DISQUS

AssistantVillageIdiot · 6 months ago

The author seems quite convinced that any difficulty between the State Dept and the Bush Administration was the fault of the latter. No chance the State Dept had anything to do with that?
DLS · 6 months ago

Don't forget, Swaraaj says that the liberal media aren't liberal. (Like saying the earth isn't round.)

The State Department is notorious for troublemaking and it's actually not that big a surprise, just a matter mainly of excess degree, that two in State were caught spying for Cuba out of solidarity for that regime and its politics and its charismatic (to them) leader.

I heard nothing from Swaraaj when Clinton made firm policy reform demands of Cuba recently, or when she has talked tough (hawkishly, even) in the past.
shannonlee · 6 months ago

Forget Swaraaj and read Lexington. The Economist is a great mag and I never miss Lexington.
DLS · 6 months ago

Well, when I'm on this lib site I'll read Swaraaj. It's a nice foreign point of view just as the Economist (for I'm in the USA). I do read the Economist all the time and enjoy it. ("Fuel" for any airplane trip includes the Economist and if time permits, the Financial Times as well as the Wall Street Journal, which is one rare well-written newspaper, the reason I get it rather than for its refreshing editorial pages and viewpoints.)