"Although justified, the outrage in western government circles over the East Timor acquittals is just another example of the West's double standards. None of the massacres perpetrated against tens of thousands of Muslims during the Suharto era (which were far worse in range and scale) generated any outrage."

"There were no fiery speeches about democracy, freedom and liberty by an American head of state, no high-profile condemnations of the evil committed by the Israeli army and the Lebanese Christian Phalangist militias. All America did during those bloody months of July and August 1982 was to plead with its client state Israel to show "restraint."

"Much has changed since 1967 when Israel captured the area from Jordan and years later annexed most of East Jerusalem. French Hill, the nearby Jewish neighbourhood now has over 25,000 residents. This population expansion inevitably has an effect on its surrounding neighbourhoods."

"Continuing secessionist actions and demonstrations in the last five decades have turned India's northeast into an extrememly volatile region. Common borders with Myanmar and China have caused immense worries to India and made this area a theatre of several secessionist movements."

"...Saudi oil wealth does not translate into sufficient political clout in Washington for the Saudis to push the US into war, as far as Egyptian and Arab audiences are concerned. Meanwhile, the influence and strategic vision of another US ally in the Middle East -- Israel -- is nowhere to be seen in "Fahrenheit 9/11."

"It is John Kerry who is an imposter and a major league spoiler. He offers the peace camp a one item agenda: Anybody but Bush. Which says next to nothing about Kerry - who remains a staunch supporter of the invasion of Iraq. He is already promising four more years of occupation."

"Though Bush and Kerry are inclined to understate the importance of potential new Supreme Court picks as they try to attract swing voters, Professor Dorf is unequivocal: “A Bush victory will greatly increase the likelihood that Congress and the state legislatures will be able to ban most abortions at some point in the next four years. In contrast, a Kerry victory will almost surely preserve the status quo of legal abortion prior to the third trimester of pregnancy.”

"The cost in blood and in treasure for the promotion of the Pax Americana in Iraq is very high."