DJ

DJ

  • Joined: Tue, Jun 12, 2007
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A Farewell to Marxism

Marxism, that body of political thought based on the writings of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, has had a hard time of it. When it’s been tried, it has failed to bring about its most fundamental goals. Only rarely has…

Bob’s hiatus

Bob called me this morning.  He hasn’t had access to his blog because he’s on the road to San Francisco.  Last night, he stayed at a motel in Nebraska that offered free high speed internet.  It may have been free,…

Don’t lose them, junk them

As Bob noted, the U. S. military lost 190,000 weapons in Iraq.  But that’s not all.  Last month, surplus F-14 parts were intercepted on their way to Malaysia, after which they would have been headed for Iran. But don’t worry,…

Principles of building peace

As we’ve seen in the discussion of the Iraq War, actual solutions to conflict are hard to come by. “Stay the course” or “Bring’em home” may make great slogans, but they don’t solve anything. The roots of a conflict (on…

Civilians never die

Wali Jan Sabri, a parliamentarian from Helmand, Afghanistan, claims that NATO bombing raids killed 50 – 60 civilians yesterday.  In response, Lieutenant-Colonel Charlie Mayo, spokesman for the British forces in Helmand, said this: “Because the Taliban don’t wear uniforms like…

Comments on Lind

A friend of mine, a gun-toting Utah liberal, read “How to Win in Iraq” by William S. Lind.  He responded (facetiously), That is an excellent idea! I had not looked at the prospect of letting Iran have it as a…