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How George W. Bush and Benjamin Netanyahu Helped Iran Win the Middle East

April 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Bush’s wars in the Middle East left Iran as the most influential actor in Iraq, while Netanyahu’s vulgarity and stupidity have fundamentally misunderstood the Iran challenge of regional mastery.

The Shame of Guantanamo, 11 Years On

January 4, 2014 | Pierre Tristam | 44 Comments

The irony should not be lost on us that our congressional district is represented by Ron DeSantis, the sort of fanatic who had no trouble advertising his brief service in Guantanamo’s kangaroo courts as a badge of honor while leaving silent his employment with a more legitimate Florida corporate law firm. With political charlatans like that in Congress, it’s no wonder Guantanamo endures.

In Florida, Mitt Romney Has a New George W. Bush to Contend With: Gov. Rick Scott

July 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Mitt Romney may want Rick Scott a little further away in florida.

With Rick Scott’s poll numbers continuing to struggle and Florida a critical battleground in the November election, Democrats see the governor as a uniquely powerful albatross against Mitt Romney, who cannot win the election without winning Florida.

The Live Wire, Sept. 20: The Chamber of Commerce’s Ricky Scotty Hypocrisy

September 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Chamber of Commerce’s Scotty hypocrisy, Rick Scott’s fraudulent math, over 50 and facing permanent unemployment, madness at the Orlando Magic’s new arena, India’s prostitutes of god, and more.

Firing McChrystal Isn’t Enough. Fire the War.

June 23, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 15 Comments

The McChrystal firing is the Obama administration’s grandest distraction from a failing war it still pretends to be winnable.

Obama’s Nobel Lecture: “Bend History”

December 10, 2009 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

In his Nobel peace prize lecture, Barack Obama evoked the notions of just wars to counter the irony of being “the Commander-in-Chief of the military of a nation in the midst of two wars.”

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