Get some dialogue going

Maziar Bahari, Washington Post’s Post Global, November 24: As I watched President Bush standing under a gigantic statue of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam the other day I was thinking to myself, “Why should it be so far-fetched to imagine an American president standing under a portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini in the Iranian parliament?” After…

It’s about time

Can the Australian nation cope with another anti-war, anti-American, anti-freedom, anti-Iraqi traitor? It seems we now have no choice: The former SAS officer who devised and executed the Iraq war plan for Australia’s special forces says that the nation’s involvement has been a strategic and moral blunder. Peter Tinley, who was decorated for his military…

Human rights matter (until they don’t)

Some recent news from the Empire: The United States on Monday dropped Vietnam from its list of nations that severely violate religious freedom ahead of a visit by President George W. Bush, citing improvement in its tolerance for religious expression.…  Leading US dissenter William Blum highlights the hypocrisy of the decision: In removing Vietnam from…

Syria’s bloody hands?

Jonathan Cook, Antiwar, November 24: Unlike my colleagues, I do not claim to know who killed [Pierre] Gemayel. Maybe Syria was behind the shooting. Maybe, in Lebanon’s notoriously intrigue-ridden and fractious political system, someone with a grudge against Gemayel – even from within his own party – pulled the trigger. Or maybe, Israel once again…

“Bias” is so hard to find

Every now and then, an article appears in the Australian media that alleges anti-Israel bias in academia. The sources for such stories are the usual Zionist clowns that desperately want universities to teach the Leon Uris version of history. Thankfully, most academics desire a more nuanced look at events. Hence, this article in Wednesday’s Australian…

The Jewish hooker

During Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s recent trip to Washington, he said the following: “We in the Middle East have followed the American policy in Iraq for a long time, and we are very much impressed and encouraged by the stability which the great operation of America in Iraq brought to the Middle East. We…

Mud-slinging moratorium for NSW politicians’ big night out

My following article appears in today’s Crikey newsletter: The last weeks have seen the NSW Labor government and Liberal opposition at each other’s throats over corruption, allegations of child sexual assault and incompetence. Strangely these… tensions were little… in evidence at last night’s annual NSW Parliamentary Christmas Party at Parliament House in Macquarie Street. Over 250 journalists,…

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