Now there was a man who thought big – his other famous contribution to far-left thought was to muse over the possibility of attracting communist aliens to the cause – but he had earned the right, fighting in the Cuban Revolution and helping to launch a new regime there.
Launch a petition calling for regime change at Rugby Park.
Those scenes contrast sharply with a clip of President Bush at a news conference boldly pressing the case for a pre-emptive strike, warning, "The Iraqi regime could launch a biological or chemical attack in as little as 45 minutes".
Political commentators in France have urged him to impose drastic economic sanctions on senior figures within the Assad regime; to launch a diplomatic "confrontation" with Russia; to utilise the international criminal court for crimes against humanity; to begin negotiations with Iran; to arm the Syrian opposition; or to organise a negotiated peace plan in the UN to prepare for the post-Assad era.
"They keep on defending 'Syria's sovereignty,' which basically means that all tyrants should have the right to slaughter their own populations while the world should not 'interfere' in their 'domestic affairs.' " But, still, he wrote, "None of this means that Turkey should launch a war against the Syrian regime".
"The Kim Jong-un regime tends to launch a ballistic missile followed by a nuclear test as a package of nuclear provocations, and the G-20 summit can be a perfect time to shock the world again," Han said.
But there are rumours that prominent businessmen and leading liberals within the regime are planning to launch a political party.
"The regime is trying to launch a pre-emptive attack before Ramadan, but can it occupy all of Syria?" asked a resident in Hama who gave his name as Abu Abdo.
After just a fortnight Mr Kim's regime announced it would launch a satellite, in breach of United Nations sanctions.If this made him look like his father's son, he has since shown signs of becoming his own, rather different man.
Fighting stateless terrorists demands a global cooperative effort -- fine, we'll fight terrorism by launching a conventional war against a regime that, nasty as it was, had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks.
