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[Full Comment] David Frum: Canada approaches an opportunity to honour its own ...: During the recent Canada Day celebrations here in Vancouver the highlight of the ceremonies downtown somewhere was the military and its contribution to Canadian society. I found this out by reading some newspaper editorial that I ran across one day.

[Wednesday-Night] Wednesday-Night - » Afghanistan, NATO and the U.S.: ””Such a policy failed miserably in Vietnam, and it is most likely to fail again in Afghanistan-Pakistan, two countries whose borders are highly artificial, having been imposed by imperial Great Britain in the nineteen century. It also failed for the Soviets who had to withdraw from Afghanistan after eight-and-a-half disastrous years.

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news] U.S. Generals to Demand Thousands of Additional Soldiers for ...: Some military analysts have suggested that more than half a million soldiers and police - including U.S., NATO and Afghan forces - will be needed to defeat the Taliban insurgency and provide a modicum of security across Afghanistan, a country of 23 million that is larger, more rugged and remote, and far less developed than Iraq.

[Andy Stephen's Weblog] CNN USA What Gives With the Victim Totals in Iraq? And I'm Talking ...: Ok, I get it, during the Viet Nam war, the war was brought into everybody’s livingroom and so were the daily totals of dead and wounded….ok, I understand, you’ll never make that mistake again because the totals were so astonishingly high….58K….  Now with this stupid war (S) you’re into now, how come even though the losses are still excessive because of your politicians ridiculousness in pursuing a war and fighting for a peace that the sand monkeys don’t want…how come I have to wait up every night for Nancy Grace on HNL i.e. new CNN subsidiary to get the up to date numbers of your misguided and tragic losses…..today is the 4th of August, 2009 at 3:36 p.m.

[Prothink] Revisiting: 'Dual Citizens': Weinmann, while serving at or near Bahrain, Mexico, and Austria, “with intent or reason to believe it would be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of a foreign nation (Israel), [attempted] to communicate, deliver or transmit classified CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET information relating to the national defense, to a representative, officer, agent or employee of a foreign government.” Weinmann was apprehended on March 26 after being listed as “a deserter by his command,”

[Other Stuff] Other Stuff: July 4th, 2009: This is immensely different than Alec Baldwin in 2000 publicly threatening to pack up his bags and head for Canada if Bush were elected. There shortly followed a whole wave of people, both famous and not, making the same proclamation.

[Truth11] American troops return from Iraq with 'criminal behavior' « Truth11: The Obama administration’s new Cybersecurity system will only make the Internet more vulnerable to attack, while creating the framework for a massively upgraded government surveillance grid that will control and regulate every aspect of our daily lives through the implementation of “smart” technology. 

[Breaking News] First female US soldier to flee Iraq war for Canada makes final ...: Canada is not the answer, and hopefully the Canadian authorities will realize that accepting deserters from the American military is not a good idea these days. Remember there are Candian soldiers fighting along side our soldiers, would Canada give them the same benefit if the deserted the Canadian military, or would they go to jail?

[Asian Tribune] U.N. to Live or Die by Its Policy Ideas | Asian Tribune:  Asked about the U.N.’s political failures, Stephen Zunes, professor of political science and international studies at the University of San Francisco, told IPS: “The greatest weakness of the U.N. system remains the archaic and undemocratic structure of the Security Council which allows five nations to block resolutions based not on a given resolution’s merits in regard to the U.N.

[The Official Website of Representative David Duke, PhD] From The Abyss ”” David Duke's Moscow Speech! | The Official ...: Montagu’s real name, by the way, was Israel Ehrenberg, and he wrote the media- and academia-popularized bible of egalitarianism called Race: Man’s Most Dangerous Myth, which basically informed we White people that we don’t really exist, and that there no real difference exists between the races of mankind. Doesn’t it feel good to know that there is no real difference between us here and the Hottentots or the Australian aborigines?

[Blog about salt] Blog about salt » Sea Salt Vs Regular: Born in Germany and raised in Canada, Professor Reinhardt has personally experienced medical systems in different countries. Over the past 25 years, he has become a critical voice in the debate about reforming America’s healthcare system.

[CNN Political Ticker] CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive ...: The president of Italy does not go to Canada or stay in his own country for medical needs. Yes 47 million people do not have coverage, 20 million is made up of people who spend their money on other choices and 20 million are illegals.

[Anderson Cooper 360] Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - Live Blog from the Anchor Desk ...: But, let’s be honest, journalists employed by Al Gore, one with a famous sister (Lisa Ling) receive intervention from President Bill Clinton. If John Q Public was held in North Korea, chances are there would be an outpouring of humanitarian expression, but no negotiation…..just labor camp while diplomatic talk continues.

[Macleans.ca] Obama, Republicans and the Birthers - John Parisella World Blog ...: - Calling for in-depth investigation of a massive terrorist attack, or implying that the Bush administration failed to act to prevent the attack despite having clear indications that it was iminent, or demanding investigation into strange trading patterns on the day of the attacks (the Kucinich and McKinney statements), and

[SWJ Blog] 3 August SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog): Metz concludes that the United States has a long-standing, continuing problem “developing sound assumptions when the opponent operates within a different psychological and cultural framework.” He sees a pattern of misjudgments about Saddam and Iraq based on Western cultural and historical bias and a pervasive faith in the superiority of America’s worldview and institutions. This myopia contributed to America being caught off guard by Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, then underestimating his longevity, and finally miscalculating the likelihood of a stable and democratic Iraq after he was toppled.

[Flopping Aces] Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Democrats Try to Dismiss Citizen ...: I think the president welcomes the fact that we are a democracy and people in the United States, unlike Iraq, are free to protest and to make their case known,”

[Balloon Juice] Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Old Blackwater, keep on rolling: Therefore, I believe in a graduated income tax on big fortunes, and in another tax which is far more easily collected and far more effective—a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes, properly safeguarded against evasion, and increasing rapidly in amount with the size of the estate.

[The Caucus] McCain Defends V.P. Choice - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com: In a speech given in Lansing, Michigan, Senator Obama called for the completion of the Alaska natural gas pipeline, stating, “Over the next five years, we should also lease more of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for oil and gas production. And we should also tap more of our substantial natural gas reserves and work with the Canadian government to finally build the Alaska natural gas pipeline, delivering clean natural gas and creating good jobs in the process.”

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