Dive into the archives.
- Kissinger Speaks
... on Iraq and the Iraq War, NATO and the EU, Pakistan and Iran, radical Islam and pacifism, George Bush and Obama and McCain, objective reality and moral considerations, and plenty more.
The interview is short but the content is real—highly recommended reading (and the articles comes from Der Spiegel of all places). To quote [...]
- End of “beautiful Japan”
At 14:00 this afternoon Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo announced his intention to resign. This comes as a shock since he was so dogged about staying on after a drubbing in the upper house elections last month, not to mention the countless scandals, firings and suicides. Furthermore, Mr Abe recently stated that he would stake [...]
- Goodbye Bumper Sticker Slogan
Britain officially drops “War on Terror” rhetoric.
Brown, it seems, has concluded that the war rhetoric employed by Blair was divisive, threatening social peace between communities in Britain, and counterproductive, making it harder to turn the British Muslim community into the security services’ eyes and ears. In other words, the Brown approach would be the approach [...]
- A Vote for Kurdistan
Via Barnett and Robb
It seems as if Chirol’s Rebalancing the Middle East post has echoed throughout DC. According to the LA Times
WASHINGTON — President Bush would like to see the U.S. military provide long-term stability in Iraq as it has in South Korea, where thousands of American troops have been based for more than half [...]
- “Show them you care”
Regular readers know that this week I have returned from my current residence in East Asia to my family home in the United States. This post is designed to be a commentary on the current state of affairs of American society, and I apologize in advance if this comes across as another rant.
- [...]
