Benizir Bhutto’s assassination this week rightly sparked widespread revulsion and protests across the globe, from ordinary people and politicians alike. Love her or loathe her, the murder of a political figure by their opponents (whoever, in this case, they turn out to be) flies in the face of everything the words ‘democracy’ and ‘liberalism’ are [...]
Notes from First Proposition Speaker in KES Debating Society Motion, Oct 2004
Well firstly, I’m here to tell you that the war on terror can’t be won, because it doesn’t exist.
What is terror? Can you fight it? How do you fight it? Why do we face terror?
Why hasn’t anyone asked any of these questions?
Nope, they’re [...]
Two years on from the atrocities of September 11, and the unveiling of George Bush’s ‘war on terror’, is the World a safer place? The death of 3,000 Americans has resulted in the deaths of hundreds more Americans in armed conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq and the death and injury of millions of civilians all [...]
The war we will inevitably face in sooner or later against the regime of Saddam Hussein is one of hidden dangers that go much further than the security risks posed by Iraq. The war we are squaring up to fight, and inevitably win, is one of the scariest situations we have faced since the Cuban [...]
That’s it then. We’ve got the blessing of the UN, and so we’re going into Iraq to remove a tyrant, free the world of terror, and to bring peace and democracy to those persecuted by Saddam. But will this bring about the end of terrorism? No. Sustained bombing and propaganda will not win the war [...]
