When the USA cares as much about Afghan civilians as we do about Syrian civilians, maybe our empty posturing will have meaning.
For the fifth year in a row, the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan has risen.
Without question, Assad, like his father, is a murderous tyrant. Karzai, on the other hand, is simply a corrupt buffoon.
Gorilla says, “Nobody’s going to war over Syria, and nobody should have gone to war over Afghanistan!”
A reversal in 3 days, but the stench lingers…
When a charity supposedly concerned with the health of women decides to hire a misogynist to run its public policy division, that charity does not deserve anyone’s support.
When a charity lies about its motivations, that charity does not deserve anyone’s support.
Gorilla says: “There are plenty of better charities, including Planned Parenthood, that actually care about women!”
Until all those who seek jobs will be hired, at the current rate of job creation.
Of course 250K is better than nothing, but labor force participation remains below 60%, and that’s horrible.
Gorilla says, “We have nothing to cheer but cheer itself!”
Afghanistan: a pointless, failed war that should have been ended at least 10 years ago, now might be ended a year earlier than originally put off by this Administration.
An absolute disaster: a couple of trillion dollars, thousands dead, and nothing whatever to show for it.
Gorilla says: “Wake me when it’s actually over, meanwhile this foolish nightmare continues!”
One screws women to placate neanderthals in their midst.
One screws the poor to placate neanderthals in their midst.
Both were founded by Republicans.
Gorilla says: “They’re both amoral cowards, so what’s the difference?”
Any candidate who can’t get 50% of the vote running against 3 ridiculous, unelectable candidates is not a candidate who will prevail in November.
Gorilla says: “Mitt’s still spittin’ the bit!”
Sanctions are biting, and they could go nuclear!, but not quite yet, until they hired idiots to kill the Saudi Ambassador!, while still cowering in our beds, so there’s no reason to make the DOD budget anything more than an object lesson in stupidity, let alone justification.
“We promise to do as little in the future as we are doing right now”.
When the problems in Euroland are competitive imbalances and record high unemployment, while everyone in power thinks it’s sovereign debt, there’s not much chance that the right answer will appear.
Gorilla says: “Get the Germans out of the 1920s, or the rest will repeat the 1930s!”
The governor of Arizona (but you could insert Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, and New Jersey in this space) is a racist and a liar!
Gorilla says: “I’m neither shocked nor appalled by reading the truth about these horrible Know Nothing clowns for the umpeenth time!”
The Greeks have a decision to make: get out of Euroland or forever become a wholly owned subsidiary of the IMF, the EU, and German banks.
The only leverage Athens has is to default and go back to the drachma.
There’s no possibility that Greece will be able to meet its debt obligations with an economy being bled dry by the Germans and a lack of competitiveness.
A currency devaluation of 75% will give some hope to Greek workers: see Argentina and Iceland.
Short-term (not decades long) pain will bring with it long-term gain.
And the Germans at long last will be forced to abandon from their utterly amoral, stupid and unnecessary austerity morality fetish.
Gorilla says: “In the name of Socrates, GO!”
