Haley slams Russia over Syria chemical attack
At the UN moments ago, she slammed Russia repeatedly and brutally for its failure to carry out its commitment to Obama and the UN to purge all of Syria of chemical weapons and ensure Assad did not and could not use them.
She said she was doing this at the express will of the Duce.
And she followed Trump's practise of referring, in every comment on this matter, to Obama's unenforced "red line in the sand".
Is that the real reason Trump makes such a big deal out of Syrian use of these weapons?
To strut and bellow and prove he is a tough guy where Obama was a wuss?
Saturday, April 14, 2018
Bozo hits Syria, castigates Russia and Putin by name
President Trump on Syria Strikes
President Trump addressed the nation on Friday night about his decision to order strikes on Syria, following a suspected chemical attack.
[From the transcript]
My fellow Americans.
A short time ago, I ordered the United States armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
A combined operation with the armed forces of France and the United Kingdom is now underway.
We thank them both.
. . . .
Last Saturday, the Assad regime again deployed chemical weapons to slaughter innocent civilians, this time in the town of Douma near the Syrian capital of Damascus.
This massacre was a significant escalation in a pattern of chemical weapons used by that very terrible regime.
The evil and the despicable attack left mothers and fathers, infants and children thrashing in pain and gasping for air.
These are not the actions of a man.
They are crimes of a monster instead.
. . . .
The combined American, British and French response to these atrocities will integrate all instruments of our national power: military, economic and diplomatic.
We are prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents.
I also have a message tonight for the two governments most responsible for supporting, equipping and financing the criminal Assad regime.
To Iran and to Russia, I ask: What kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women and children?
The nations of the world can be judged by the friends they keep.
No nation can succeed in the long run by promoting rogue states, brutal tyrants and murderous dictators.
In 2013, President Putin and his government promised the world that they would guarantee the elimination of Syria’s chemical weapons.
Assad’s recent attack and today’s response are the direct result of Russia’s failure to keep that promise.
Russia must decide if it will continue down this dark path or if it will join with civilized nations as a force for stability and peace.
Hopefully, someday we’ll get along with Russia and maybe even Iran, but maybe not.
But the Duce later signalled this was not an end to his rhetoric of America First isolationism, appearing to make reference to GW's pledge to act against evil-doers everywhere.
The United States has also rebuilt our friendships across the Middle East.
We have asked our partners to take greater responsibility for securing their home region, including contributing large amounts of money for the resources, equipment and all of the anti-ISIS effort.
Increased engagement from our friends, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt and others, can ensure that Iran does not profit from the eradication of ISIS.
America does not seek an indefinite presence in Syria, under no circumstances.
As other nations step up their contributions, we look forward to the day when we can bring our warriors home — and great warriors they are.
Looking around our very troubled world, Americans have no illusions.
We cannot purge the world of evil or act everywhere there is tyranny.
No amount of American blood or treasure can produce lasting peace and security in the Middle East.
It’s a troubled place.
We will try to make it better, but it is a troubled place.
The United States will be a partner and a friend, but the fate of the region lies in the hands of its own people.
U.S., Britain and France Strike Syria Over Suspected Chemical Weapons Attack
The United States and European allies launched airstrikes on Friday night against Syrian research, storage and military targets as President Trump sought to punish President Bashar al-Assad for a suspected chemical attack near Damascus last weekend that killed more than 40 people.
Britain and France joined the United States in the strikes in a coordinated operation that was intended to show Western resolve in the face of what the leaders of the three nations called persistent violations of international law.
Mr. Trump characterized it as the beginning of a sustained effort to force Mr. Assad to stop using banned weapons, but only ordered a limited, one-night operation that hit three targets.
“These are not the actions of a man,” Mr. Trump said of last weekend’s suspected chemical attack in a televised address from the White House Diplomatic Room.
“They are crimes of a monster instead.”
Pentagon Says Syria Strikes Hit ‘Heart’ of Chemical Weapons Program
Defense Department officials said on Saturday that American-led strikes against Syria had taken out the “heart” of President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons program, but acknowledged that the Syrian government most likely retained some ability to again attack its own people with chemical agents.
