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Tag: war

  • How far is too far?

    I haven’t blogged about the situation in Lebanon, but that isn’t to say it hasn’t been constantly on my mind. The problem is, how do you articulate a position without instantly being jumped on by either side? As with Iraq, for so many people there is no space for nuance. But I will say this:…

  • Conspiratorial Pots and Kettles

    Another incoherent article in the Observer by Nick Cohen again this week. The man truly is hopelessly confused. This week he manages to conflate people who see Zionist conspiracies in everything with people who believe in the conspiracy theory (for that is what it is) that al-Qaeda is a SMERSH-style international organisation with Osama Bin…

  • Constitutions and the choke factor

    My boss has written a nice post about the last episodes of the West Wing last night, linking it with the House of Lords Constitution Committee’s report this week on Royal prerogative. For me, the “choke” moment of the two episodes was the bit when Bartlet gave Charlie his copy of the US Constitution. But…

  • The first line in defence

    Michael Moore’s promotion to Foreign Affairs has left the Defence Spokes seat in the Shadow Cabinet vacant. Time for the return of an old campaign?

  • Gordon Brown: a man of peace or morbidly obsessed with war?

    I find Gordon Brown’s actions over the last few weeks, well, a bit odd. On the one hand we are assured by Jim Wallis that he is not only a man of peace, but veritably a reincarnation of the prophet Micah. One the other hand, he wants to promote military service and to define British…