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The US and NATO are like withering vampires hovering over Europe
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Harry J. Bentham
Renoncer à sa liberté, c’est renoncer à sa qualité d’homme. To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man. Jean-Jacques Rousseau A very shrewd analysis at Counterpunch titled “NATO Lies and Provocations” responded to a Der Spiegel article, criticizing NATO top general Breedlove and his assertions of a Russian invasion in Ukraine. I was surprised at how…
Saudi Arabia’s trail of foolishness, hypocrisy and mistakes from Syria to Yemen
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Harry J. Bentham
Les hommes de guerre sont des fléaux du monde. Men of war are the scourge of the world. Guy de Maupassant The Saudis and their allies are usually a puzzle when it comes to foreign policy. In their reaction to events in Yemen, they just look like bumbling fools. The cartoon from Sputnik News mocking former Yemeni…
A pluralistic or secular constitution doesn’t attack a religion, but protects them all
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Harry J. Bentham
C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c’est de la folie. It is magnificent, but it is not war; it is madness. Pierre Bosquet This blog’s primary focus is religion and politics. Either subject is inherently controversial, but no results are more controversial than when the two are mixed to create their explosive cocktail. I guess…
Cage’s point about MI5 terrorizing Muslims is credible
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Harry J. Bentham
Sous un gouvernement qui emprisonne injustement, la place de l’homme juste est aussi en prison. Under a government which imprisons unjustly, the place of the just man is also a prison. Henry David Thoreau The human rights group Cage has taken a lot of fire for saying Mohammed Emwazi, also called “Jihadi John” and an Islamic…
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