Warplanes and ships from the United States, Britain and France launched more than 100 missiles at three chemical weapons storage and research facilities near Damascus and Homs, the officials told reporters, in an operation that President Trump and Pentagon leaders hailed as a success.
“A perfectly executed strike last night,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter.
“Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished!”
. . . .
A statement by the Syrian military said 110 missiles had been fired. Three people were injured in Homs, it said.
Videos from Damascus showed Syrian air defense missiles launching into a dark night sky, and the Russian military said that at one Syrian air base, all 12 cruise missiles that targeted the site had been shot down.
Defense Department officials batted down those claims, saying that the entire American-led operation was over and the targets were destroyed before Syria launched any of the 40 missiles it fired into the air.
“Taken together, these attacks were able to overwhelm the Syrian air defense system,” Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, the Pentagon’s Joint Staff director, said at a news conference.
“None of our aircraft involved were successfully engaged by Syrian defense forces.”
He added that the barrage of missiles had hit their targets within a couple of minutes at most.
He said that all three targets had been destroyed, and that all warplanes had returned safely to base.
President Trump addressed the nation on Friday night about his decision to order strikes on Syria, following a suspected chemical attack.
[From the transcript]
My fellow Americans.
A short time ago, I ordered the United States armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
A combined operation with the armed forces of France and the United Kingdom is now underway.
We thank them both.
. . . .
Last Saturday, the Assad regime again deployed chemical weapons to slaughter innocent civilians, this time in the town of Douma near the Syrian capital of Damascus.
This massacre was a significant escalation in a pattern of chemical weapons used by that very terrible regime.
The evil and the despicable attack left mothers and fathers, infants and children thrashing in pain and gasping for air.
These are not the actions of a man.
They are crimes of a monster instead.
. . . .
The combined American, British and French response to these atrocities will integrate all instruments of our national power: military, economic and diplomatic.
We are prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents.
I also have a message tonight for the two governments most responsible for supporting, equipping and financing the criminal Assad regime.
To Iran and to Russia, I ask: What kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women and children?
The nations of the world can be judged by the friends they keep.
No nation can succeed in the long run by promoting rogue states, brutal tyrants and murderous dictators.
In 2013, President Putin and his government promised the world that they would guarantee the elimination of Syria’s chemical weapons.
Assad’s recent attack and today’s response are the direct result of Russia’s failure to keep that promise.
Russia must decide if it will continue down this dark path or if it will join with civilized nations as a force for stability and peace.
Hopefully, someday we’ll get along with Russia and maybe even Iran, but maybe not.
But the Duce later signalled this was not an end to his rhetoric of America First isolationism, appearing to make reference to GW's pledge to act against evil-doers everywhere.
The United States has also rebuilt our friendships across the Middle East.
We have asked our partners to take greater responsibility for securing their home region, including contributing large amounts of money for the resources, equipment and all of the anti-ISIS effort.
Increased engagement from our friends, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt and others, can ensure that Iran does not profit from the eradication of ISIS.
America does not seek an indefinite presence in Syria, under no circumstances.
As other nations step up their contributions, we look forward to the day when we can bring our warriors home — and great warriors they are.
Looking around our very troubled world, Americans have no illusions.
We cannot purge the world of evil or act everywhere there is tyranny.
No amount of American blood or treasure can produce lasting peace and security in the Middle East.
It’s a troubled place.
We will try to make it better, but it is a troubled place.
The United States will be a partner and a friend, but the fate of the region lies in the hands of its own people.
U.S., Britain and France Strike Syria Over Suspected Chemical Weapons Attack
The United States and European allies launched airstrikes on Friday night against Syrian research, storage and military targets as President Trump sought to punish President Bashar al-Assad for a suspected chemical attack near Damascus last weekend that killed more than 40 people.
Britain and France joined the United States in the strikes in a coordinated operation that was intended to show Western resolve in the face of what the leaders of the three nations called persistent violations of international law.
Mr. Trump characterized it as the beginning of a sustained effort to force Mr. Assad to stop using banned weapons, but only ordered a limited, one-night operation that hit three targets.
