Instapundit takes his fun where he finds it. Luckily at the moment there’s a lot to find.
Instapundit takes his fun where he finds it. Luckily at the moment there’s a lot to find.
Or not: "The change [in Administration policy] became possible, though, only after Mrs. Clinton joined Samantha Power, a senior aide at the National Security Council, and Susan Rice, Mr. Obama’s ambassador to the United Nations, who had been pressing the case for military action to avert a potential humanitarian catastrophe, […]
Here is a Guardian piece about virtual money on the Internet. It’s by Aleks Krotoski: Aleks Krotoski has been writing about interactivity since 1999. She has a PhD in the social psychology of relationships in online communities It’s not quite clear to me what her point is here: Trust has become […]
One of my first blog posts here described my own modest part as spokesperson for British policy on the night Ronald Reagan bombed Col Gaddafi back in 1986: As news of the attacks broke, the FCO switchboard was soon swamped with callers calling to express in vigorous terms their indignation […]
Then there is the other Gaddafi option, of proclaiming a polite ceasefire then launching an attack in the hope that it creates new facts on the ground faster than the NFZ forces can act to stop it. This is all about Gaddafi’s personal message of ‘negotiation’ with the rebels – […]
Phew. This lays it on the line for Mr Guevara, spoiled brat turned cruel bossyboots: Every time I see some privileged person protest touring, I think of Che. Every time I hear about some insurrectionists starting shit in other people’s neighborhoods, I think of Che. Every time some twenty-something white […]
Have a look at these impressive figures for the surging Facebook phenomenon across the ‘Muslim world’. Egypt has added 450,000 new users in the past month. Saudi Arabia (a much smaller country) has added 420,000. These are absolutely big numbers, the more so since (by definition) they represent better-off web-savvy […]
No sooner had I put out the idea this morning that Gaddafi might do well not to blow Benghazi to bits but instead behave in a more guileful way than the cunning fellow proclaims a ceasefire! I knew of course that he swings by this blog now and again, but […]
The text of the Libya UNSCR is here. Key point as Sir J Greenstock has just pointed out on Radio Four is this (emphasis added): Authorizes Member States that have notified the Secretary-General, acting nationally or through regional organizations or arrangements, and acting in cooperation with the Secretary-General, to take […]
Is made here with painstaking care – and from a conservative viewpoint – by Andrew McCarthy at NRO. His conclusion: I appreciate that it is hard to say, “Butt out.” Qaddafi is a monster and his opposition is murky enough (for now) to be portrayed as “rebels” and “freedom fighters.” […]
