March 2012 archive
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Mar 10 2012
Smug fecundity
Romney, Santorum and archaic ideas on fertility
By Lisa Miller, March 2, 2012 … Between them, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have as many children — 12 — as there were tribes of Israel. Ron Paul has five of… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/03/10/smug-fecundity/
Mar 07 2012
Converting annihilationist rhetoric into reality
A world map without Lebanon
By Belen Fernandez, 07 Mar 2012 16:03 … For all of the ruckus made over past decades about an alleged plot by various groupings of Arabs and Muslims to drive the state of Israel… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/03/07/converting-annihilationist-rhetoric-into-reality/
Mar 07 2012
Ghetto mentality
Auschwitz complex
By M.S., Mar 6th 2012, 19:04 … During his meeting with Barack Obama on Monday, Bibi Netanyahu said Israel “must have the ability always to defend itself, by itself, against any threat.” “I believe that’s why you appreciate,… [more]
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Mar 06 2012
God knows everything
Is Homs an echo of what happened in Srebrenica?
By Robert Fisk, Wednesday 07 March 2012 … No entry to the International Red Cross. Not yet. Maybe in a few days, when the area has been secured. Men and boys… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/03/06/god-knows-everything/
Mar 05 2012
The power of quiet contempt
The heroic myth and the uncomfortable truth of war reporting
By Robert Fisk, Saturday 03 March 2012 … It took a lot of courage to get into Homs; Sky News, then the BBC, then a few brave men and women… [more]
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Mar 02 2012
An ocean of myth and mendacity
We are fighting Islamism from ignorance, as we did the cold war
By Simon Jenkins, Thursday 1 March 2012 15.00 EST … Were we wrong? I have lived through two global conflicts: the west against Russian communism and now… [more]
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