The Real Story Behind Kosovo's Independence

All of a sudden, DC establishment figures care about "international law" when it suits their interests in Kosovo.

International law matters only when it is convenient for the US. So too are the cries for "humanitarian interventions." And despite the extremism of the Bush administration, this is hardly a uniquely Republican phenomenon. In a just world, there would be a humanitarian intervention against the US occupation of Iraq -- with its indiscriminate killings of civilians, torture chambers and widespread human rights violations. There certainly would have been such ... Full Story »

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Bruce Sims
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by Bruce Sims - Oct. 1, 2008

Average journalism because of the use of phrases like "followed by seven years of Bush's overt hostility toward the lower 98 percent of Americans who aren't part of his base."; one, Bush's 'base' consists of more than 2% of american's and two, the issue goes beyond a singular individual. It could have been a much better piece of journalism if had pointed out the impact of the Supreme Court decision in First National Bank of Boston versus Bellotti, in 1978 and Thom Hartmann's 'Unequal Protection' book in making it's 'seven points'.

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