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Tag Archives: Iraq
Democrats Confused About Constitution
National Public Radio keeps playing in a loop the pathetic speech of that grief-blinded father of a Muslim officer killed in Iraq. The man keeps mumbling about Donald Trump and the constitution, and about “minorities.” It appears that no one … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Uncategorized
Tagged Captain Khan, Iraq, Khan, minorities, Muslims, US Constitiuion
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Asylum Seekers and Western Military Intervention
Recently, Brandon Christensen, the capable Editor of the libertarian blog Notes on Liberty (NOL) tried to take me behind the woodpile, again! (Note for our overseas readers: To take someone behind the woodpile usually a child -is to spank him … Continue reading
Posted in Socio-Political Essays
Tagged Afghanistan, Albania, asylum, Bosnia, Croatia, Eritrea, Germany, Iraq, Kosovo, Libertarian, R refugees, Serbia, Syria
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Muslim Refugees in Perspective
In a companion essay, “Hypocrisy!” (https://factsmatter.wordpress.com/2015/09/14/hypocrisy/) I pointed out that there was a good fit of preferences between the current crop of refugees from Syria and from Iraq and the countries one would reasonably expect to be giving them asylum. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Eritrea, Europe, Eurostat, fertility rate, Germany, Greece, hijab, Iraq, Islamic, Islamic Republic, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamists, Kuwait, migrants, military age, Muslim unemployment rate, Muslims, refugees, Saddam Hussein, Senegal, Somalia, Syrians, Yemen
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Hypocrisy!
Yes, I am alive, thank you for asking. I have been away from this blog for two reasons. First, the little boy who hated the end of summer and going back to school is still alive and well inside the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Socio-Political Essays
Tagged Arabs, Crusaders, Germany, Hungary, illegal immigrants, Iraq, JOrdan, legal migrants, Middle-East, Muslim societies, Muslims, refugees, Saudi Arabia, Syrians, the West, Turkey, undocumented migrants, Vatican
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Iraq: Four Comments
Another debacle with Pres. Obama snoozing at the helm. Four comments about the debacle in Iraq: 1 What the US built there did not pass any test except that the the Kurdish north is still peaceful and prosperous. Why this … Continue reading
Secession and libertarianism – Ukraine IV
The most basic rule of schoolyard behavior is this: Don’t challenge the school bully if your knees are buckling under you. Mr Obama keeps ignoring the rule, with predictable results: One tyrant, one despot after another receives his confirmation … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Socio-Political Essays
Tagged Belgium, Bosnia, Catalonia, Catalunya, Chinese Communist Party, Crimea, Crimean secession, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Fleming, Flemish, invasion of Crimea, Iraq, Kosovo, Kurdistan, Libertarian, pax americana, President Obama, Putin, Russia, Saddam Hussein, Scotland, Scottish independence, secession, Sevastopol, Slovak Republic, Tibet, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Walloon
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Syria: None of Our Business?
Yes, all the arguments against intervening in the Syrian massacre are valid, or maybe, they are valid, or somewhat valid. The massacres in Syria are none of our business, they conclude. The fact that libertarian and left-liberal oppositions sound the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Socio-Political Essays
Tagged Afghanistan, Assaf, Cambodia, civilians, gas, gaz, Iraq, Jihad, jihadists, Khmer Rouge, massacres, President Obama, slaughter
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An Illegal, Unconstitutional War? Reality Check (Amended 5/25/12)
Some libertarians, misguided by Ron Paul, among several false leaders and several bad leaders, habitually, even frequently denounce the war in Afghanistan and the war of liberation of Iraq as “illegal”and “unconstitutional.” Such statements meet with little overt contradiction because … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Socio-Political Essays
Tagged Afghanistan, illegal war, Iraq, Libertarians, religion, Ron Paul, unconstitutional war, US Constitution
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Ron Paul’s 20 Billion On Military A.C. – N. S.!
In an attempt to achieve holy humility, I am dealing with objections against the several times I accused Ron Paul of being insouciant about facts. The first time I questioned on his blog Ron Paul’s veracity with respect to the … Continue reading
Indecent Stories for Decent Women: Fiction by John René Adolph, a Man (2017)
Les pumas de grande banlieue: histoires d'émigration (2014)
I Used to Be French: an Immature Autobiography (2014)
FACTS MATTER 