Friday, August 24, 2007

Headlines below the fold

The sexy photo of Putin is making him popular in the gay community

But a reader at Gateway Pundit noted: He is wearing a crucifix...resulting in the comment:
A Christianist in the Kremlin--- Uncle Joe must be tossing in his grave.
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The blogs are full of the Iraq report...SWJ summarizes: security progress, but political reconciliation is elusive...ITM blames the politicians...Strat page talks about Alqaeda's losing, and the bad news is that Iranian funded/armed Sunni militias are taking their place.

The point a lot of news reporters and bloggers are missing about the government is that in a lot of third world countries, the government is inefficient, corrupt, and has link with criminal elements, and there are always huge political squabbles.

Which is why they miss the lesson of Viet Nam: A lousy government is worth saving if the alternative is a murderous dictatorship...

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According to the People's Daily, the joint Russian/Chinese wargames include a lot of the smaller ex Soviet republics and are an anti terror exercize.. it has to do with their Islamic separatists in NW China and with the oil of the region...
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Speaking of inefficient governments: HelloGarci is back on the menu here...
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