“These are not the actions of a man,” Mr. Trump said of last weekend’s suspected chemical attack in a televised address from the White House Diplomatic Room.
“They are crimes of a monster instead.”
Pentagon Says Syria Strikes Hit ‘Heart’ of Chemical Weapons Program
Defense Department officials said on Saturday that American-led strikes against Syria had taken out the “heart” of President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons program, but acknowledged that the Syrian government most likely retained some ability to again attack its own people with chemical agents.
Warplanes and ships from the United States, Britain and France launched more than 100 missiles at three chemical weapons storage and research facilities near Damascus and Homs, the officials told reporters, in an operation that President Trump and Pentagon leaders hailed as a success.
“A perfectly executed strike last night,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter.
“Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished!”
. . . .
A statement by the Syrian military said 110 missiles had been fired. Three people were injured in Homs, it said.
Videos from Damascus showed Syrian air defense missiles launching into a dark night sky, and the Russian military said that at one Syrian air base, all 12 cruise missiles that targeted the site had been shot down.
Defense Department officials batted down those claims, saying that the entire American-led operation was over and the targets were destroyed before Syria launched any of the 40 missiles it fired into the air.
“Taken together, these attacks were able to overwhelm the Syrian air defense system,” Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, the Pentagon’s Joint Staff director, said at a news conference.
“None of our aircraft involved were successfully engaged by Syrian defense forces.”
He added that the barrage of missiles had hit their targets within a couple of minutes at most.
He said that all three targets had been destroyed, and that all warplanes had returned safely to base.
Or the Greeks
. . . . for it is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self-knowledge.
The narrator, Marlow, in Lord Jim, 1900, Joseph Conrad.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
You don't hear that every day
Certainly not from a newsie.
Jake Tapper just referred to the White House chaos - or maybe the president's rage, the context made it a bit uncertain - as "Sturm und Drang."
Jake Tapper just referred to the White House chaos - or maybe the president's rage, the context made it a bit uncertain - as "Sturm und Drang."
Depressing truths
The Failures of Anti-Trumpism
David Brooks laments.
Over the past year, those of us in the anti-Trump camp have churned out billions of words critiquing the president.
The point of this work is to expose the harm President Trump is doing, weaken his support and prevent him from doing worse.
And by that standard, the anti-Trump movement is a failure.
We have persuaded no one.
Trump’s approval rating is around 40 percent, which is basically unchanged from where it’s been all along.
We have not hindered him.
Trump has more power than he did a year ago, not less.
With more mainstream figures like H. R. McMaster, Rex Tillerson and Gary Cohn gone, the administration is growing more nationalist, not less.
We have not dislodged him.
For all the hype, the Mueller investigation looks less and less likely to fundamentally alter the course of the administration.
We have not contained him.
Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party is complete.
Eighty-nine percent of Republicans now have a positive impression of the man.
According to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 59 percent of Republicans consider themselves more a supporter of Trump than of the Republican Party.
On trade, immigration, entitlement reform, spending, foreign policy, race relations and personal morality, this is Trump’s party, not Reagan’s or anyone else’s.
A lot of us never-Trumpers assumed momentum would be on our side as his scandals and incompetences mounted.
It hasn’t turned out that way.
I almost never meet a Trump supporter who has become disillusioned.
I often meet Republicans who were once ambivalent but who have now joined the Trump train.
The surest evidence of Trump’s dominance is on the campaign trail.
As The Times’s Jonathan Martin reported, many Republicans, including Ted Cruz, are making the argument that if Democrats take over Congress, they will impeach the president.
In other words, far from ignoring Trump, these Republicans are making defending him the center of their campaigns.
And so on.
David Brooks laments.
Over the past year, those of us in the anti-Trump camp have churned out billions of words critiquing the president.
The point of this work is to expose the harm President Trump is doing, weaken his support and prevent him from doing worse.
And by that standard, the anti-Trump movement is a failure.
We have persuaded no one.
Trump’s approval rating is around 40 percent, which is basically unchanged from where it’s been all along.
We have not hindered him.
Trump has more power than he did a year ago, not less.
With more mainstream figures like H. R. McMaster, Rex Tillerson and Gary Cohn gone, the administration is growing more nationalist, not less.
