The Weekend Interview with Shirin Ebadi: The Education of an Iranian Revolutionary – WSJ.com. This is a good story, worth the read.
Archive for the ‘Middle East’ Category
When rape is a tool of war
April 6 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, PhilosophyWhen rape is a tool of war – CNN.com. I have no way of verifying facts, but I certainly lean very far in the direction of Eman al-Obediy. She is due our prayers…
The Arab Revolt and American Interests
April 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle East, Obama, PhilosophyReview & Outlook: The Arab Revolt and American Interests – WSJ.com. A longer piece, but also worth the read. “Then there is Iran, a regime that President Obama spent his first years in office trying to court on the theory that only the pig-headedness of his predecessor had prevented an earlier rapprochement. It took a stolen election, terrible domestic... Read more
Will there be any Libyans Left?
March 17 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, Politically correct, The LeftU.N. Weighs Arab Role in Leading Intervention Let’s see. Let Gaddhafi kill the opposition and then the world bombs whoever is left? Oh, that’s right. We like stability… and oil. Not only will people who want freedom be slaughtered, but we will send our money to the dictator who killed them for his oil.
Washington’s Dithering on Libya
March 12 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, The LeftEliot Cohen: Washington’s Dithering on Libya I am not sure we can or will recover… (only a couple paragraphs below). == ” . . . The administration is teaching dictators, and the populations they oppress, that you can get away with large-scale mayhem if you avoid YouTube. Instead, let the hard men do their work with assault rifles in ... Read more


