Tag Archives: annexation

The Philippines as Red State

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Lee

Filipino writer Benjamin Pimentel is surprised to discover that his countrymen were among the very few foreign populations to prefer John McCain to Barack Obama in a Gallup international survey. A happy place for Republicans in a lonely world apparently, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Foreign affairs | Tagged annexation, Armenia, Barack Obama, Bayan Muna, Benjamin Pimentel, California, Christian, communist, Democrats, electoral college, Filipino, Gallup, Haiti, insurgency, intervention, islam, islamic fundamentalism, John McCain, Luzón, military, Mindanao, New York, Philippines, population, Roman Empire, socialism, statehood, territorial expansion, Thomas Barnett, United States, Visayas | 2 Comments

War of Conquest

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Lee

A couple of days into Russian-declared, universally unrecognized independence (excluding Hamas and Belarus), South Ossetian officials have expressed their desire to be annexed by Russia. The brave new defenders of Russian imperialism on the American Left have thus suddenly found … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page | Tagged American, annexation, Belarus, Boris Yeltsin, comonwealth, conquest, Georgia, Hamas, imperialism, independence, left, Russia, self-determination, South Ossetia, trade | 1 Comment

Found Him

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Lance

Joshua hasn’t disappeared, he just isn’t gracing us with his opinions on the conflict in the Caucasus, but you can find them at Registan.net, here and here. Heh, Insty links to him, but describes it as peevish (Josh? Peevish? Also, … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lance's Page | Tagged Abkhazia, annexation, caucasus, conflict, Georgia, Joshua Foust, Putin, Registan, Russia, Saakashvili, South Ossetia, war | 2 Comments

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