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Tuesday, Jul 18, 2006
Yes, walking rather than driving would be healthy
But I don't think that's what Bill Kristol meant. Referring to his suggestion of "a military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities", Kristol opined,
Yes, there would be repercussions - and they would be healthy ones ...
Ahistory
For the last 60 years, American administrations of both stripes — Democrat, Republican — traded what they thought was security and stability and turned a blind eye to the absence of democratic forces, to the absence of pluralism in the region. And out of that set of policies we got a situation that produced or helped produce al Qaeda and other extremist elements. That policy has changed.
Condoleezza Rice ABC's This Week, July 16, 2006
Americans are so ahistorical about the actions of their own country that Rice can say this an no one even blink.
Condoleezza Rice ABC's This Week, July 16, 2006
Operation Ajax (1953) (officially TP-AJAX) was a covert operation by Great Britain and the United States to remove the democratic[1] cabinet of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh from power, to support the Pahlavi dynasty and consolidate the power of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. The idea of overthrowing Mossadegh was conceived by the British. They originally asked President Truman for assistance, but he refused. When Eisenhower became president in 1953, the British proposed the idea once again, and this time, the Americans agreed to help.
Wikipedia, Operation Ajax
Wikipedia, Operation Ajax
World Affairs Council
I enjoyed Kinzer's book, until I misplaced it about a third into it. (I'll go look for it.) He's an engaging writer, but an even more engaging speaker.
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change -- no direct link, search under Kinzer
Towards the end, during the Q&A, he had some comments about how to cause the Hamas election to turn into a debacle. The talk is from 4/1/2006.
OMGWTF?! 6-year n00b fucktard!
Not just any fucking retard, he's our Fucktard-in-Chief
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