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6/24/08

The Folly of Attacking Iran: Lessons from History

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Punditman"s (Older) Online Essays:

Sept. 24, 2004
Reality Rewritten: More Bizarre Tales from our Mediocre Pundocracy
June 12, 2004
The Gipper, D-Day and the Stanley Cup
Reagan Lives...in Calgary
April 23, 2004
Their Brains Hurt; MIA: Half the American Mind and all that Middle Ground
January 29, 2004
Shifting the Blame: Is David Kay a Weapon of Mass Deflection?
Dec. 31, 2003
A Year of Colossal Fibs signals a need to escape the Matrix
Nov. 24, 2003
Two Emails to my Two Least Favourite Globe & Mail Columnists
Oct. 30, 2003
Rumsfeld's Memos: The More He Changes the More He Stays the Same
Oct. 20, 2003
The Dalai Lama goes to Washington:
The Karma of RealPolitik
Sept. 15, 2003
Big Brother picks off Easy Targets
August 15, 2003
A Short Strange Trip over troubled waters
July 15, 2003
"Embroidering" the Case for War: Canada's Laptop Bombadiers are at it again
June 14, 2003
Dear America: Say it Ain't So Bro! (Is it Really Okay that the Government Lied you into War?)
May 10, 2003
Was it Really a War, or just a Neo-Con Job? Killing Them with Goodwill: The Ass-Backwards Universe of Gangster George
April 8, 2003
Arrogant Cruelty and its Awesome Consequences
April 1, 2003
Canada, Iraq, and America's War Party
Feb. 15, 2003
Inside Bush's Brain: A Pathology of Fear and Lies
Oct. 31, 2002
War Drums; Media Lies
Sept. 5, 2002
War Begins; Nobody Notices
March 14, 2002
Memo to Paul McCartney: There are Two Types
of Freedom, Sir
Nov. 29, 2001
Dumbocracy's Finest Hour
Oct. 19, 2001
Fighting Long Lost Wars
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