Indonesia’s former president, General Suharto, has fallen ill and is not expected to survive. So I suppose now would be as good a time as any to reflect on the devastating effects of his more than 30 years of iron rule over the country of Indonesia.
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Indonesia is a country that should not be poor; it [...]
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Many in the United States are not aware of their own government’s history. It’s not that we are stupid; it’s just that we are misinformed and misled. Selective events are highlighted in our history books while others are ignored.
So in upcoming entries, I will make an effort to highlight some of those [...]
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The supposed ‘war on terror‘ took a severe misstep with the US invasion of Iraq.
The groundwork for the preemptive invasion of Iraq was laid out by the National Security Strategy of 2002, which refined the concept of preventive war to say that the United States reserves the right to attack any country with the “intent [...]
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