Category: Politics & government

But, oh come on. Don’t give up. Please satisfy those rightists’ gut. Else, they’ll keep using absence of evidence doesn’t mean absence of WMD. Logically valid but pathetically unconvincing given the parameters of the real world.

LOL! Several years after the invasion, no WMD yet. And oh, the post-Kuwait weapon doesn’t count because the argument is, the old Iraqi regime had disposed of the WMD, or at least lost the capability to produce any decent weapon before Bush made the false allegation.

The war has some positive externalities I agree but still, the invasion is illegal. In retrospect, it was amusing seeing Collin Powell presenting doubtful proofs at the Security Council. However, despite the fact Americans were being lied to, quite a number of them reelected Bush into the White House.

Ah, the real world. It couldn’t get any better.

p/s – OMFG! I have to get a copy of Time. (Via).

Ann Coulter – undoubtedly, my most hated female figure related to politics – is on the Time magazine. Unfortunately, she is an alum of my school…Go Blue, I supposed. It would have been fantastic if she had attended OSU. I’m just glad that Republican is an endangered species here on campus. Else, who knows who Michigan might produce next.

To hate her, you have to read and listen to her raving. If you’re at least in the center of the political spectrum, trust me, you’ll quickly turn into a left temporarily for the duration of your read. When I first saw her, I said to myself, “who is this? This is worse than O’Reilly!”

I’m off to Borders. Probably I could read it on my way to the airport later today, while listening to my Micro Zen. Micro Zen is sexy, did I tell you that?

I’d suppose, Japan should forget its dream of a permanent seat in the United Nations. According to AP, China has just voiced out its strongest statement against Japan’s bid for a greater role in the United Nations. Veto against Japan is now almost certain.

The United Nations should simply abolish veto power. It allows the interest of the few to outweigh the will of the majority; it’s undemocratic to say the least.

Besides the veto issue, it’s kind of weird however to see Japan not giving any ground to China, despite the importance of courting the dragon. If I were Japan, I would do what China wants and then do away with the China’s pride later. But hey, it seems to me that this irrationality is the Japanese nationalists’ undoing.

Well, a nationalist does what a nationalist does – most are myopic as usual. Perhaps we can’t really blame China if the Japanese’s bid fails.

Does anybody remember Iraq anymore?

All I have to say is, once this is over, the Iraqi people better be the freest fucking people on the face of the earth. They better be freer than me. They better be so fucking free they can fly.

From Get your war on. It’s old but then again, it never gets old.

By this September, a decision on the new structure of the Security Council, the most powerful body in the United Nations will be made known. Or at least, Kofi Annan wants a decision on it within the next six months.

Currently, two models have been presented. The first model includes six new permanent members. So far, it seems that should the members of the UN accept the first model, Germany, Brazil and India should have a great chance of getting their hands on the extra tickets for the seats. Two African nations and Japan would complete the quorum.

Model two is about tier membership of which, I have yet to understand. Whatever model two is, the former model has been talked about a lot and many favor it to the latter model.

For Germany, Brazil and India, there aren’t many obstacles for them. Germany in particular has a comfortable claim – France and Japan fully support the inclusion of Germany. Really, Germany and Japan are having a sort of you-back-me-and-I-back-you alliance, pretty much like, as I’d imagine China would imagine, in the last world war. China, if you haven’t notice, isn’t quite eager to meet a Japanese.

This has proven to be an headache to Japan. China and South Korea oppose the idea of giving Japan a seat. Both opposing countries have repeatedly mentioned that Japan hasn’t been apologetic enough for its past war crime. Japan or maybe it’s just Koizumi, despite needing support from China, has ignored China.

The war ended almost 60 years ago. Many of us on this planet don’t even remember seeing the war with our own two eyes. China and South Korea need to move on and quit whining for something that happened generations ago.

I’m just glad Japan has stopped apologizing. Else, China would have a too much fun bullying others.