Helping Afghans Drown
If only Toles had written the word DEMOCRACY onto the anvil, the cartoon would be perfect. (from today’s Washington Post) The post Helping Afghans Drown appeared first on James Bovard.
View ArticleWinning Hearts and Minds and Fingers in Aghanistan
The latest PR challenge in Afghanistan… The post Winning Hearts and Minds and Fingers in Aghanistan appeared first on James Bovard.
View ArticleDicking Afghanistan: Where Obama Went Wrong
Washington Post ace Al Kamen has an outtake from Woodward’s new book that shows how Obama was on the wrong foot on Afghanistan from his first days in office: “It wasn’t until well into the Obama...
View ArticleObama’s Dead Excuses for Afghan Carnage
from the Ottawa Citizen The post Obama’s Dead Excuses for Afghan Carnage appeared first on James Bovard.
View ArticleObama’s Torture Regime?
Spencer Ackerman of Wired has an excellent piece today on the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command’s secret jails in Afghanistan. Ackerman notes: Human rights groups have been sounding the alarm...
View ArticleYour Tax Dollars at Work and Play
Washington Times, April 15, 2011 Uncle Sam’s big plans for your hard-earned tax dollars by James Bovard Congratulations – your tax payment is probably your biggest purchase of the year. The federal tax...
View ArticleBarron’s: The Anti-Corruption Charade (full text)
Barron’s Editorial Commentary The Anti-Corruption Charade by James Bovard In much of the world, governing is a synonym for looting. Unfortunately, American and European foreign aid has a long history...
View ArticleMP3 of Today’s Interview with Ron Smith on WBAL
It’s always fun to raise hell with Ron Smith in Baltimore. Ron had me on his WBAL show today and we had a good time flogging foreign aid and the Afghan debacle. Ron is one of the best informed talk...
View ArticleDying to Corrupt Afghanistan
from the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily (posted online today) Dying to Corrupt Afghanistan by James Bovard American soldiers are dying so that Afghan politicians can continue looting U.S....
View ArticleKarzai Solves Mystery of Afghan Corruption
Afghan frontman Hamid Karzai announced this past weekend that foreigners are to blame for the rampant corruption his country. It is true that foreign aid has helped bring out the worst in many Afghan...
View ArticleBest Puncturing of Obama’s Ludicrous Afghan Victory Tour
Congratulations, Secret Service! No brawls with whores during Obama’s whistle-stop in Kabul. OK, it wasn’t an overnight visit… * It was inspiring to hear Obama invoking the usual idealism during his...
View ArticleBradley Manning Verdict & WikiLeaks Movie
Bradley Manning got nailed today by a military judge for exposing the truth. The folks who committed war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq have almost all walked scot-free. The folks who made the policies...
View ArticleGreat Colbert Riff on Bradley Manning Verdict
Stephen Colbert deserves an Emmy Award for this 4 minute segment on the Bradley Manning case and trial verdict. And he beautifully ties in the NSA at the end of the riff. The post Great Colbert Riff on...
View ArticleForeign Aid Breeds Hatred in Egypt
On the bright side, at least Egyptians know the name of the U.S. Ambassador (Anne Patterson). Maybe if we doubled our foreign aid, they would take down at least one of those signs. I have been railing...
View ArticleMy 2008 FFF Speech: Bush’s War on Civil Liberties – Transcript
The Future of Freedom Foundation is producing transcripts from its 2007 and 2008 conferences. Following is the text of my speech at their June 2008 conference, “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign...
View ArticleHow Many Howlers Will Obama Tell In State Of Union Speech Tonight?
Is anyone else having trouble distinguishing today’s two most popular acronyms – SOTU & STFU? When people ask why I watch Obama speeches, I shrug and admit that that is part of the terms of my...
View ArticleLatest Foreign Aid Fiasco: Afghanistan’s Killer Roads
Going back nigh 30 years, I have always been deeply pained when people accuse me of being cynical about U.S. foreign aid. At least my breakfast was nicely spiced this morning by a Washington Post...
View ArticleMy Wash. Times Op-Ed: Obama’s War on Watchdogs
Washington Times, May 2, 2014 Obama’s War on Watchdogs by James Bovard A Senate report last week revealed that the Obama administration utterly debilitated the inspector general for the Homeland...
View ArticleIraq War Flashback: 2003 Epigrams
As the Obama administration appears to be stumbling back towards warring in Iraq, many folks are recalling the follies of the Bush administration’s 2003 war. This excellent Tom Toles’ cartoon from...
View ArticleMy Wash. Times Op-Ed: Obama’s Democracy Flim-Flam
WASHINGTON TIMES June 20, 2014 How Obama whoops up democracy The president blunders by thinking voting alone will keep people safe by James Bovard As his foreign policy becomes more bollixed by the...
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