John Ruberry links to a Sunday Times report that Israel is planning a nuclear strike on Iran. I'm not sure what to make of this story. Israel planning to nuke Iran just is the inevitable consequence of Iran's threatening to develop nuclear weapons. Iranian leaders have been calling for Israel's destruction for years. Now that they are acquiring the means to do so, Israel is … [Read more...] about Israel to Nuke Iran?
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell…Yet
President Bill Clinton's enactment of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on homosexuality has been criticized by a lot of gay rights supporters on the grounds that it requires gays to stay in the closet if they want to stay in the military. I always felt this was a little unfair because "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was a lot better than the previous military policy, … [Read more...] about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell…Yet
Mission Accomplished
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The Iraq Victory That Might Have Been
Way back in February of 2003, I published my modest proposal for a victory in Iraq. Basically, I noticed that Saddam Hussein didn't care what we did in Iraq as long as he thought he was still in power. So we take that to an extreme: My proposal is that we follow a strategy of encroachment. We just slowly keep creeping into Iraq, building air bases and fuel dumps, military … [Read more...] about The Iraq Victory That Might Have Been
How to Defeat Islamofascism
While people all over the blogosphere are arguing what to do about Islamofascism—the desire and attempt by some Muslims to force Islam on everybody else in the world by conquest or terror—I think Lindsay Beyerstein, who is skeptical about the threat (or even existance) of Islamofascism may have nevertheless hit on the perfect strategy to combat it: The answer is … [Read more...] about How to Defeat Islamofascism