Most Americans by far feel that the country is on the wrong track, and that is mainly due to the Iraq War, and the current state of the economy. When you speak to most hardened conservatives like John McCain and George Bush, they will fight you on the textbook definition of recession, then tell [...]
We wanted to take a brief moment away from the U.S. Presidential race to comment on the political turmoil in Thailand. I know we have readers in Thailand and it was commendable when they and the military rose up and ousted the corrupt former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Sadly the replacement PM was [...]
Tonight I was reading some news from the Pakistani press talking about the pending candidacy of former PM Ms. Bhutto’s widower to the Presidency of Pakistan. Now when Ms. Bhutto was assassinated last year I was one of the few to think that Pervez Musharraf was not responsible. I have no love for [...]
One thing that has been lost in the Veeptastic Veepstakes this weekend is the news that American and Iraqi negotiators have come to a preliminary agreement that will withdraw forces from Iraq by 2011. Now I was under the impression that timetables were for the cut-and-run defeatocrats, but this is certainly good news for our [...]
Day three of the Pacific conference has begun. After an evening of drinking absinthe and long discussions late into the night, we are ready for the morning climb of Mount Hood. Reviewing the news this morning it seems that Senator Joseph Biden is traveling to Georgia at the request of the Georgian President. [...]
With the summer Olympics and war in Georgia raging, there is another thing to keep in mind. Earlier when Kosovo pushed for it’s independence from Russian ally Serbia, the west quickly recognized the breakaway republic over Russian objections. NATO bombed Serbia for just this purpose. Now I feel what the Russians are [...]
This piece appeared at Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire and is a clear estimation of how badly the Presidential candidates have faired in trying to insert their way into the growing crisis.
Crisis in Georgia
The situation between Georgia and Russia is spiraling out of control. Russian warplanes are now bombing Tbilisi and are blockading Georgian ports and most in the international community are calling the Russian response to Georgia trying to reassert control over it’s own territory grossly overdone. Russia’s reasoning of trying to protect it’s citizens [...]
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