We have not dislodged him.
For all the hype, the Mueller investigation looks less and less likely to fundamentally alter the course of the administration.
We have not contained him.
Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party is complete.
Eighty-nine percent of Republicans now have a positive impression of the man.
According to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 59 percent of Republicans consider themselves more a supporter of Trump than of the Republican Party.
On trade, immigration, entitlement reform, spending, foreign policy, race relations and personal morality, this is Trump’s party, not Reagan’s or anyone else’s.
A lot of us never-Trumpers assumed momentum would be on our side as his scandals and incompetences mounted.
It hasn’t turned out that way.
I almost never meet a Trump supporter who has become disillusioned.
I often meet Republicans who were once ambivalent but who have now joined the Trump train.
The surest evidence of Trump’s dominance is on the campaign trail.
As The Times’s Jonathan Martin reported, many Republicans, including Ted Cruz, are making the argument that if Democrats take over Congress, they will impeach the president.
In other words, far from ignoring Trump, these Republicans are making defending him the center of their campaigns.
And so on.
Like listening to some mafia thug protesting his innocence
Trump Denounces F.B.I. Raid on His Lawyer’s Office as ‘Attack on Our Country’
I truly hope this disgraceful ass, this disgusting and pathological liar, winds up in prison.
President Trump angrily unloaded on his top law enforcement officials on Monday night, complaining that the F.B.I. “broke into” the office of Michael D. Cohen, his personal lawyer, and assailing two early-morning raids as a “disgraceful situation” and an “attack on our country in a true sense.”
The president repeatedly said that the raids were part of a “witch hunt” against him that has been conducted since he took office, and he mused about the possibility that he might soon fire Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel in the Russia inquiry.
“We’ll see what may happen,” Mr. Trump said as he began a meeting with senior military officials to discuss responses to a chemical attack in Syria.
“Many people have said, ‘You should fire him.’”
The president railed against Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, for recusing himself in the Russia investigation, and he blasted the F.B.I. for failing to investigate Hillary Clinton, “where there are crimes.”
He also lashed out at Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, who is overseeing the Russia investigation.
Mr. Trump delivered the emotional tirade hours after federal officials raided Mr. Cohen’s office and hotel room, seizing business records, emails and documents, including information related to a payment that Mr. Cohen made to a pornographic film actress.
The raids were in part the result of a referral to federal officials by Mr. Mueller. Mr. Trump called Mr. Mueller’s team “the most biased group of people” and said that it contained mostly Democrats and some Republicans who worked for President Barack Obama.
“That is really now in a whole new level of unfairness,” Mr. Trump said of the raids involving Mr. Cohen.
. . . .
Mr. Trump reacted to the raids without any prompting from reporters, who had been brought into the Cabinet Room where the president was meeting with Jim Mattis, the secretary of defense; John R. Bolton, the new national security adviser; and other military officials to discuss the situation in Syria.
As the cameras began rolling, Mr. Trump immediately condemned the actions against Mr. Cohen.
Rod Rosenstein Personally Approved F.B.I. Raid on Trump Lawyer
Rod J. Rosenstein, the veteran Republican prosecutor handpicked by President Trump to serve as deputy attorney general, personally signed off on Monday’s F.B.I. decision to raid the office of Michael D. Cohen, Mr. Trump’s personal attorney and longtime confidant, three government officials said.
The early-morning searches enraged Mr. Trump, associates said, setting off an angry public tirade Monday evening that continued in private at the White House as the president fumed about whether he should fire Mr. Rosenstein.
The episode has deeply unsettled White House aides, Justice Department officials and lawmakers from both parties, who believe the president may use it as a pretext to purge the team leading the investigation into Russia meddling in the 2016 election.
. . . .
Mr. Trump’s advisers have spent the last 24 hours trying to convince the president not to make an impulsive decision that could put the president in more legal jeopardy and ignite a controversy that could consume his presidency, several people close to Mr. Trump said.
The president began Tuesday morning with a pair of angry tweets, calling the raids “A TOTAL WITCH HUNT!” and venting that “attorney–client privilege is dead!”
