Someone somewhere is surely doing a study on who is less popular, pirates or bankers. But to confuse things, seems the pirates have actually been learning from the bankers – let’s hope they don’t start securitising those RPGs or we’ll all be in trouble. (h/t Texas in Africa)
Ahmed Rashid provides the best analysis I’ve seen of why Obama’s Afghanistan troop surge is a nothing more than a political ass-covering exercise, with very little chance of success. After holding out for nearly a year, I’m beginning to join the Obama-doubters. (h/t Teddy)
Wronging Rights highlights some outrageous badvocacy
“King Leopold’s Ghost” author Adam Hochschild visits Bunia to see what ex-child soldiers think of the Thomas Lubanga trial at the ICC, and comes back with a surprisingly good summary of the issues. (also thanks to Texas in Africa)
