Tornado Alley (PROG)

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F6 .. good one .. yes, exceptionalism is the word .. ones who feel as 'the chosen ones' everywhere, often bricks on dirt roads ..

On reading ..

Netanyahu’s summary of the struggle of our age: “It pits civilization against barbarism,
the 21st century against the 9th century, those who sanctify life against those who glorify death.”

Oh yeah, here we go again .. still, that's Net... Israel has no justification to not come clean about the nuclear et al ..

Yes, it was .. facile, resonant .. then a perfect halfway position ..

There’s another way of looking at the ongoing struggle in the Middle East — less dramatic and more accurate.

That is to see it as a fight for a different balance of power — and possibly greater stability —

and Gate's position of significant contrast ..

“The only way you end up not having a nuclear capable Iran is for the Iranian government to
decide that their security is diminished by having those weapons as opposed to strengthened,” ...

Yes yes yes .. Cut the posturing and deal with reality.

Re the related .. Marc Garlasco, imo should not have been reflexively defended by Human Rights Watch. Like every
worthwhile and involved organization, others have had some concerns about them, too. i'll put one in reply.

CARE also have had a few rough spots .. spying allegations for one .. pdf ..
http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:11237/nige.pdf