“Well, we got rid of Saddam, we got rid of Gaddafi. Neither went particularly well, did it? Now you want to get rid of Assad. It may be unpalatable, but at least he ran a secular state protecting minorities, both religious and political. The EU seems to want to change this for an Islamic state. We have a common enemy with the Russians in the potential theocratic governments in the Middle East. We should work with the Russians rather than against them. To combat the medieval religious anarchy ripping through the Middle East.” David Coburn, UKIP MEP, Debate: Situation in Syria, European Parliament, Strasbourg, 05 October 2016. Video: EbS (European Parliament)
“Pa, otarasili smo se Sadama, otarasili smo se Gadafija. Nijedno nije završilo naročito dobro, zar ne? Sada želite da se otarasite Asada. To može zvučati neukusno, ali barem je vodio sekularnu državu koja je štitila manjine, kako verske tako i političke. EU čini se da želi da to zamijeni sa islamskom državom. Mi imamo zajedničkog neprijatelja sa Rusima u potencijalnim teokratskim vladama na Bliskom istoku. Trebalo bi da radimo sa Rusima umjesto protiv njih. U borbi protiv srednjovekovne vjerske anarhije koja prodire Bliskim istokom.” David Coburn, UKIP MEP, Debata: Situacija u Siriji, Evropski parlament, Strazburg, 5. Oktobar 2016. Video: EbS (Evropski parlament)
“I was not an adviser to Pinochet. I was not an adviser to the Chilean government, but I am more than willing to share in the credit for the extraordinary job that our students did down there.” Professor Milton Friedman clears up controversy about his relation with Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
"Ja nisam bio savjetnik Pinočeu. Nisam bio savjetnik čileanskoj vladi, ali sam više nego voljan da dijelim dio zasluga za izvanredan posao koji su naši studenti tamo uradili." Profesor Milton Friedman razjašnjava kontroverze o njegovom odnosu sa čileanskim diktatorom Augusto Pinočeom.
What’s with this new notion of “democratic socialism?” Doesn’t socialism require some sort of authoritarian control to redistribute people’s stuff? Conservative Review’s Matt Kibbe looks at the foundations of socialist thought to explain whether socialism can be truly democratic.