en-us http://www.intensedebate.com/users/624469 Comments by Michaelkenny http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2010/01/03/2009-in-review/#IDComment50351936 Amusingly, all the classic Israel Lobby propaganda lines are here. The American Empire, eternal and omnipotent, using its top secret zombie laser to "install" a government in (democratic!) Ukraine without the Ukrainians even noticing. But if that government is voted out, it will due to the reds under the Russian beds scheming to re-launch the cold war (who must wear lead hats to block the laser beam)! Europe, needless to say, didn't freeze (I live here!) nor did it "blame" Russia for anything. Then, of course, there's the evil EU which, absurdly, is, at one and the same time, in America's pocket (Kosovo) and a threat to American power which must be crushed (Lisbon). Vaclav Klaus, by the way, was an official of the Czech National Bank from 1971 to 1988 (Wikipedia!). That means that he was considered a loyal communist, was not connected to the Prague Spring, and took no part in the dissident movement before the Communists fell. What impeccable democratic credentials! If Americans are naïve enough to believe this stuff, more fools they! Mon, 4 Jan 2010 17:10:45 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2010/01/03/2009-in-review/#IDComment50351936 http://wire.antiwar.com/2009/12/29/ukraine-front-runner-questions-democratic-reforms-2/#IDComment49589856 "This [the language question] is the main question that we have to solve right now, the one that is very seriously worrying the people". That doesn't sound much like "questioning democratic reforms" to me! And I'm always amused at this quaint idea that we in the big wide world always divide ourselves into pro- and anti-American! Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:21:04 +0000 http://wire.antiwar.com/2009/12/29/ukraine-front-runner-questions-democratic-reforms-2/#IDComment49589856 http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2009/12/24/discrimination/#IDComment49007497 Nebojsa Malic to the rescue of the American Empire! Suddenly the American-imposed constitution needs to be saved. How dare those nasty old Europeans meddle in European affairs! The real winner, of course, is the hated EU, sole alternative to an increasingly discredited US. I loved the tantrum about the "molecular-level tyranny" trying to force gallant little Bosnia to become a "welfare state". Only an American could have written that! We Europeans regard the welfare state as something positive. Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:31:32 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2009/12/24/discrimination/#IDComment49007497 http://wire.antiwar.com/2009/12/08/us-russia-face-off-at-world-court-over-kosovo/#IDComment46390851 The interesting point is the conflict between two established principles of international law: the sovereignty of states and the right of peoples to self-determination. Many modern states were created by unilateral declarations of independence, not least the US and Israel, to say nothing of most of Europe. The US recognised Irish independence in 1919, even though the British didn't until December 1921. Thus, there are plenty of precedents on Kososvo's side. This will be an interesting case! Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:36:46 +0000 http://wire.antiwar.com/2009/12/08/us-russia-face-off-at-world-court-over-kosovo/#IDComment46390851 http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2009/12/04/trial-and-error/#IDComment45934082 "The current regime in Belgrade, installed through the efforts of Washington and Brussels …" Nothing could better illustrate the contempt which "Nebojsa Malic" has for the Serbs than the above sentence. Whoever is hiding behind this pseudonym, he is certainly not a Serb, since no Serb would sneer at his brethren in such contemptuous terms! Sat, 5 Dec 2009 20:59:18 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2009/12/04/trial-and-error/#IDComment45934082 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/11/30/commander-eu-troops-stay-in-bosnia-for-political-reasons/#IDComment45425321 If General Castagnotto said that "keeping thousands of European soldiers in Bosnia was about ensuring that the nation’s domestic politics were well suited to eventually integrating it into the EU", he certainly didn't say it in the article linked to! Nor, indeed, did the author of the article! This is just an anti-EU smear! So much for Mr Ditz's reliability as a source! Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:28:14 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/11/30/commander-eu-troops-stay-in-bosnia-for-political-reasons/#IDComment45425321 http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2009/11/26/daytons-end/#IDComment44926241 My guess as to what happens next is that Bosnia will split up into its religious components, with the Serbs and Croats joining up with their respective countries, which, of course, is a big step towards resolving the whole thing. I laughed, though, at the now hackneyed Israel Lobby propaganda line. Naturally, "Washington and Brussels" (in that order!) "orchestrated" the break-up of Yugoslavia (in the teeth of firece opposition from 99% of the population, needless to say!). Thus, America still rules the world, the EU is in America's pocket (and America in the Lobby's) and Muslims are evil. Childish! Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:46:38 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2009/11/26/daytons-end/#IDComment44926241 http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2009/10/09/the-bosnian-roulette/#IDComment38172543 The amusing thing is that the author's purpose is (as awlays!) to smear the EU in the name of upholding the very American Empire he pretends to criticise but in Europe, the Yugoslav fiasco has done more that anything else to discredit the US in European eyes, drive a wedge between the US and the EU, and bring the EU and Russia closer together. Having failed to set off WWIII by using Serbia, their present victims are the Bosnian Serbs. Since the stunt didn't work the first time, I doubt if it will work the second! Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:40:21 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2009/10/09/the-bosnian-roulette/#IDComment38172543 http://original.antiwar.com/roberts/2009/09/28/another-war-in-the-works/#IDComment36487176 Europe is doing what it has done since the very beginning: stalling. Medvedev has said essentially nothing and Sarkozy talked about unspecified "sanctions" in December (sic!) if, if, if and if. By December, the dust will have settled and the IAEA will have inspected and found nothing illegal. At most, Iran will be criticised for something or other. Sticks and stones will break your bones, but words will never hurt you! Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:10:20 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/roberts/2009/09/28/another-war-in-the-works/#IDComment36487176 http://original.antiwar.com/buchanan/2009/09/28/is-iran-nearing-a-bomb/#IDComment36486131 The interesting detail is the claim that Iran reported the facility to the IAEA at this particular moment because they knew Obama was going to go public. How come the government of Iran, with which the US is in confrontation, is aware of what the President of the US is about to do before he does it? Obviously, the Iranians have friends in the right places! Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:57:57 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/buchanan/2009/09/28/is-iran-nearing-a-bomb/#IDComment36486131 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/09/28/obama-decides-karzai-to-stay-in-power-despite-fraud/#IDComment36485401 From the US point of view, this is the worst possible outcome. A discredited Karzai maintained in power by the US military. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:49:08 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/09/28/obama-decides-karzai-to-stay-in-power-despite-fraud/#IDComment36485401 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/09/28/analysis-iran-debate-pretty-much-over/#IDComment36484924 Re Slashdot: don't forget the professional bloggers, who will be on the pro-war side and who will be sending multiple messages from several IP addresses to make it look like a wide spread of opinion. If the split is 50-50, then I'd guess that the vast majority of genuine bloggers are anti-war. In practical terms, it is hard to see how the US could go to war with Iran, essentially for the reasons Mr Ditz sets out. A war of any kind will discredit the attacker and make Iran into the hero of most of the planet. It would also send the "allies" scurrying home from Iraq and Afghanistan, leaving the US firendless and with three unwinnable wars on its hands. I'd guess the pro war propaganda is manipulation coming from some Israeli/Israel Lobby source. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:43:31 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/09/28/analysis-iran-debate-pretty-much-over/#IDComment36484924 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/09/27/mi6-saudis-will-let-israel-bomb-iran-nuclear-site/#IDComment36345700 I agree with retirethe empire's comment. How do you bomb someting that's inside a mountain? If anyone wanted to bomb this site, the time to do it was when it was under construction, not now. By not bombing it earlier, the US and Israel have, in practice, admitted that they do not have, and probably never have had, any intention of attacking Iran. I'm guessing that the claim is propaganda designed to divert people's attention away from that conclusion. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:51:45 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/09/27/mi6-saudis-will-let-israel-bomb-iran-nuclear-site/#IDComment36345700 http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2009/09/24/only-in-bosnia/#IDComment35902722 Interesting little gossip column, but is there a political point to this? Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:52:20 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2009/09/24/only-in-bosnia/#IDComment35902722 http://original.antiwar.com/huber/2009/09/20/polish-missile-joke-revisited/#IDComment35279812 A point that Mr Huber doesn't mention but could usefully be mentioned is that opinion polls in both the Czech Republic and Poland show massive majorities against the whole scheme. The voters of both countries threw out their governments over this and the Czech parliament refused to ratify the treaty. The US was in the absurd position of ramming democracy down the throats of Afghans and Iraqis who don't seem to want it but refusing to allow Czechs and Poles, who do want democracy, to exercise their democratic rights! Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:22:49 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/huber/2009/09/20/polish-missile-joke-revisited/#IDComment35279812 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/08/26/as-slow-afghan-vote-count-trudges-along-questions-remain/#IDComment32139536 "[V]ideos of ballot box stuffing and children filling out ballots en-masse." Come on! Does anybody seriously believe that people who are engaging in electoral fraud are going to let themseves be filmed or are not going to take precautions to make sure they are not being observed, photographed or filmed without their knowledge? Just how dumb are Americans anyway? Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:22:45 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/08/26/as-slow-afghan-vote-count-trudges-along-questions-remain/#IDComment32139536 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/08/23/polling-data-points-to-landslide-karzai-win/#IDComment31819573 Leaving aside the question of how valid opinion polls might be in Afghanistan, since the turn out was about 50% and the poll showed 36%, that is to say 72% of 50%, then the result looks fairly OK. Equally, Karzai’s supporters were the most likely to resist the pressure to boycott the election, which would tend to increase his share of the vote anyway. On top of that, since what Afghans want is to get the hated US military out of theircountry, many may have reasoned that a Karzai victory would give the US a pretext to declare victory and leave. The point about Iran is very relevant. I suspect that the point of all the advance claims of impending fraud in Afghanistan was to validate retroactively the claims of fraud in Iran. The US left, in particular, didn’t buy the fraud argument in Iran, in spite of massive false flagging, but they will, no doubt, happily believe anything about the hated Karzai! Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:09:23 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/08/23/polling-data-points-to-landslide-karzai-win/#IDComment31819573 http://original.antiwar.com/thomas-harrington/2009/08/18/new-think-tank-seeks/#IDComment31215654 I hadn't realised it was a satire until I read the comments! Hilarious! The interesting point is that so many of us were perfectly willing to believe that the Israel Lobby was capable of such nonsense and that their cause was in such desperate shape that they were forced to resort to it. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:49:33 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/thomas-harrington/2009/08/18/new-think-tank-seeks/#IDComment31215654 http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2009/08/18/a-balkans-belgium/#IDComment31212215 Far more interesting than what William Hague said was that it was William Hague who said i! Essentially, he was criticising the EU, which he is supposed to hate, for "not doing enough". It just goes to show how self-evident the EU has become. Belgium could afford to split up, if it wanted to, precisely because all three parts would remain in the EU. I could see a deal emerging from this: Bosnia splits into three parts, with the Croat and Serb bits joining those two countries. Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Muslim Bosnia and an independent Kosovo then all join the EU together, with a Benelux-type open borders agreement between them. Everybody wins! Except of course the US-hegemonists, but then, not even William Hague seems to want them to win nowadays! Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:10:23 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/malic/2009/08/18/a-balkans-belgium/#IDComment31212215