Michael Ignatieff has published an apology for his apologia for the US invaston of Iraq.
» continue reading "Michael Ignatieff: Master of Self-Delusion, or Simply Corrupt?"
Counterpunch has good pieces about similar dynamics in two different US political movements, environmentalism and anti-war.
Jeffrey St. Clair on the green movement's disconnection from the grassroots, and the unfortunate accuracy of right wing claims that environmentalists are Washington elitists:
To quote Jospeh Heller: Something happened. Somewhere along the line, the environmental movement disconnected with the people, rejected its political roots, pulled the plug on its vibrant and militant tradition. It packed its bags, starched its shirts and jetted to DC, where it became what it once despised: a risk-aversive, depersonalized, hyper-analytical, humorless, access-driven, intolerant, centralized, technocratic, dealmaking, passionless, direct-mailing, lawyer-laden monolith to mediocrity. A monolith with feet of clay.
» continue reading "The ultimate thermodynamic fate of all closed systems"
According to the Times of London, the US is making a move to take over leadership of the UN's Peacekeeping forces. The report speculates that this is part of a strategy for getting US troops out of Iraq.
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