Category Archives: Iraq

WMDs – what's the real issue?

Posted on May 31, 2003 by Ampersand

Inspired, I suspect, by the discussion of this post at Calpundit, IdahoEv reminds liberals leaping on the WMD story to keep their eyes on the prize: …do not be so quick to jump on the bandwagon of criticizing the administration … Continue reading →

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Post-War Iraq Quiz

Posted on May 29, 2003 by Ampersand

Stephen Shalom provides an excellent quiz on Iraq war outcomes. Here’s a sample: Presidential Press Secretary Ari Fleischer declared on April 10 “we have high confidence that they have weapons of mass destruction. That is what this war was about … Continue reading →

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Ampersand's semi-daily tour of the Blogoverse

Posted on May 20, 2003 by Ampersand

Palestinians protest Islamic Militants The Associated Press reports on a Palestinian protest against Islamic militants. “They (the militants) claim they are heroes,” said Mohammed Zaaneen, 30, a farmer, as he carried rocks into the street. “They brought us only destruction … Continue reading →

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Green Party redux redux redux redux redux

Posted on April 22, 2003 by Ampersand

There’s been a lot of blogging about the Green/Democrat dispute lately, mostly from Democrats. Probably my favorite Dem-blogger piece is “a desultory phillipic” over at Sisyphus Shrugged, which slags me for something I said here, but is a good post … Continue reading →

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How we talk about women in combat

Posted on April 4, 2003 by Ampersand

J. at Silver Rights (aka Mac Diva – how does she manage to write so much?) has a must-read post about race, sex, and Pfc. Jessica Lynch. (If the permalink is bloggered, look for the entry on April 3 2003 … Continue reading →

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Iraqi sanctions and voting for Nader

Posted on March 28, 2003 by Ampersand

Matthew Yglesias responded to this post of mine back in February. I was discussing the one reason I came close to favoring our invasion of Iraq (and still the outcome I most hope for): that the sanctions, and their accompanying … Continue reading →

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BIA: The Bureau of Iraqi Affairs

Posted on March 24, 2003 by Ampersand

While I was poking around the excellent Indianz.com website, I ran across this funny post by Steve Russell, predicting what will happen if the forthcoming BIA (Bureau of Iraqi Affairs) is modeled after the current BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs). … Continue reading →

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Is war a plan to help the Iraqi people?

Posted on February 20, 2003 by Ampersand

More and more nowadays, we’re hearing the idea that we should invade Iraq in order to help the Iraqi people. The International Crisis Group did a study of attitudes about a US invasion among Iraqi people, and found that many … Continue reading →

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Invasion Feminism

Posted on September 22, 2002 by Ampersand

Via Barroom Philosophy comes this Guardian article by Katharine Viner. Just as he bombed Afghanistan to liberate the women from their burkas (or, as he would have it, to free the "women of cover"), and sent out his wife Laura … Continue reading →

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