The Iconoclast

American Lack of Purpose Will Lead to a Nuclear Iran

June 11, 2015
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Conrad Black

It is probably time for those of us who have strenuously opposed acquiescing in Iran’s development of nuclear weapons to throw in the towel. President Obama’s determination to transform his and […]

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Diane Rehm, Bernie Sanders, And Her Apparent List Of Israeli Citizens In Congress

June 11, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Here.

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A Musical Interlude: El Porompompero (Manolo Escobar)

June 11, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

“El trigo entre todas las flores ha elegido a la amapola…” Listen here.

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Erdogan, By The Voters Given Whatfer, Sees His Despotic Power Slipping Away

June 11, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Here.

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Libya, Down And Likely Out For The Count

June 11, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Here. Will it be ghoulishly or gaulishly divisa in partes tres, just as Iraq is likely to become yet again, more or less, those three Ottoman vilayets out of which […]

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President Obama’s Failed ISIS Strategy in Iraq

June 11, 2015
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Jerry Gordon
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Niqab, Burqa, Hijab — I Say It’s Spinach And I Say The Hell With It

June 11, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Here.

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Soeren Kern: Will Muslims Be Exempt From Learning About The Murder Of Europe’s Jews?

June 11, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Here.  

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JCS Chief General Dempsey’s last hurrah in Israel amidst alleged Israeli Cyber Spying on Iran Talks

June 11, 2015
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Jerry Gordon

JCS Chief Gen. Martin Dempsey and IDF Chief of Staff Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, Tel Aviv, June 9, 2015 Source: Reuters Outgoing Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. […]

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By The Exertions Of Better Men

June 11, 2015
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John Constantine

“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much […]

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Beware of the Color Orange

June 11, 2015
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Michael Curtis

The war against the State of Israel never ceases. At one moment in May 2015 it is the attempt of the deputy secretary of Fatah and head of the Palestinian […]

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Uber-Sunnis Killing The Druze — Time For A Druzistan?

June 11, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Here. This will have repercussions. Already many Druze in Israel volunteer for the IDF. The Druze in the Golan for years pledged allegiance to the Assad regime, and deplored the […]

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Ivan Rioufol: The Infantilisation Of The French Political Elite

June 11, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Here.

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Kurdish Hopes And Dreams

June 11, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Here. The existence of an independent Kurdistan, likely to be established in what is now northern Iraq, would encourage Kurds elsewhere to seek inclusion, whether those Kurds live in Syria, […]

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"Life Reeked With Joy"

June 10, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Anders Henriksson’s classic compilation of sentences from student papers, re-posted here.

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Pierre, Or The Ambiguities

June 10, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Or if you prefer: Felix Krull, Confidence Man. The latest group of sheep to be taken in, by the latest wolf, a mysterious someone with a black Maserati, and a […]

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