Philocrites' scrapbook

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3/31/2003 05:44:52 PM
Blogs to watch. Provenance: Unknown ... Kieran Healy ... Gratuitous Web Presence ... Rebecca's Pocket ... Bloggers with a progressive Muslim approach: alt.Muslim, Shi'a Pundit, & Muslim Wakeup.

 
3/31/2003 04:16:55 PM
Innocents abroad. "In The Quiet American, Graham Greene foresaw the US's arrogance and errors in Southeast Asia. He was right about Vietnam—but wrong about America." George Packer. Boston Globe 3.9.03.
Bush is an idiot, but he was right about Saddam. "Paul Berman, one of the most provocative thinkers on the left, has a message for the antiwar movement: Stop marching and start fighting to spread liberal values in the Middle East." Suzy Hansen. Salon 3.22.03.

 
3/31/2003 01:44:37 PM
Vice grip. "Dick Cheney is a man of principles. Disastrous principles." Joshua Micah Marshall. Washington Monthly (Jan/Feb 2003).
Bush reportedly shielded from dire forecast. Warren P. Strobel. Knight Ridder/Charlotte Observer 3.29.03.
War's military, political goals begin to diverge. "Top Army officers in Iraq say they now believe that they effectively need to restart the war." Rick Atkinson and Thomas E. Ricks. Washington Post 3.30.03.
Rumsfeld faulted for troop dilution. "Current and former U.S. military officers are blaming Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and his aides for the inadequate troop strength on the ground in Iraq." Vernon Loeb. Washington Post 3.30.03.

 
3/30/2003 05:41:42 PM
In the shadow of war: backlash against human rights. Amnesty International.

 
3/30/2003 03:44:53 PM
Some hawks are from Venus. "We cling to the image of women as peacemakers — even if it no longer really fits." Margaret Talbot. New York Times Magazine 3.30.03.
Bad faith abounds in debate about the war. "Especially among my liberal colleagues at the universities, there's a tacit assumption that any informed, good-willed person would oppose the invasion of Iraq. By corollary, supporters of the war must be ignorant or evil — or both." Jonathan Zimmerman. Boston Globe 3.30.03.
For Arab Christians, these are fearful days. Colin Nickerson. Boston Globe 3.30.03.
NATO's new front. "NATO will continue to be based in Europe, but its primary theaters of operation will be the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq and possibly the Arab-Israel frontier." Thomas L. Friedman. New York Times 3.30.03.

 
3/30/2003 10:58:13 AM
With God on his side. Garry Wills. New York Times Magazine 3.30.03.
Military mirrors working class America. David M. Halbfinger and Steven A. Holmes. New York Times 3.30.03.

 
3/29/2003 11:07:14 PM
Can social movements save democracy? Archon Fung. Boston Review Feb/Mar 2003.