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Racism is growing with perceived political failings
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Harry J. Bentham
It is now difficult to deny that racism is growing in a number of Western countries, and racist politicians who would have been considered corrosive or marginal to society only a decade ago are currently on the verge of being elected as national leaders. The fact that racism is growing should be a source of dismay…
Paris attacks bring Syria war to France
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Harry J. Bentham
A recent coordinated murder spree occurred in Paris, most probably by a group from ISIL, the so-called Islamic State (you may know it just as IS or ISIS), who call themselves soldiers but are only brave enough to kill unarmed people. The greatest “victories” of ISIL consist of executions of captured journalists with their hands tied behind their backs.…
UN Security Council inaction is good
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Harry J. Bentham
Many political commentators complain about the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)’s inability to solve international crises. And although I am a Jacobin who rarely defends any political institution, I must defend the UN Security Council. The Security Council is a brute force institution, based on harsh realities rather than idealism. It consists of the five victorious countries of…
Islam is part of the West now, live with it
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Harry J. Bentham
Tous les arts ont produit des merveilles: l’art de gouverner n’a produit que des monstres. Most arts have produced miracles, while the art of government has produced nothing but monsters. Louis Antoine de Saint-Just One type of misinformation that should be watched vigilantly is the way Islam is endlessly singled out as a violent religion.…
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