in your eyes.

"Do [I] honestly, truly believe that George Bush has used the office of president to launch his own personal Crusade against Muslims?" (If you'll forgive me, I'll…

Posted in Obama meets Karzai, promises steadfast Afghan aid at 02:22 AM JST - 22nd July
SezWho2 at 12:06 AM JST - 22nd July

sailwind,

I can't speak for Betzee, but it beats me how you draw that conclusion from anything that I have said here.

Here is what I am unhappy about in regard to putting more troops into Afghanistan. Our issue is not with the Taliban. In fighting the Taliban we are…

Posted in Obama meets Karzai, promises steadfast Afghan aid at 12:06 AM JST - 22nd July
SezWho2 at 09:58 PM JST - 21st July

I think a bigger question for Gordon Brown is whether he will be able to hold his own party together.

Posted in Middle East deal doable, says British PM at 09:58 PM JST - 21st July
SezWho2 at 09:57 PM JST - 21st July

westurn,

Islam generally admonishes its followers to save lives and not to take them. Of course you will find references to war--as you will in the old testament law which Christ did not come to change. War is not the essence of Islam.

I can't help you with the inevitability…

Posted in NATO strikes kill nine Afghan police at 09:57 PM JST - 21st July
SezWho2 at 09:46 PM JST - 21st July

I don't think there is much objection to referring to the war in Afghanistan as a Crusade. Bush referred to it as such, he is on record as believing himself to be doing God's work and the war was code-named Infinite Justice until observant Muslims raised the objection that only…

Posted in Obama meets Karzai, promises steadfast Afghan aid at 09:46 PM JST - 21st July
SezWho2 at 09:30 PM JST - 21st July

undecidedabout08,

It is not true that any way you look at it life in Afghanistan is better today because America intervened. The security situation in Afghanistan has worsened since February of 2008 and that is one of the reasons for Obama's comments about Karzai. But even as of February 2008,…

Posted in Obama meets Karzai, promises steadfast Afghan aid at 09:30 PM JST - 21st July
SezWho2 at 01:21 PM JST - 21st July

westurn,

The only one who has embarrassed himself here is yourself for failing to demonstrate the relevance of your comment.

Wars are fought for a variety of reasons: economic, empire extension, nationalism, religion, ideology and so on. The point I am making is that every warrior has a reason for…

Posted in NATO strikes kill nine Afghan police at 01:21 PM JST - 21st July