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Consolidating an Ally?
Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2004
The Tragedy of Haiti
"Haiti was more than the New World's second oldest republic," anthropologist Ira Lowenthal observed, "more than even the first black republic of the modern world. Haiti was the first free nation of free men to arise within, and in resistance to, the emerging constellation of Western European empire." The interaction of the New World's two oldest republics for 200 years again illustrates the persistence of basic themes of policy, their institutional roots and cultural concomitants.
Slaughter in Madrid: Consolidating an Ally?
Scenes of panic, blood running down people's faces, medics giving people oxygen masks, trains with gaping holes, bodies strewn on the tracks, some covered with blankets and others not, constantly growing figures of dead and wounded given by TV news journalists, the tears and shell shock of eyewitnesses and endless speculation on who the culprits might be.
Bush Says U.S. Stands with Spain Against Terrorism
Al-Qaeda claims Madrid, Istanbul bombings
¥ Sure....
Bombs kill more than 170 in Spanish train system
Madrid bombings tied to Muslim extremists?
Van with Arabic tape found near attack; Arabic newspaper
reports group claims responsibility in name of al-Qaida
¥ Sure....
Bremer Sees Threat of Iraq Attacks Next Month
¥ He sees dead people
Tired of the Lies
Palestinian Death Toll Rises to 27
in 5 Days, 4 Children Among Dead
It's Groundhog Day...Again
Upon hearing the news that US forces had entered Haiti again last week, I couldn't help but think about that old movie Groundhog Day. In that wonderful film, Bill Murray's character is forced by the Fates to re-live the same day over and over again until he addresses his character flaws and learns to be a better person.
Aristide to press charges against French, US diplomats
Afghanistan: The spring trap is sprung
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