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By Roy Antoun at 12:23PM

Feb 7, 2010

Iran: A Redundantly Flawed Foreign Policy

If the United States is to learn anything about Iran it is that American foreign policy is substantially flawed and reckless. The US has a long history of a hundred years of brutal occupation, masked liberation, interventionist ideals, and proxy warring ambitions.

The fundamental question is whether United States foreign policy has truly served the national interest. Although sometimes it has, overtly interventionist policies and the meddling in intrastate affairs has often led to more enemies abroad, whether state or organization.

In regards to Iran, American foreign policy is shifting toward interventionism once again. On Wednesday, February 3^rd, the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia held a hearing to discuss the United States’ prospected approach on handling the revolution in Iran. I need not mention the disasters of previous attempts to change governments in Iran on behalf of the US; however, the Subcommittee came to the same conclusion. The United States, in its ‘best interest’, would somehow support the Green Revolution in Iran.

Green Movement in Iran

Reading between the lines in Scott Brown's MA Win.

I don't expect "MA <3's GOP" t-shirts are going to be flying off the Boston shelves anytime soon. But the GOP should be excited about their electoral prospects for 2010, given the improbable victory of Republican Scott Brown who will be taking over Ted Kennedy's senate seat. (This is not an endorsement of Brown or any candidate from YAL or me, just to be clear.)

Still, I don't think this election is a reflection of some lame pro-Republican sentiment, but rather a taste of the budding energy behind a glorious, anti-incumbent movement. The people are becoming cynical about every awful thing our "public servants" are doing to humanity, including a rapidly growing police state, the sickening "health reform" bill, and Obama's massive military expansionism.

The key is for groups like YAL to remind the populace that real change requires revolution, and that electing country club Republicans to replace country club Democrats is nothing more than rearranging deckchairs on the freakin' Titanic.

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By Don Rasmussen at 5:01PM

Jul 9, 2009

(G)Oh Canada

Socialism Defined

With spiraling health care costs, increasing dependence on unemployment insurance and other social benefits, as well as their own massive bailout of the Canadian auto industry (Canada now owns 10% of General Motors), Canadians are increasingly unhappy with the imposition of the high taxes necessary to the maintenance of "social democracy" in their country. In fact, polls in the western provinces show increasing support for secession from Ottawa, reaching 40% in some places. So it really comes as no surprise that some Canadian companies are now refusing to pay the excessive tax bills being demanded of them.

One of the most corrosive aspects of socialist systems is the increasing class stratification and tension that is created when government is allowed to pick winners and losers for political reasons. Canada's productive class seems to be getting tired of being the piggy bank for out of control provincial governments and the State. Hopefully, the revolutionary zeal to keep the fruits of their labor will infect American business as well.

Worst Start to a New Presidency

During the campaign for the U.S. Presidency in 2008 we heard from a candidate the promise of "hope" and "change." Now that Barack Obama has assumed the Presidency he has suffered many setbacks, and broken his promises to the American People. Already the stock market is approaching a 10 year low, and the only solution President Obama has is the biggest increase in government since the 1930's.
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