24.Oct.2006 at 10:43 am | Be the first to comment
US ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad has said stabilizing the country is possible in a realistic time-frame, despite ongoing sectarian violence.
“Success in Iraq is possible and can be achieved on a realistic timetable.” [The outcome would] “profoundly shape the wider struggle and in turn the security of the world”. [The US] “should make adjustments in strategy ” [and redouble its efforts to succeed.]
America is at odds with more countries now than during the Cold War, many of who are in direct defiance of US and its interests and more dangerous than ever. Iran is on the verge of going nuclear, North Korea claims to possess such technology already, …
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9.Oct.2006 at 9:58 pm | Be the first to comment
The final debate between Allen and Webb was on TV. Allen as always spun and spun and got nowhere, he even tried making it up with minorities by invoking African American supporters and Latinos!
Among other things, the candidates debated on affirmation action, big oil, profiteering, economics, education, energy and dependency on Middle Eastern oil, environment, health care, infrastructure, nuclear and sustainable technology, immigration, Iraq, Afghanistan, Mark Foley, our media, and of course race! Allen had a well-scripted rhetoric, probably borrowed from Bush’s camp. …
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9.Oct.2006 at 9:48 am | 2 Comments
Pyongyang tests a nuke, so what is the big deal? If you look at the legalities of their action, North Koreans are neither bound by any International treaties nor did they try to hide the fact about the testing unlike India and Pakistan in 1998. North Korea pulled out of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 2003; they openly worked towards making a nuclear arsenal and tested in conditions that were not detrimental to anyone.
So why the fuss? Politics as usual. The mid-term elections are less than a month away. The Republicans are smeared with embarrassing controversies like the Mark Foley scandal and are facing tough challenge from the Democrats who are favored …
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