Posted by Matt in March 29th, 2007 |
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Around the world, these words [Israel must be wiped off the map] — the first such declarations by a head of state since World war II — were condemned. But there also were eager apologists who said that the president was misunderstood, that, for example, he did not say “wiped off the map,” but “wiped [...]
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Posted by Matt in September 30th, 2006 |
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Ferguson maintains that the United States is unquestionably an imperial power, but because Americans don’t like to think so, the US often fails to fulfill its imperial responsibilities. One crucial case in point for Ferguson is Iraq, where, in his view, an imperial power less in denial about itself would have known that such an [...]
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Posted by Matt in August 22nd, 2006 |
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In his upcoming book about the horrors of the 20th century (The war of the World), the British historian Niall Ferguson has a chapter called The Pity of Peace. It is about 1938 when World war II loomed and Britain — especially and importantly Britain — did precious little to stop it. [...]
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