Mr. Trump has long been mistrustful of Mr. Rosenstein, the Justice Department’s No. 2 official, who appointed the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and now oversees his investigation into Mr. Trump’s campaign and possible obstruction of justice by the president.
In his remarks Monday night, the president lashed out at Mr. Rosenstein for having “signed a FISA warrant,” apparently a reference to the role Mr. Rosenstein played in authorizing the wiretap of a Trump associate in the Russia inquiry.
. . . .
The involvement of Mr. Rosenstein and top prosecutors in New York in the raid of Mr. Cohen’s office makes it harder for Mr. Trump to argue that his legal problems are the result of a witch hunt led by Mr. Mueller.
In addition to Mr. Rosenstein, all of the top law enforcement officials involved in the raid are Republicans: Mr. Mueller, Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. Director, and Geoffrey Berman, the interim United States attorney in New York.
. . . .
The prospect that Mr. Trump might fire Mr. Mueller was met with fierce responses from Democrats and some Republicans, who warned that such a move would be disastrous for the White House.
Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the Republican chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said Tuesday on Fox Business Network that “it would be suicide for the president to want to talk about firing Mueller.”
Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the top Democrat in the House, on Monday called Mr. Trump’s attacks on Mr. Mueller and his team a “grave reminder of his utter contempt for the rule of law.”
I truly hope this disgraceful ass, this disgusting and pathological liar, winds up in prison.
President Trump angrily unloaded on his top law enforcement officials on Monday night, complaining that the F.B.I. “broke into” the office of Michael D. Cohen, his personal lawyer, and assailing two early-morning raids as a “disgraceful situation” and an “attack on our country in a true sense.”
The president repeatedly said that the raids were part of a “witch hunt” against him that has been conducted since he took office, and he mused about the possibility that he might soon fire Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel in the Russia inquiry.
“We’ll see what may happen,” Mr. Trump said as he began a meeting with senior military officials to discuss responses to a chemical attack in Syria.
“Many people have said, ‘You should fire him.’”
The president railed against Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, for recusing himself in the Russia investigation, and he blasted the F.B.I. for failing to investigate Hillary Clinton, “where there are crimes.”
He also lashed out at Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, who is overseeing the Russia investigation.
Mr. Trump delivered the emotional tirade hours after federal officials raided Mr. Cohen’s office and hotel room, seizing business records, emails and documents, including information related to a payment that Mr. Cohen made to a pornographic film actress.
The raids were in part the result of a referral to federal officials by Mr. Mueller. Mr. Trump called Mr. Mueller’s team “the most biased group of people” and said that it contained mostly Democrats and some Republicans who worked for President Barack Obama.
“That is really now in a whole new level of unfairness,” Mr. Trump said of the raids involving Mr. Cohen.
. . . .
Mr. Trump reacted to the raids without any prompting from reporters, who had been brought into the Cabinet Room where the president was meeting with Jim Mattis, the secretary of defense; John R. Bolton, the new national security adviser; and other military officials to discuss the situation in Syria.
As the cameras began rolling, Mr. Trump immediately condemned the actions against Mr. Cohen.
Rod Rosenstein Personally Approved F.B.I. Raid on Trump Lawyer
Rod J. Rosenstein, the veteran Republican prosecutor handpicked by President Trump to serve as deputy attorney general, personally signed off on Monday’s F.B.I. decision to raid the office of Michael D. Cohen, Mr. Trump’s personal attorney and longtime confidant, three government officials said.
The early-morning searches enraged Mr. Trump, associates said, setting off an angry public tirade Monday evening that continued in private at the White House as the president fumed about whether he should fire Mr. Rosenstein.
The episode has deeply unsettled White House aides, Justice Department officials and lawmakers from both parties, who believe the president may use it as a pretext to purge the team leading the investigation into Russia meddling in the 2016 election.
. . . .
Mr. Trump’s advisers have spent the last 24 hours trying to convince the president not to make an impulsive decision that could put the president in more legal jeopardy and ignite a controversy that could consume his presidency, several people close to Mr. Trump said.
The president began Tuesday morning with a pair of angry tweets, calling the raids “A TOTAL WITCH HUNT!” and venting that “attorney–client privilege is dead!”
