Category Archives: Foreign Policy

The Iran Elections, Raw Intelligence, and the Rat List

I’m starting The Rat List – a collection of Twitter users disseminating incorrect or blatantly propagandistic information.

17 June, 2009 – 1:39 am | By Josh Berthume | Posted in Foreign Policy, General Election, International Affairs, News and Media | Comments (0)

By the Sword

Years from now, it is unlikely that anyone other than people like me (re: people with a professional interest in terrorism) will care much about this example of backfired fear-mongering, but I think it is incredibly salient to the Right’s totally ridiculous assertions about how Obama is a secret Muslim terrorist. McCain and Palin raise …

22 October, 2008 – 3:07 pm | By Josh Berthume | Posted in Foreign Policy, General Election, War On Terror | Comments (2)

The Proper Way of Things

I hope this is in a textbook my children read: “People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.” – President Bill Clinton

28 August, 2008 – 1:38 am | By Josh Berthume | Posted in Foreign Policy, International Affairs | Comments (0)