Still, if Mugabe just takes a look at his own neighbors he will discover a rising flood. If the levee breaks, Mugabe will go with it. There is call for a “unity government” in Zimbabwe, an idea that Morgan Tsvangirai has already rejected. While the AU clamors to appease Mugabe, Tsvangirai has rightly rejected such non-sense…

And to be clear, Tsvangirai is not utterly alone in Africa. Botswana, Zimbabwe’s neighbor, is Tsvangirai’s ally. They respected his decision to pull out of the race, though they wanted him to win. In the past Botswana erected a fence along their border with Zimbabwe to prevent the flow of illegal immigrants (sound familiar, America?). Now Botswana has amassed troops on the…
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There is only one policy that can work, if our goal is to stop Iran. We must offer Iran unconditional negotiations with the clear threat of military action if these negotiations are to fail. It should be perfectly clear that we have one goal in mind and that is to prevent Iran from having a bomb. Bombing Iran is an awful idea, but not quite as awful as allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon. We have nothing to lose in unconditional negotiations. By talking to the Iranian we do not come from a position of weakness, we come from a position of strength. We are the ones who offer carrots and sticks. If the US were to lead a diplomatic world effort against Iran’s nuclear program, we would earn the credibility of military action if such talks were to fail. We can offer…

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Liberals will be pissed, but the Supreme Court has now handed a victory to those who oppose the Washington DC ban on civilian ownership of firearms.  The WSJ has a great (though snarky) Op-Ed piece on the decision.
Stevens is right. Who are they trying to kid? And yet a razor-thin majority of the deeply divided […]

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This video was shot and edited on June 18, 2008. The weather matched my mood and the rain on the window was especially hypnotizing. I needed contrast. This video captures the mood I was in that day. Tomorrow I will have a post about US Policy toward Iran. Today I want to […]

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In a race where ageism is a greater factor than racism, you are using your race as a political weapon, which it should never be. That saddens me, considering how you had such a great speech on race a few months ago, but perhaps the critics were right when they pointed out your racist statements about “typical” white people.

All I ask, Obama, is that you start addressing the issues and stop vilifying the GOP and McCain. When you have harsher words for the differing ideas and ideals of your own countrymen than you do for enemies, such as Iran, Syria, China and Cuba, I start to question your leadership abilities. I start to question your ability to united the country. I question your ability to achieve the prosperity your message of “Hope” is meant to bring…

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If you weren’t sure how best to deal with the UN, you should know now. The best way is to outright ignore anything they have to say, lock-up opposition leaders, beat opposition campaigner, murder opposition supporters and promise that you will not allow the opposition to win. Be sure to declare a preemptive civil war and run your economy into the ground. Take revenge for past…

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I do like Obama’s stance here. McCain’s jumping on the word “martyr” is to be expected during a campaign, I suppose, especially since they are technically correct, but we all know what Obama means. You don’t want to kill bin Laden in action and have him turned into an even great “Hero” to the network of Islamic Terrorism. Remember, this is a fundamentally religious “movement” of killing innocent people, so martyrdom is high on the list of things to avoid.

But I also have another way that I would deal with bin Laden…

I would have bin Laden taken away to a special prison that only people with the highest possible security clearance would be aware of. I would make sure the media and the world knew nothing of this…

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