Mr. Trump has long been mistrustful of Mr. Rosenstein, the Justice Department’s No. 2 official, who appointed the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and now oversees his investigation into Mr. Trump’s campaign and possible obstruction of justice by the president.
In his remarks Monday night, the president lashed out at Mr. Rosenstein for having “signed a FISA warrant,” apparently a reference to the role Mr. Rosenstein played in authorizing the wiretap of a Trump associate in the Russia inquiry.
. . . .
The involvement of Mr. Rosenstein and top prosecutors in New York in the raid of Mr. Cohen’s office makes it harder for Mr. Trump to argue that his legal problems are the result of a witch hunt led by Mr. Mueller.
In addition to Mr. Rosenstein, all of the top law enforcement officials involved in the raid are Republicans: Mr. Mueller, Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. Director, and Geoffrey Berman, the interim United States attorney in New York.
. . . .
The prospect that Mr. Trump might fire Mr. Mueller was met with fierce responses from Democrats and some Republicans, who warned that such a move would be disastrous for the White House.
Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the Republican chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said Tuesday on Fox Business Network that “it would be suicide for the president to want to talk about firing Mueller.”
Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the top Democrat in the House, on Monday called Mr. Trump’s attacks on Mr. Mueller and his team a “grave reminder of his utter contempt for the rule of law.”
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Lula surrenders
Lula prisonnier
Lula aura donc fait patienter la police pendant vingt-six heures.
Le délai fixé par le juge Sergio Moro demandait à l’ancien président brésilien Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva de se rendre aux autorités avant 17 heures, le vendredi 6 avril.
Mais ce n’est que le lendemain que celui-ci a finalement quitté à pied, entourés de ses partisans, le siège du syndicat des métallos dans lequel il s’était retranché.
Il est le premier président à être condamné et emprisonné pour corruption dans le pays, souligne le quotidien de Rio de Janeiro O Globo, qui titre tout simplement, en une de son édition du 8 avril “Lula prisonnier”.
À l’annonce de sa reddition, des feux d’artifice et des concerts de casserole ont éclaté dans les grandes villes comme Rio de Janeiro et São Paulo, souligne le journal.
L’ancien président, lui, a été emmené à la prison de Curitiba, où il a passé la nuit dans une cellule spéciale qui lui était réservée, séparé des 20 autres prisonniers.
Pour le moment, le Parti des travailleurs a maintenu la candidature de Lula à la présidence du Brésil.
Lula aura donc fait patienter la police pendant vingt-six heures.
Le délai fixé par le juge Sergio Moro demandait à l’ancien président brésilien Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva de se rendre aux autorités avant 17 heures, le vendredi 6 avril.
Mais ce n’est que le lendemain que celui-ci a finalement quitté à pied, entourés de ses partisans, le siège du syndicat des métallos dans lequel il s’était retranché.
Il est le premier président à être condamné et emprisonné pour corruption dans le pays, souligne le quotidien de Rio de Janeiro O Globo, qui titre tout simplement, en une de son édition du 8 avril “Lula prisonnier”.
À l’annonce de sa reddition, des feux d’artifice et des concerts de casserole ont éclaté dans les grandes villes comme Rio de Janeiro et São Paulo, souligne le journal.
L’ancien président, lui, a été emmené à la prison de Curitiba, où il a passé la nuit dans une cellule spéciale qui lui était réservée, séparé des 20 autres prisonniers.
Pour le moment, le Parti des travailleurs a maintenu la candidature de Lula à la présidence du Brésil.
Douthat on abortion
Among the Abortion Extremists
I agree with the right to life "extremist" view that abortion should be illegal and both providers and their clients should be punished, as should abortion seekers and people who attempt abortions, once the embryo has developed enough to be clearly an unborn child, however small and regardless of viability.
Yes, that means the women who seek as well as the women who have abortions should be punished along with anyone involved in providing abortions, except when only abortion can save the life of the mother.
Just as we punish women - or men, for that matter - who kill their children, and with similar penalties.
And no, not also except in case of rape.
I do not agree that a mere fertilized ovum is a person or that stem cell research ought to be outlawed.
And I hadn't realized Williams was actually fired by the Atlantic over his anti-abortion views.
