The Battle Cry of Freedom

From Glenn Greenwald this morning:In fairness, the U.S. is fulfilling President Obama's pledge that it will "not stand idly by" in the face of a tyrant's oppression of his own people, as the U.S. is actively feeding that regime new weapons; that, by definition, is not "standing idly by." In his U.N. address, President Obama praised the regime ("steps have been taken toward reform and

The Battle Cry of Freedom

From Glenn Greenwald this morning:In fairness, the U.S. is fulfilling President Obama's pledge that it will "not stand idly by" in the face of a tyrant's oppression of his own people, as the U.S. is actively feeding that regime new weapons; that, by definition, is not "standing idly by." In his U.N. address, President Obama praised the regime ("steps have been taken toward reform and

Regime Change

There's a good op-ed in the Boston Globe, containing this poignant line:On March 31, NATO formally warned the rebels to stop attacking civilians. Now, in fact the rebels had been attacking civilians even before they attracted US attention. Doesn't that mean that President Obama has a moral obligation to bomb the rebels? (Yes.)Someone, I can't recall who, pointed out that despite the official

Regime Change

There's a good op-ed in the Boston Globe, containing this poignant line:On March 31, NATO formally warned the rebels to stop attacking civilians. Now, in fact the rebels had been attacking civilians even before they attracted US attention. Doesn't that mean that President Obama has a moral obligation to bomb the rebels? (Yes.)Someone, I can't recall who, pointed out that despite the official