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Jonas: Our foreign policy of missiles and morons

How are we doing in the war on terror? Against the terrorists, tolerably well. Against our governments — that’s a different story. As travelers, we’re coping. We can put up with being treated like inmates at Alcatraz. We display our anatomies to the … Continue reading

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Jonas: Palestine goes the unilateral route

Let me belabour the obvious. When Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian Authority leaders propose a Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) to the United Nations, as they’re set to do later this month, their purpose won’t be to legitimize a Palestinian … Continue reading

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Jonas: Spending yourself rich didn’t work, after all (1)

New York, London, Cairo, Athens. Markets are shaking, governments are falling, people are rioting. Goodness gracious, what’s going on? Well, it’s possible that what the economist John Maynard Keynes predicted will happen to us all in the long run, is … Continue reading

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Jonas: It’s not the oil, stupid

A friend tells me she seeks a timeout once in a while after the evening news. “Wait a second,” she says to her husband. “This is crazy. Why all these wars? What are we fighting for?” Her husband is a … Continue reading

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Jonas: Using lawfare to anchor the Gaza flotilla

Adam Shapiro, a board member of the Free Gaza Movement that sponsors the floating insult to human intelligence its organizers call Freedom Flotilla, was addressing supporters in New Jersey. As quoted by the British commentator Melanie Philips, Shapiro felt no … Continue reading

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Jonas: Snatching stalemate from the jaws of victory

When U.S. President Barack Obama announced America’s planned troop withdrawals from Afghanistan last week, he aroused the ire of those who think Western forces shouldn’t withdraw before finishing the job, without scoring any points with those who think the U.S. … Continue reading

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Jonas: The humanitarian handicap

Retiring U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates didn’t even try to hide his frustration. In his Brussels farewell address this week, Gates used words such as “dim, if not dismal” to describe the future of NATO, an organization that “despite [having] … Continue reading

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Jonas: Crushing two evil tyrannies was enough

The year is coming to an end, and we’re still in Afghanistan, where we’ve had no business being after chasing the Taliban from power. As I’ve argued repeatedly for the last six years, the West’s mistake wasn’t going into Afghanistan … Continue reading

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Jonas: Cyber-patriots and Internet-anarchists

A cyber-activist correspondent accuses me of sour grapes. He says the reservations I voiced earlier this week about WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, are hypocritical. He points out that Assange didn’t hack or burgle his way into any archive … Continue reading

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Jonas: There is no 'right to know' (2)

At lunch, a friend asks: "Where did this guy Assange come form?" He means WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, currently held without bail in Britain on some sex-related charges issued in Sweden. Since my friend knows Assange hails from Australia, presumably … Continue reading

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Jonas: Reaction to Tom Flanagan’s wisecrack is pretty harsh, indeed

In certain situations you should resist the temptation to be funny, even if you know how, and especially if you’re not sure. Tom Flanagan discovered this a few days ago, when he remarked to Evan Solomon, the host of CBC’s … Continue reading

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