This is Douthat.
But I also think that they are deceived by a cruel ideology that has licensed the killing of millions of innocents for almost 50 years.
In the language that the respectable use to banish views without rebuttal, I regard them — friends and colleagues and faithful readers — as essentially extremists, for whom the distinctive and sometimes awful burdens that pregnancy imposes on women have become an excuse to build a grotesque legal regime in which the most vulnerable human beings can be vacuumed out or dismembered, killed for reasons of eugenics or convenience or any reason at all.
I am sharing these reflections in the context of the latest media war over whether a particular conservative columnist should be hired by a particular establishment publication — in this case Kevin Williamson, a National Review scribe with a brilliant pen and a long paper trail of insults and wild opinions, who was boldly hired by The Atlantic and then quickly jettisoned, after it came to light that he had not only suggested hanging as a penalty for abortion in a since-deleted tweet but also more carefully defended the idea of someday prosecuting women who obtain abortions the way we prosecute other forms of homicide.
From my own anti-abortion perspective, this opinion makes Williamson an extremist as well.
When American laws restricted abortion they generally did not impose such penalties, and today’s pro-life movement likewise generally rejects the idea of prosecuting women.
This position often gets cast as inconsistent by pro-choicers, but I think it represents the incorporation by pro-lifers of the points that my pro-choice friends actually get right — that pregnancy is unique in ways that mitigate culpability and make it unwise to treat abortion like a normal homicide, that the government can only go so far in restriction without becoming a reproductive police state — without making the literally fatal mistake of believing these things also require a civil right to kill your unborn child.
I agree with the right to life "extremist" view that abortion should be illegal and both providers and their clients should be punished, as should abortion seekers and people who attempt abortions, once the embryo has developed enough to be clearly an unborn child, however small and regardless of viability.
Yes, that means the women who seek as well as the women who have abortions should be punished along with anyone involved in providing abortions, except when only abortion can save the life of the mother.
Just as we punish women - or men, for that matter - who kill their children, and with similar penalties.
And no, not also except in case of rape.
I do not agree that a mere fertilized ovum is a person or that stem cell research ought to be outlawed.
And I hadn't realized Williams was actually fired by the Atlantic over his anti-abortion views.
This is Douthat.
But I also think that they are deceived by a cruel ideology that has licensed the killing of millions of innocents for almost 50 years.
In the language that the respectable use to banish views without rebuttal, I regard them — friends and colleagues and faithful readers — as essentially extremists, for whom the distinctive and sometimes awful burdens that pregnancy imposes on women have become an excuse to build a grotesque legal regime in which the most vulnerable human beings can be vacuumed out or dismembered, killed for reasons of eugenics or convenience or any reason at all.
I am sharing these reflections in the context of the latest media war over whether a particular conservative columnist should be hired by a particular establishment publication — in this case Kevin Williamson, a National Review scribe with a brilliant pen and a long paper trail of insults and wild opinions, who was boldly hired by The Atlantic and then quickly jettisoned, after it came to light that he had not only suggested hanging as a penalty for abortion in a since-deleted tweet but also more carefully defended the idea of someday prosecuting women who obtain abortions the way we prosecute other forms of homicide.
From my own anti-abortion perspective, this opinion makes Williamson an extremist as well.
When American laws restricted abortion they generally did not impose such penalties, and today’s pro-life movement likewise generally rejects the idea of prosecuting women.
This position often gets cast as inconsistent by pro-choicers, but I think it represents the incorporation by pro-lifers of the points that my pro-choice friends actually get right — that pregnancy is unique in ways that mitigate culpability and make it unwise to treat abortion like a normal homicide, that the government can only go so far in restriction without becoming a reproductive police state — without making the literally fatal mistake of believing these things also require a civil right to kill your unborn child.
Possible chemical weapons attack in Syria
Dozens Suffocate in Syria as Government Is Accused of Chemical Attack
After the latest attack, rescue workers in Syria reported finding at least 42 people dead in their homes from apparent suffocation.
Antigovernment activists circulated videos of lifeless men, women and children sprawled out on floors and in stairwells, many with white foam coming from their mouths and nostrils.
