Jack Yan on Vox

Idiot’s guide to how the Iraq war started

2008-05-09T06:07:49Z

I say that my work at JY&A Consulting is developing plain-English strategies for our clients. So, I thought I’d give the Iraq war a shot and write my recollections in summary form. The Saddam Hussein voice should be read in a South Park style. St...

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Tony Blair on the reasons for the Iraq war

2008-05-09T04:45:34Z

Bit of a history lesson here. On March 18, 2003, 12.35 p.m., from Hansard. The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair): I beg to move, That this House notes its decisions of 25th November 2002 and 26th February 2003 to endorse UN Security Council Resolu...

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David Horowitz on the reasons for the Iraq War

2008-05-08T06:38:19Z

Whether you support the war in Iraq or you don’t—and here in New Zealand we have the luxury to criticize the United States—David Horowitz’s recollection (video found originally on Humbled Infidel’s blog) of why the US went in certainly correlates ...

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Blogger Maj Andrew Olmsted killed in action

2008-01-06T00:04:08Z

Milblogger Maj Andrew Olmsted was killed in action in Iraq on January 3, and left a post at Obsidian Wings that was to be published in the event of his death. It seems he was caught in an ambush in Diyala and gave his life defending his comra...

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Thank you to the New Zealand military (Clark and Key won’t say it)

2007-12-27T05:04:11Z

Not a lot of people in New Zealand will publicly say this, even if they think it: thank you to our troops. The fear from both the Government and the Opposition is that this simple expression of gratitude will upset the anti-Americans in the cou...

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Australians have a new government: will the US lose an ally?

2007-11-24T10:59:43Z

After five terms, Australians have voted out four-term PM John Howard despite a strong economy (I imagine Liberal and coalition supporters will blame Work Choices) and voted in Mandarin-speaking Kevin Rudd and his Labor Party. Word has it that Mr ...

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Are the Democrats ﬂip-ﬂopping over Iraq again?

2007-09-29T00:54:33Z

If I was an American and part of the anti-war movement, I would be pretty pissed and wonder who the heck would actually get the boys and girls home from Iraq. These are excerpts from the latest Democratic telecast or debate, from what I understan...

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Fred is running: he looks and sounds the part

2007-09-07T12:03:33Z

Fred Thompson announced his candidacy for President of the United States, on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show a few nights ago. A great analysis appears in the Murdoch Press, where the conclusion is that the former senator from Tennessee stands a good c...

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American typography

2007-08-01T10:18:27Z

Regardless of politics, I still feel this is one of those classic typographic works on a par with some of the best US designs of the 1960s. I immediately think of the greats like Milton Glaser.

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Iraqi fans speak out

2007-08-01T07:33:59Z

I’ve only seen a little about this in the MSM, but Anita McNaught’s report for the Murdoch Press on post-soccer win Iraq is significant. The comment toward the end of the segment from one Iraqi fan, that the soccer team has done more to unite the ...

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