Rebecca MacKinnon at NKZone notes that the appeasers in Seoul are mobilizing against the North Korean Freedom Act. Reading this kind of nationalist pablum–and it really boils down to “Americans are incapable of real compassion for North Koreans, but let’s not give more than lip service to the concept, either”–makes the sarin seep from my pores. I lashed: ************** Yu and Jeong [the appeasers] maliciously question our concern for the North Korean people because the concept of compassion transcending race...

Rebecca MacKinnon at NKZone notes that the appeasers in Seoul are mobilizing against the North Korean Freedom Act. Reading this kind of nationalist pablum–and it really boils down to “Americans are incapable of real compassion for North Koreans, but let’s not give more than lip service to the concept, either”–makes the sarin seep from my pores. I lashed: ************** Yu and Jeong [the appeasers] maliciously question our concern for the North Korean people because the concept of compassion transcending race...

The charge the Chinese prosecutors used neatly encapsulates their cynical contempt for freedom. They called him a “human trafficker” for trying to help North Korean refugees escape from China–where life cowers under the daily threat of deportation back to the death camps in North Korea–to haven in South Korea. The brilliant Claudia Rosett told the story best here, in the Wall Street Journal, where she writes a bi-weekly column. Seok is also a professional photographer and stringer for the New...

Just a day after Muslim terrorists called France an “ally of Satan” (which by definition means they apparently no longer see the United States as Satan), Taiwan’s president Chen Shui-Bian has called France “evil-hearted” for joining China in its recent naval threaxercises that coincidentally come just before Taiwan’s election. Doesn’t Taiwan understand? It’s nothing personal for the French . . . it’s just business. After all, they’re quite willing to make the same moral compromises when they’re selling arms to...

The charge the Chinese prosecutors used neatly encapsulates their cynical contempt for freedom. They called him a “human trafficker” for trying to help North Korean refugees escape from China–where life cowers under the daily threat of deportation back to the death camps in North Korea–to haven in South Korea. The brilliant Claudia Rosett told the story best here, in the Wall Street Journal, where she writes a bi-weekly column. Seok is also a professional photographer and stringer for the New...

Just a day after Muslim terrorists called France an “ally of Satan” (which by definition means they apparently no longer see the United States as Satan), Taiwan’s president Chen Shui-Bian has called France “evil-hearted” for joining China in its recent naval threaxercises that coincidentally come just before Taiwan’s election. Doesn’t Taiwan understand? It’s nothing personal for the French . . . it’s just business. After all, they’re quite willing to make the same moral compromises when they’re selling arms to...

At least we know they’re not referring to us this time. In fact, the terrorists have said something that’s actually debatable for once. Yet France, having chosen Faustian appeasement, still finds itself in the crosshairs of the haters. Should I repent this intoxicating schadenfreude I’m feeling? Not when France is helping China to intimidate Taiwan on the eve of Taiwan’s elections. Could it be any clearer that Europe seeks a middle ground between freedom and some ill-defined other? All of...

The third (and so far, the best) of William Triplett’s pieces in NRO can be found here:

Spanish Socialists Agree on Terms of Surrender Newly elected Socialist Leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced today that his party’s new cabinet had agreed on the terms of an unconditional surrender to al-Qaeda and would recognize Osama bin Laden as Spain’s first Islamic emir since 1492. The Spanish Foreign Ministry said that an emissary was en route to Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province to deliver the surrender document, which declares Spain to be a part of the Islamic Ummah as of...

At least we know they’re not referring to us this time. In fact, the terrorists have said something that’s actually debatable for once. Yet France, having chosen Faustian appeasement, still finds itself in the crosshairs of the haters. Should I repent this intoxicating schadenfreude I’m feeling? Not when France is helping China to intimidate Taiwan on the eve of Taiwan’s elections. Could it be any clearer that Europe seeks a middle ground between freedom and some ill-defined other? All of...

At least we know they’re not referring to us this time. In fact, the terrorists have said something that’s actually debatable for once. Yet France, having chosen Faustian appeasement, still finds itself in the crosshairs of the haters. Should I repent this intoxicating schadenfreude I’m feeling? Not when France is helping China to intimidate Taiwan on the eve of Taiwan’s elections. Could it be any clearer that Europe seeks a middle ground between freedom and some ill-defined other? All of...

The third (and so far, the best) of William Triplett’s pieces in NRO can be found here:

Spanish Socialists Agree on Terms of Surrender Newly elected Socialist Leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced today that his party’s new cabinet had agreed on the terms of an unconditional surrender to al-Qaeda and would recognize Osama bin Laden as Spain’s first Islamic emir since 1492. The Spanish Foreign Ministry said that an emissary was en route to Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province to deliver the surrender document, which declares Spain to be a part of the Islamic Ummah as of...

Probably not, but who could resist? His kimchee, spiced with his beloved Dear Leader’s atoms, grew too deep . . . . Well, I have to admit I’m torn on this one. Had they impeached him for utter incompetence, even emotional instability, I’d support it–however reluctant I may be to see an elected leader leave office before the end of his term. But this petty election violation doesn’t justify removal from office in my mind. The oppo should have just...

Probably not, but who could resist? His kimchee, spiced with his beloved Dear Leader’s atoms, grew too deep . . . . Well, I have to admit I’m torn on this one. Had they impeached him for utter incompetence, even emotional instability, I’d support it–however reluctant I may be to see an elected leader leave office before the end of his term. But this petty election violation doesn’t justify removal from office in my mind. The oppo should have just...

. . . the decline in our casualties in Iraq recently? The media either haven’t caught on or have decided not to. Numbers here. I fervently support the Iraq war, lost friends there, and still believe it was worth the terrible cost. So would they. Their deaths ought to mean something. The signing of the new constitution is a sign that they just might. For an even more hopeful buzz, check this out. Believe it or not, not every Iraqi...

A friend today asked me to explain why I hate Kerry. My choice of words. Fundamentally, his election would be a disaster for this nation when we can’t afford weak leadership. His policy weaknesses are rooted in his character weaknesses. Here’s my ranting, incohertent stab at ‘splaining a view I’ve felt strongly since the 1980s: 1. Deep down, he’s an America hater. Now G-d knows, if America sent me to an unpopular war, I might hold some bitterness at somebody,...

. . . the decline in our casualties in Iraq recently? The media either haven’t caught on or have decided not to. Numbers here. I fervently support the Iraq war, lost friends there, and still believe it was worth the terrible cost. So would they. Their deaths ought to mean something. The signing of the new constitution is a sign that they just might. For an even more hopeful buzz, check this out. Believe it or not, not every Iraqi...