Comments on: Hawk Foreign Policy Quiz

By: The Pryhills

The Pryhills — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:51:38 +0000

Carnival of the Vanities #117
Welcome to the 117th Carnival of the Vanities! With the holiday shopping season in full swing, I'll be taking you folks on a trip to the Carnival of the Vanities Mall to get your weekly ration of rich, bloggy goodnessTM....

By: Dann Todd's Dain Bramage

Dann Todd's Dain Bramage — Sat, 11 Dec 2004 03:13:13 +0000

Inanity From Kevin Drum
Rolling with it....answers to Mr. Drum's questions and some new questions that Mr. Drum will certainly never answer:

James Joyner

By: Watcher of Weasels

Watcher of Weasels — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 06:07:10 +0000

The Council Has Spoken! First off... any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here. Die spambots, die! And now... the winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are Sex and Disease by King of Fools, ...

By: Stromata Blog

Stromata Blog — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 03:06:36 +0000

Drumming Up Debate Left-wing blaguer Kevin Drum, annoyed by the thought that "conservative bloggers are feeling pretty smug"? about liberal disarray on foreign policy [Smug? Actually, I'm alarmed that some guys on the Left may stumble across a clue and become harder to

By: Honzo, knowing that I know that I do not know anything worthwhile.

Honzo, knowing that I know that I do not know anything worthwhile. — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:24:02 +0000

Questions for a Conservative
I came across a post, A FEW WEE QUESTIONS - The Washington Monthly, that asks moderate conservative bloggers a couple of questions. Some answered. Some answered well, some answered in a slightly sarcastic tone (IMAO). Dean's World - good answers...

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:12:08 +0000

Pressure & Democracy in Uzbekistan
The frequency with which I pass along reporting from Jamestown's Eurasia Daily Monitor should be a clear indication that I like what they have to say. I typically find Roger McDermott to be one of their best authors, but this made me scratch my head....

By: Right Wingnuthouse

Right Wingnuthouse — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:27:33 +0000

BEATING THE SURRENDER DRUM
One of the more clueless moonbats around, Mr. Drum recently turned on his 25 candle-watt intellect to ask 8 sniffy questions of conservatives about the Iraq war.

By: Knemon

Knemon — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:15:29 +0000

Anjin-San: But did the recent elections move it further from or closer to that goal?

Three years ago, Afghanistan was one of the most war-ravaged, impoverished and disconnected-from-modernity spots on the globe. What little security and government it had was provided by a clerical-fascist minority, and it sheltered notorious terrorists.

Have the last 36 months been, on balance, an improvement? (I don't have enough info. to be really sure - but it *seems* so).

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

By: LJD

LJD — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 14:28:44 +0000

The Democrats have done nothing to distance themselves from their "kooks". In fact, the closeness of the last Presidential campaign led them to embrace them...

The war on Terror and the problems in the Middle East (and elsewhere in the world) stem from the lack of a clear definition of what our foreign policy should be. Not definition by the administration, but by the opposition that is making so many baseless claims and accusations. There are no hawks, just weasels...

It's relatively simple. We are the big kid on the block. We have a responsibility to support the U.N. (Well, what it's SUPPOSED to be), and the rule of law in the world. Since the U.N. cannot be trusted, is dysfunctional, and cannot execute its mission, do we continue to support what is right?

There is really no debate on what is right. Ethnic cleansing and genocide are wrong. Forced (or imposed) starvation. malnutrition, and disease are a form of genocide. Intentionally killing civilians, including women and children, even for a cause you believe is right, is completely wrong. The subject is relatively black and white.

So what do we do when the U.N. is part of the problem. Their inaction aggravated the pain of Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Sudan... Do we shut our doors, say enough is enough, and keep to ourselves? Literally, close the borders, stop immigration, keep the money here for the spoiled-rotten Americans, plight of the world be damned. Will the left be able to live with this isolationist policy?

Or do we continue to sacrifice our best and brightest, our talented young men and women. When we know they will be treated with injustice, criticized, smeared... All the while more people come to the U.S. for a better life, contributing nothing to the country or world. Their sense of entitlement undermining our very way of life.

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
-Bishop Desmond Tutu

By: On The Third Hand

On The Third Hand — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 12:12:58 +0000

Questions and Answers.
Kevin Drum asks some questions of hawkish bloggers; though he mistakenly calls them 'conservative bloggers'.
Dean at Dean's World answers. James at Outside the Beltway answers. Citizen Smash answers. The answers are recommended reading for doves...

By: Dean's World

Dean's World — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 08:34:37 +0000

Answers For Kevin Drum
I always dread being pulled into cross-blog Question & Answer challenges, because too often they just devolve into ego clashes. Indeed, when I read

By: Watcher of Weasels

Watcher of Weasels — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 04:31:19 +0000

Submitted for Your Approval First off... any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here. Die spambots, die! And now... here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote. Council li...

By: Anjin-San

Anjin-San — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 23:19:22 +0000

Afganistan is a country largly controlled by warlords & devoted to opium/heroin production. Karzai has little influence outside the capital and takes his life in his hands ever time he travels. I am not sure this constitutes a democracy, in spite of the recent elections.

By: DANEgerus

DANEgerus — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 23:02:17 +0000

Mhore in the Presidential box at the DNC... his rants parroted by Kedwards and TayReeZa...

The Clinton's still controlling the money.

The differences are profound and you need look no further then the (D)'s leadership to find their "kooks".

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 20:48:11 +0000

James the link to Matt's site leads to the WordPress editing window, might want to fix it when you get a chance.