Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Member Profile

Total number of comments: 7 (since 2013-11-28 16:37:46)

Independent

Showing comments 7 - 1
Page: 1

  • 5 Images that refute Trump's attack on Hero John Lewis
    • Henry Grant 01/17/2017 at 4:25 pm

      A. Waters, impressive, bravo!

  • The Ghost of Iraq haunts Obama on Syria as British Parliament Defects
    • Hal 08/30/2013 at 3:42 pm

      Professor Cole,
      There are approximately 85 banks in Syria that are connected to the SWIFT system. It would not be difficult to disable global interbank transactions between companies and banks in Syria and elsewhere. An action of this sort would be a clear signal to the regime in Syria re it's trajectory toward CW.

  • Where is our Amsterdam? Lavabits, Snowden & Wikileaks Censorship recall age of Absolutism
    • Hal 08/09/2013 at 8:50 am

      As I read these thoughts on censorship, I reflect on John Milton’s elegant speech/essay ‘Areopagitica’. Although written in the 17th century, the principles put forth in this work still hold today. I would suspect, that most Government lawmakers are unfamiliar with this work.

  • Wagging the Dog with Iran's Maxwell Smart
    • Hal 10/13/2011 at 5:42 pm

      Projessor Cole, with regard to Mr. Arababsiar's psychiatric condition, may I suggest he is not clinically insane, but rather has to some degree a bi-polar or other schizoaffective disorder. I am no expert, but do know several people with this disability. Left untreated it can be devestating. The symptoms you list and his attempts at self medication are almost identical with clinical diagnoses of such. If only we could treat people with psychiatric disabilities to the same degree as we do with physical illness, our world would be a much more peaceful place. Perhaps if the DOJ folks were a little more tuned into this they would not get so wrapped around the flag pole.

  • Lieberman's Modest Gulag Proposal
    • Independent 05/07/2010 at 9:25 am

      I agree, Liberman's comment is a knee-jerk reaction.

  • The Horrible Gulf Oil Spill Reality versus the Energy Tomorrow Pantsuit
    • Independent 04/30/2010 at 6:53 am

      In response to your statement "I am fit to be tied that President Obama ... planning to expand offshore drilling..." - Juan, this is just a plan - it by no means constitutes a go-ahead decision to open up offshore drilling. By pursuing a planning phase - in public - we will all benefit by seeing the risks and associated costs of mitigation. So the cost/benifit is in black-and-white - on paper so to speak and the facts should speak for themselves. I think this is a good approach - without it we would have a bunch of hot-heads running around tossing politically charged rhetoric as if they knew what they were talking about.

  • South Park Controversy and Fallacies of Muslim Extremists
    • Independent 04/22/2010 at 9:05 am

      Juan, your text in bold print "In fact, trying to import terrorism into the Qur’an is an infinitely greater blasphemy ..." says it plainly enough. I hope they get the picture. Great report.

Showing comments 7 - 1
Page: 1

Tweet
Share
Reddit
Email

Primary Sidebar

Support Independent Journalism

Click here to donate via PayPal.

Personal checks should be made out to Juan Cole and sent to me at:

Juan Cole
P. O. Box 4218,
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2548
USA
(Remember, make the checks out to “Juan Cole” or they can’t be cashed)

STAY INFORMED

Join our newsletter to have sharp analysis delivered to your inbox every day.
Warning! Social media will not reliably deliver Informed Comment to you. They are shadowbanning news sites, especially if "controversial."
To see new IC posts, please sign up for our email Newsletter.

Social Media

Bluesky | Instagram

Popular

  • Trump never saw a Wind Farm in China, but Beijing has half of all Installed Wind Capacity and will Eat America's Lunch in this Industry
  • Trumpism holds all Men are Created Unequal and most should be Denied Life, Liberty or the Pursuit of Happiness
  • Why China's Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing
  • The Trump Team's Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past
  • Israel continues to Starve, Target Gaza Civilians in ongoing Genocide

Gaza Yet Stands


Juan Cole's New Ebook at Amazon. Click Here to Buy
__________________________

Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires



Click here to Buy Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam


Click here to Buy The Rubaiyat.
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved