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Taliban PR Flaks Compare Obama to Soviets and — Oh, My God — Even to President George W. Bush!

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Earlier this week, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) drew criticism from liberals for saying he fears President-elect Barack Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship.  I wonder, however, how those same liberals will react upon learning that representatives of the Taliban are comparing the president-elect to both the leaders [...]

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Taliban ‘Spins’ Facts During 45-Minute Interview

November 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Yesterday, I published a post about plans of the BBC’s World Have Your Say radio program to broadcast a 45-minute recording of a question-and-answer session with a representative of the Taliban.  Today, I had a chance to listen to a podcast of the session and found it worth sharing if, for no other reason, to [...]

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BBC to Air Tape-Recorded Session With Taliban

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments

The BBC’s World Have Your Say will, according to this update, air 45 minutes of a Taliban spokesperson (a.k.a., “terrorist spin doctor”) answering questions from listeners to the radio program and others who posted questions in the comments section of the program’s blog.  This news comes 13 days after I published news about the [...]

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BBC Radio Offers Chance to ‘Talk to the Taliban’

October 31st, 2008 · 12 Comments

Across the pond, the folks at the BBC’s World Have Your Say radio program are providing a forum via which visitors to their web site can “talk” to the Taliban (i.e., radical Islamic terrorists).
If you would like to communicate with one of these ruthless Jihadist murderers, I encourage you to visit their web site and [...]

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Blogger to Make Guest Appearance on BBC

May 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

A BBC Radio producer called this morning to invite me to appear as a guest during the first hour of today’s WORLD Have Your Say program that airs at Noon (Central) or 5 p.m. (GMT). Today’s topic: When does diplomacy become appeasement?

After turning down several invitations during the past year, I decided to [...]

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