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Now the United States must decide whether to hand him over (as China is demanding), grant him indefinite refuge (as every human rights organization is urging), or negotiate a mutually face-saving compromise worthy of King Solomon (as both countries are undoubtedly trying to do)… (“Dissident leaves U.S. Embassy in China,” The iPINIONS Journal, May 3,… Read more.
I usually reserve updates to my commentaries for the annual compilation I publish in book form. Therefore, it is rather ironic that this is my second update this week. Here, in part, is what I wrote about this still-unfolding saga two days ago: Why continue the trade embargo against Cuba but trade with China? The… Read more.
I’m on record not just opposing President Obama’s decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan, but calling for an end to it long before he became president. But the only thing I consider worse than his efforts to exploit the killing of Osama bin Laden for political gain is the patently disingenuous and hypocritical way Republicans are criticizing him for similar gain. More… Read more.
My only concern is that China acts like a parent who seems to think her only duty is to feed and clothe her child – all guidance about and regard for right and wrong be damned… The one thing every brutal dictator who fell during the Arab Spring could count on was China’s tacit, and… Read more.
