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- The New Allies
Bush recieved the warmest of welcomes when he visited Georgia and Mongolia earlier this year. This is juxtapositioned against the strong opposition to his policies by US allies in Western Europe. What gives?
The world used to be bipolar: the Soviet Union and the US were the big boys on the block. But [...]
- Canadian news round-up
Here are some interesting news items to come out of the Great White North today:
Government Dissolved—The minority Liberal government was brought down by a no confidence vote after the release of the first Gomery Report. Canadians will be going to the polls 23 January, the first time in 25 years that an election has been [...]
- Article Nein
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party recently released a proposal for a new constitution. One of the more controversial sections is related to the infamous Article 9, Japan’s constitutional renouncement of the use of force. The LDP wants to revise the constitution to allow for the maintenance of military forces for self-defense (uh…). This Sunday the Article [...]
- Jeepers, Mongolians aren’t bloodthirsty savages!
Via New Mongols comes this priceless piece of nonsense from MSNBC:
Hey, Mr. Bush, you’ll be surprised by Mongolia
By George LewisULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — When I told friends that I’d be going to Mongolia to do some stories about the country in advance of President Bush’s visit here Monday, the reaction was almost unanimous: “Wow! What an [...]
- Bush in Mongolia II
Just as Georgia gave Bush a warm welcome earlier this year, Mongolia has opened their arms to Bush’s visit.
From the IHT:
If you are an American president in need of just a few hours of temporary political asylum – no debate about Iraq, no Chinese leaders stiff-arming the U.S. agenda, and plenty of adulation – [...]
- Some may beg to disagree…
Alliance ‘never better,’ Roh and Bush assert
GYEONGJU - George W. Bush and Roh Moo-hyun pronounced themselves very satisfied with the state of bilateral relations in a joint press appearance after the U.S. and Korean presidents met in this former royal capital yesterday morning. The joint declaration they issued after the meeting was also full of [...]
- Realigned
I’ve long been watching the shift in the Japan-US alliance. Now, it’s been finalized:
US, Japan agree on joint military operations
The world’s two biggest economic powers, the United States and Japan, have finalised plans on how to consolidate their political and military might.
In talks at the weekend, foreign and defence ministers from the two countries [...]
- More Beef!
What a lovefest. The natural result of growing Chinese and Korean hostility towards Japan is leading to even better bilateral relations with the United States.
Bush, Koizumi agree to beef up alliance
U.S. President George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi agreed Tuesday to strengthen the alliance between the two countries in their first [...]
- Unwelcome News
The US is apparently taking its breakup with Uzbekistan pretty badly. We’re now making moves on a regime that makes Uzbekistan look tame: Turkmenistan. Voted most likely to be a complete disaster by the Economist in 2004, here’s what we’ve got:
Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov met with visiting US Central Command Chief Gen. John [...]
- Kicking Victims When They’re Down
Many of you out there may have read the outrageous claims by Germany’s Environmental Minister that, yes, the US is directly to blame for the hurricane because of global warming. However, in a rare display of objectivity and actual reporting, the Spiegel’s English version ran the following article debunking that nonsensical statement.
Kicking Hurricane Victims While [...]
