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November 16, 2005
Interesting Really.
Same person, different description.
Professor Paul Rodgers, an international security expert at Bradford University, told Times Online:
Telegraph:
Prof Paul Rodgers, of the University of Bradford's department of peace studies,
Does being an international security expert or a member of a department of peace studies give you more intellectual weight?
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Professor Paul Rogers is one of the chaps behind the Iraq Body Count project, a project whose statistical methods do not stand up to much scrutiny.
Posted by: Tim Newman | Nov 17, 2005 6:41:25 AM
And let's be honest, anyone associated with a Department of Peace Studies does not deserve to be taken seriously.
Posted by: Tim Newman | Nov 17, 2005 6:42:49 AM
From the Telegraph story
'Robert Tuttle, the American ambassador, wrote in a national newspaper yesterday that "US forces do not use napalm or white phosphorus as weapons". Col Venable said a similar denial on the US state department's website had been entered more than a year ago and was based on "poor information".'
IIRC the US denial of using napalm was utterly misleading. They had been using something very similar, but with a different chemical composition. This is not based on 'poor information', but is a deliberate attempt to mislead.
James
Posted by: James C | Nov 17, 2005 9:41:30 AM
suppose it depends whether or not you believe that intellectual weight is determined by labels or not, or by the quality of what one has to say........
Posted by: rjw | Nov 17, 2005 4:40:47 PM
