Today I will be reposting an entry that I made last year on this day. It was actually on my personal blog but it was one of the first political posts that I had ever done and was a precursor to my lauching this site later in the year. My pilgrimage to Normandy and the …
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Customary International Law, George Bush and Iraq
This is in response to Lt Cmdr Smash’s comments at his blog. You can read them here. He served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and we have had an ongoing dialogue and discussion since 2003. Over time my position has hardened while he has stuck true to his line but our basic disagreement has always been …
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US Senate report exposes Iraqi – Russian bribery
The US Senate investigation of the Oil-For-Food scandal has released a report today implicating top Russian officials who possibly got bribes from Saddam. Frankly, given the long history of economic and military ties between Russia and Iraq, it wouldn’t surprise me at all to find that Saddam sent bribes to Russia for favourable treatment. However.. …
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