The End of Intervention - Why We Can't Help in Myanmar

THE Burmese government's criminally neglectful response to last month's cyclone, and the world's response to that response, illustrate three grim realities today: totalitarian governments are alive and well; their neighbors are reluctant to pressure them to change; and the notion of national sovereignty as sacred is gaining ground, helped in no small part by the disastrous results of the American invasion of Iraq. Indeed, many of the world's necessary ... Full Story »

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by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct. 1, 2008

This opinion piece has minimal journalistic merit. The author ignores most recent history and distorts what she does mention. She ignores the incredible corruption of the UN, althought during her term at State she wisely told President Clinton to ignore the UN regarding substantive issues. She ignores the record of Saddam Hussein, and the million Iraqs he had killed. She ignores the fact that terrorist incidents worldwide have dropped sharply in recent years and that Al Qaeda is decimated. She ignores the fact that the coalition that liberated Iraq involved more countries than faced Hitler in 1940. Did Obama pay full price for this ad?

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