Iraqi blogger Alaa, at The Mesopotamian, says traditional armaments and traditional (Western) conceptions of civil liberties will not suffice if the terrorists wreaking havoc in Iraq are to be defeated.
One of Seattle's leading young conservatives, James J. Na, has an excellent op-ed in today's Seattle Times. Na, a senior fellow in foreign affairs at the Discovery Institute in Seattle, says the Internet can be a tool to advance the more moderate side of Islam.
Government is a beast; a giant squid to be precise, says Australian blogger Michael Ross.
Black moderate-conservative blogger Molotov, at Booker Rising, has challenged black readers of his blog to explain why they support John Kerry. This is one reply, with Molotov's rejoinders interspersed, in green.
Finally, the economic and psychological case for doing nothing. Or at least, learning to appreciate the value of idleness. Warning to John Kerry: this does NOT work as foreign policy. Next time you're about to don your wetsuit tho, think about it.
Posted by Matt Rosenberg at September 28, 2004 11:51 AM
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Matt:
I appreciate the plug. You wouldn't believe some of the replies I received. They would be hilarious if they weren't so sad.
I am, apparently, both a dehumanizer of Muslims and a touchy-feely, naive liberal John Kerry supporter.
Sheesh!
Posted by: James J. Na at September 29, 2004 12:32 AMMatt,
Thanks for the link to my Kerry Challenge re: why blacks should vote for Kerry. Just one note: I'm a she, not a he :)
Posted by: molotov at September 29, 2004 02:44 AMMolotov, thanks. Your nom de plume sounded so, ah explosive, I just assumed......you were a he....Now I know...
James, isn't it great to get pounded from the Left and Right, simulataneously? You must be doing something right. I mean, correctly.
Posted by: Matt Rosenberg at September 29, 2004 08:54 AM