SezWho2 said...

SezWho2 at 03:09 PM JST - 25th August

The Russians will complete their withdraw to South Ossetia on their own timetable. Since that is officially Georgian territory, that might be deemed an invasion. The US will not and cannot do anything about that.

The warships are not for Russia. The warships are a show for potential NATO nations.…

Posted in U.S. Navy warship arrives with aid for Georgia at 03:09 PM JST - 25th August
SezWho2 at 03:02 PM JST - 25th August

StealthBomber,

I think it's pretty clear that you're the one who's kidding. No one said that saving a country from a tyrant was not worthy. What people have said was that said tyrant did not threaten America and that there were better ways to save the people rather than killing…

Posted in Suicide bomber kills 21 at Iraq banquet at 03:02 PM JST - 25th August
SezWho2 at 02:48 PM JST - 25th August

skipthesong,

About Part 1, yes the Democrats came into office promising change. What they found was that a deeply partisan Congress was unable to deliver it. While the President does not make the laws, he never exercised his veto until the Democrats were voted in. Until then--and even now--he has…

Posted in McCain ad says Obama snubbed Clinton in VP pick at 02:48 PM JST - 25th August
SezWho2 at 02:24 PM JST - 25th August

StealthBomber,

The evil ones are everywhere, even within the current government of the United States. If we would battle evil, we should fight closer to home.

Countries do not become bloodbaths. They emerge, they enlarge, they fragment and they disappear, but they do not become bloodbaths--hell-holes, rose gardens or quagmires,…

Posted in Suicide bomber kills 21 at Iraq banquet at 02:24 PM JST - 25th August
SezWho2 at 02:03 PM JST - 25th August

...er, "...does not practice pure capitalism".

Posted in McCain ad says Obama snubbed Clinton in VP pick at 02:03 PM JST - 25th August
SezWho2 at 01:58 PM JST - 25th August

undecidedbout08,

I'm sure you have that impression. But do you have a point? What does any of this have to do with socialism and communism?

The issue of patriotism comes in via the discussion of McCain's war hero status, the claim that only McCain is able to defend America's interests…

Posted in McCain ad says Obama snubbed Clinton in VP pick at 01:58 PM JST - 25th August
SezWho2 at 01:25 PM JST - 25th August

undecidedbout08,

It's worthwhile to remember what Orwell said:

In England all the boasting and flag-wagging, the ‘Rule Britannia’ stuff, is done by small minorities. The patriotism of the common people is not vocal or even conscious. They do not retain among their historical memories the name of a single military…

Posted in McCain ad says Obama snubbed Clinton in VP pick at 01:25 PM JST - 25th August
SezWho2 at 12:47 PM JST - 25th August

FreedomFries,

To me, SushiSake3's posts sound more as though he is against idiots. Patriotism, as Dr. Johnson tells us, is "the last refuge of a scoundrel". Here he is talking about patriotism that is a rationalization for action.

He goes on to talk about true patriotism:

True patriotism hates injustice…

Posted in McCain ad says Obama snubbed Clinton in VP pick at 12:47 PM JST - 25th August
SezWho2 at 12:30 PM JST - 25th August

Everybody's right! The people were right to protest. The Chinese were right to detain them. The US is right to complain.

And everybody's wrong. It was idiotic to think that the Chinese would allow unauthorized protests about Tibet or anything else. The Chinese should find ways to allow greater freedom…

Posted in U.S. Embassy urges China to release American activists at 12:30 PM JST - 25th August
SezWho2 at 11:50 AM JST - 25th August

FreedomFries,

My country and my life depend on neither Obama nor McCain. If you think that it does, then you show so little faith in the American system that you should be mortified to support foreign wars in order to keep it safe. There will be very little fundamental differences…

Posted in McCain ad says Obama snubbed Clinton in VP pick at 11:50 AM JST - 25th August