State news media in Syria denied that government forces had used chemical weapons and accused the Islamist rebel group that controls Douma, the Army of Islam, of fabricating the videos to solicit international support as defeat loomed.
The Russian Foreign and Defense Ministries also denied that chemical weapons had been used.
It was not possible to independently verify the reports because Douma is surrounded by Syrian government forces, which prevent access by journalists, aid workers and investigators.
After the latest attack, rescue workers in Syria reported finding at least 42 people dead in their homes from apparent suffocation.
Antigovernment activists circulated videos of lifeless men, women and children sprawled out on floors and in stairwells, many with white foam coming from their mouths and nostrils.
State news media in Syria denied that government forces had used chemical weapons and accused the Islamist rebel group that controls Douma, the Army of Islam, of fabricating the videos to solicit international support as defeat loomed.
The Russian Foreign and Defense Ministries also denied that chemical weapons had been used.
It was not possible to independently verify the reports because Douma is surrounded by Syrian government forces, which prevent access by journalists, aid workers and investigators.
"Animal Assad" crosses Trump's red line, again, one year later, gassing children
Trump blames Putin, Obama for 'Animal Assad,' tweets 'big price' after reports of Syrian chemical attack
President Donald Trump called out Russian President Vladimir Putin by name on Sunday for backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and warned of a "big price" after reports of a chemical weapons attack in Syria almost a year to the day since the US struck a Syrian air field after a previous attack.
"Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria," Trump tweeted.
"Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad. Big price..."
He continued, "....to pay. Open area immediately for medical help and verification. Another humanitarian disaster for no reason whatsoever. SICK!"
Trump's tweet naming Putin marks a rare rebuke by the President against the Russian leader.
Trump also pinned blame for the situation on former US President Barack Obama's Syria policies.
"If President Obama had crossed his stated Red Line In The Sand, the Syrian disaster would have ended long ago! Animal Assad would have been history!" Trump tweeted.
. . . .
Speaking on ABC's "This Week" in an interview taped prior to the President's tweets, White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said he was struck by the "timing" of the reported attack, around the anniversary of last year's missile strike.
He said the President and his advisers had been discussing the strike and would not rule out another one.
"I wouldn't take anything off the table," he said.
. . . .
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins said in an interview Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that Trump "is going to have to reconsider his plan for an early withdrawal in light of what has happened."
She also said the US should consider another strike on Syria and called for increased economic pressure on Russia.
"Last time this happened, the President did a targeted attack to take out some of the facilities," Collins said.
"That may be an option that we should consider now, but it is further reason why it is so important that the President ramp up the pressure and the sanctions on the Russian government, because without the support of Russia, I do not believe that Assad would still be in office."
President Donald Trump called out Russian President Vladimir Putin by name on Sunday for backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and warned of a "big price" after reports of a chemical weapons attack in Syria almost a year to the day since the US struck a Syrian air field after a previous attack.
"Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria," Trump tweeted.
"Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad. Big price..."
He continued, "....to pay. Open area immediately for medical help and verification. Another humanitarian disaster for no reason whatsoever. SICK!"
Trump's tweet naming Putin marks a rare rebuke by the President against the Russian leader.
Trump also pinned blame for the situation on former US President Barack Obama's Syria policies.
"If President Obama had crossed his stated Red Line In The Sand, the Syrian disaster would have ended long ago! Animal Assad would have been history!" Trump tweeted.
. . . .
Speaking on ABC's "This Week" in an interview taped prior to the President's tweets, White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said he was struck by the "timing" of the reported attack, around the anniversary of last year's missile strike.
He said the President and his advisers had been discussing the strike and would not rule out another one.
"I wouldn't take anything off the table," he said.
. . . .
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins said in an interview Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that Trump "is going to have to reconsider his plan for an early withdrawal in light of what has happened."
She also said the US should consider another strike on Syria and called for increased economic pressure on Russia.
"Last time this happened, the President did a targeted attack to take out some of the facilities," Collins said.
"That may be an option that we should consider now, but it is further reason why it is so important that the President ramp up the pressure and the sanctions on the Russian government, because without the support of Russia, I do not believe that Assad would still be in office."
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