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SPOTLIGHT ON A BLOG – MILT’S FILE

University of Chicago’s Dr. Milt Rosenberg of Extension720 radio fame is probably the most erudite talk radio host in the nation whose program airs on AM 720 at 9-11 pm CST ( barring a Cubs game broadcast) and is simulcast on the internet.

THE UNITED STATES PRESSURES MYANMAR

Good. Go here. How about some similar pressure on Mugabe ?

” ARE YOU ON DRUGS ? ” DEPARTMENT

Tom Spencer, noted HNN blogger made the following statement on his daily blog George Bush, Evil Incarnate – sorry, I mean Thinking it Through, on Iraq:

“In the case of Iraq, we took a relatively stable Middle Eastern state and have, through our own efforts, destabilized it and made life worse for the average Iraqi. Heck, at least the Iraqi people had electricity, sewer systems, and clean water under Saddam’s rule.

Really. What’s a few fingernails being popped out by the Mukhabarat, a couple of Toddler Prisons and the occasional act of genocide compared to cheap kilowatt hours ? This was not one of Dr. Spencer’s more intelligent swipes at the Bush administration. I wonder if he could scrape up some live non-Baathist Iraqis who would agree to take Saddam back under any conditions. Stability in a ruthless, tyrannical regime is highly overrated. Better they be made to wobble a bit before they can contemplate killing their next 100,000 victims.

MORE ON THE SITUATION IN IRAN FROM TWO SCHOLARS

Juan Cole and Micheal Ledeen .

My view of the Iranian regime is that they are now the Islamist equivalent of Erich Honecker and the Stasi in the late 1980’s. Unlike Honecker and his Communist cronies however, there is no fallback position for Khameini, Rafsanjani and the torturers of the Pasdaran. If they fall from power their bodies could well be swinging from lamposts and construction cranes in Teheran the way democrats, monarchists and communists once did under Ayatollah Khomeini. Unfortunately, these people are up to their ears in international terrorism and have been at war with the United States and killing Americans sporadically since 1979 and will never stop. The regime must go, preferably at the hands of the Iranian people and if not, then with some help from the United States.

I see Riting on the Wall is posting on Shiites today as well.

THE GIFT OF FIRE

Much thanks to Prometheus 6 for the link and the kind words- he has one of the blogs ” on the other side ” that I’ve taken to reading, intelligently written and feisty and I encourage everyone to check it out. Since Prometheus 6 is ” a member of the VLWC ” it will be interesting to see as time goes by how we come down on our analysis of the issues. The parameters of a problem often depends on the vantage point from which you view it so it is always helpful to look at the world throught the perspective of another ( it can often be a useful corrective). Those who move through the world insulating themselves from all conflicting opinions, grope blindly and are easily led astray.