Stale 11.28.2005

Some of these are kind of stale on account of the long break. (We’re back.)
U.S. Lifts Embargo on Indonesia Arms Sales — Because Indonesia “…is seen by Washington as a key ally in the war on terror.” The last paragraph of the article reminds us what else we know about Indonesia: — Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor in 1975 and the subsequent 24-year occupation is blamed for the deaths of 200,000 people — a third of the population. Anti-insurgent activities in the eastern province of Papua since 1969 are believed to have caused the deaths of more than 100,000 people.
THE STRAW MEN OF IRAQ: Ten Pro-War Fallacies — How to take apart the average pro-war argument.
More about the war (older) — Depiction of Threat Outgrew Supporting Evidence
More about the war (newer) — The Man Who Sold the War
Former Canadian Minister Of Defence Asks Canadian Parliament Asked To Hold Hearings On Relations With Alien “Et” Civilizations — The Iraq war and the War on Terror are nothing next to the coming intergalactic war. — “The United States military are preparing weapons which could be used against the aliens, and they could get us into an intergalactic war without us ever having any warning.” — Sounds like somebody hasn’t seen War of the Worlds (now on DVD) or else somebody would be taking this threat a little more seriously! I mean, we don’t want the smoking gun to come in the form of thousands of fifty-foot, mushroom-like, frighteningly armed, robotic tripods! —