By Mark Bahnisch on June 4, 2009
I noticed a comment on Facebook that Obama’s speech at Cairo University to the Islamic world isn’t yet posted on the White House website. I checked and at the time of writing, it isn’t. But it’s up on Al Jazeera [...]
Posted in International, Middle East, Politics, Religion, Terrorism, USA, War | Tagged barack obama, Bible, Cairo, Cairo University, Islam, Middle East, Muslims, peace, Politics, Quran, Religion, Speech, Talmud, Terrorism |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 8, 2009
This post provides space for a continuation of the discussion on the previous thread about the Israeli attacks on Gaza. As a discussion starter, there’s a wealth of interesting commentary at Open Democracy. Paul Rogers looks at the current situation [...]
Posted in Disasters, Ethics, Foreign policy, Imperialism, International, Law, Middle East, Palestine, Politics, USA, War | Tagged Bush administration, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Obama administration, Open Democracy, peace, violence |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 7, 2009
On the first thread here about the Israeli attacks on Gaza, I was struck by this comment in an article linked by Rob: Even when development and enlightenment stare them in the face, their instinct is to destroy them pretending [...]
Posted in Blogging, Crime, Disasters, Ethics, History, Imperialism, International, Law, Middle East, Nuclear, Palestine, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, Terrorism, War | Tagged Arabs, attacks, categorical imperative, Cold War, conflict resolution, Ethics, Farid Ghatry, Gaza, global sociology, Hamas, Hizbollah, humanism, humanitarian war, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, peace, peace movement, political imaginary, political philosophy, political sociology, responsibility to protect, RTP, Sociology, UN, universalism, universals and particulars, War |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 5, 2009
Since the previous thread on the Israeli attacks on Gaza was becoming unwieldy with 425 comments to scroll through, and several commenters requested a new thread, comments are continued on this thread from here. Update: A new post on the [...]
Posted in International, Middle East, Palestine, Terrorism, War | Tagged Bush administration, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Obama administration, peace, violence |
By Mark Bahnisch on December 29, 2008
Hilzoy has something pointed to say about the “pornography of destruction” engulfing the Gaza strip and adjacent areas of Israel: One of the many things that makes the Israeli/Palestinian conflict so utterly dispiriting is that it’s impossible to think of [...]
Posted in Disasters, Foreign policy, Imperialism, Middle East, Palestine, Terrorism, USA, War | Tagged Bush administration, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Obama administration, peace, violence |
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