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Another Intelligence Screw Up

Daniel Ihonvbere — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:39:09 +0000

“We will not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values that we cherish as Americans, because great and proud nations don’t hunker down and hide behind walls of suspicion and mistrust. That is exactly what our adversaries want, and so long as I am president, we will never [...]

Save Their Families, Destroy Yours

Daniel Ihonvbere — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:11:14 +0000

Did you hear about the American soldier who got thrown in jail because she missed her deployment plane to go save families and people in other countries? Yes, she got jailed because she could not find someone to take care of her ten-month old son and missed the plane! While she was being asked to go save other families in far away countries where she will probably be killed, she is being punished for trying to take care of a little boy who is just TEN MONTHS old.

Guantanamo and the New Imperialism

Daniel Ihonvbere — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:24:19 +0000

So the United States wants to close down the “tainted” gulag called Guantanamo Bay Prisons but the ruling elite represented by the American congress does not want any of the prisoners “on our soil”. Let’s get the difficult question out of the way: if the U.S., who snatched these individuals from various corners of the [...]

The Spectacle called Lindsey Graham

admin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:34:56 +0000

Some people have absolutely no shame. Take the senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, for example. I could not help but double up in raucus laughter the other day when I saw him on television yelling “look at this bill!, look at this bill!” while brandishing what I suppose was the current stimulus package that is going through the senate at the moment. Do these folks ever stop to think about the reaction of the public to their silly showmanship for a minute? Was this the same senator Graham who supported every bill George W. sent to the senate and even went on national television to support some of the most odious ones? Where was his outrage when billions of dollars were being wasted on a useless war? Where was he when billions of dollars were dolled out to billionaire farmers while many Americans were losing their jobs? Was he in this country when millions of dollars were allocated to stupid projects like the so-called bridge to nowhere? Oh, I know, a Republican president was in the White House then, so stupid and wasteful bills for stupid and wasteful expenditures were okay.

Obama’s Security Team

Daniel Ihonvbere — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:54:08 +0000

As was widely rumored, President-Elect Barack Obama unveiled his National Security Team today. Here’s the announcement as released: Good morning. Last week, we announced our economic team, which is working as we speak to craft an Economic Recovery Program to create jobs and grow our struggling economy. Today, Vice President-elect Biden and I are pleased to [...]

John McCain’s Fantasy World

Daniel Ihonvbere — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:33:00 +0000

“I know how to win wars” “I am a maverick” “I have been tested” “I know how to get Osama Bin Laden” Hearing senator John McCain make these claims, the totally uninformed is wont to take the word of the 72-year old at face value. After all, he has been celebrated as a war hero; he is a long-serving [...]

How Gibbs crushed Hannity

Daniel Ihonvbere — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:03:22 +0000

It was a joy to behold on Tuesday October 7, 2008 when Robert Gibbs, an Obama spokesman slapped Sean Hannity all over the television screen and reduced the hate-monger and vomit-inducing talking head to a please-don’t-hit-me quivering fool. It is very astonishing sometimes when we hear the hate that spews from the mouths of supposedly [...]

I know how to win wars!

Daniel Ihonvbere — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:32:13 +0000

“I know how to win wars! I know how to win wars!” “And if I’m elected President, I will turn around the war in Afghanistan, just as we have turned around the war in Iraq, with a comprehensive strategy for victory, I know how to do that.” – Senator John McCain A lot has been made [...]

Democracy in Africa: The Case of Angola

Daniel Ihonvbere — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:31:27 +0000

In a continent that has seen its fair share of international, regional, local and tribal wars, the news coming out of Angola is refreshing. That a country which, until recent times, was enmeshed in a long-running civil war could hold a peaceful election is astounding enough. But the greatest achievement in all this is that [...]

Cold War Part Two is here

Daniel Ihonvbere — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:49:45 +0000

The recent news that two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers landed at Venezuela’s Libertador military airfield and “will spend several days carrying out training flights over neutral waters, after which they will return to the base,” signals, in my mind, the beginning of the second phase of the cold war. As we argued here, with [...]