Europe’s bear problem | The Economist

Posted by Matt in February 27th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, American Ally, American Militarism, Bushies, Charlemagne, climate change, European Leaders, European Values, Friends And Foes, George Bush, Hostility, Modern Liberalism, Mr Bush, Nationalism, Offence, Religiosity, Social Values, Victimizer, Vladimir Putin, West Europeans, Western Europe

European leaders easily accept behavior from Russia, but dislike America for the some of the same things. Why? Blame modern liberalism.
Modern liberals will side with Russia over the U.S. because of Russia’s failures and America’s successes. Russia fails because it was cheated. America succeeds because it cheats. Effectively, Russia is a victim and America is [...]

China won’t overtake the US as the world’s superpower – NYPOST.com

Posted by Matt in January 17th, 2010 | 3 comments

Published in China, Center For Strategic And International Studies, Charles Freeman, Chief Trade Negotiator, China Studies, Freeman Chair, Funny, George Bush, George W Bush, Global Output, Kindergarten, New Century, Nypost, People, President George W Bush, superpower

In short: China still lags far behind the US, both economically and militarily — the latter, too, an oft-overlooked point. It may not always be thus, but the US will remain the world’s lone superpower throughout our new century.
“China is still in kindergarten compared to the US,” says Charles Freeman, chair in China studies at [...]

‘A World Without Nuclear Weapons’: Prologue for a Mistaken Strategic Nuclear Policy

Posted by Matt in November 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Army Weapons, Barrack Obama, Family Security, George Bush, Great Equalizer, Iran, National Security Policy, North-Korea, Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Reduction, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Objective, Principle, Proxies, Russia, Security Matters, United States, Warheads

I consider Obama’s goal of a world without nuclear weapons to be extremely dangerous. This plan is beyond merely bad. It is going to get you and me killed.
We have the world’s greatest conventional army. Nuclear weapons are the great equalizer. Now why would other countries want to give that up?
Surely Russia will play [...]

AFP: Israel will not allow war crime trials over Gaza: PM

Posted by Matt in October 12th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Afp, Conservative Leader, Depressed State, Fascist State, Gaza, George Bush, Hamas, hitler, Insanity, Israel Israel, jews, Little Eichmanns, Logical Arguments, nazis, Neighbors, Nuclear Weapons, Rationale, State Of Israel, War Crime, War Crimes, War Israel

It’s so hard for those on the right to understand the thinking coming out of Europe and those on the left in the U.S. Until a couple of years ago, no nationally known conservative leader could actually understand how the left arrived at their decisions. But now that has changed. We now know the rules [...]

Is the Red Dragon snarling again? – The Times of India

Posted by Matt in September 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in India, Barack Obama, Border, China Theatre, Dalai Lama, Dragon, Economic Crisis, George Bush, Hotbed, India China, India News, Intrusions, Military Buildup, Neighbourhood, News India, Protests, Red Dragon, Separately, Times Of India, White Dragon, White House

The India-China theatre is a hotbed of activity. Chinese intrusions on the border are on the rise, leading to protests by India. As Chinaintensifies its military buildup, India is huffing and puffing to catch up.
Separately, China is building strategic stakes in India’s neighbourhood, while India appears to be watching helplessly. Globally, the economic crisis is [...]

America and eastern Europe: End of an affair? | The Economist

Posted by Matt in September 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Europe, communist, Continent, Distaste, Eastern Countries, Eastern Europe, Economist, George Bush, German Marshall Fund, Handedness, incompetence, Misgivings, NATO, New Poll, Relationship, Tank, Western Europe

That relationship is now looking more wobbly. A new poll (see chart) by the German Marshall Fund, a think-tank, shows that western Europe is now much more pro-American and pro-NATO than the ex-communist east. Until last year, the eastern countries swallowed their misgivings about George Bush, while the west of the continent writhed in distaste [...]

China’s Global Ascendancy is at Hand

Posted by Matt in March 21st, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Aircraft Carrier, Ascendancy, Asia, Barack Obama, Big Idea, Bipolar, China, China Economy, China S Economy, Coca Cola, Congress, Dalai Lama, Dirty Little Secret, Duopoly, Economic Crisis, Economist, Economy China, Europeans, Fascination, G20 Meeting, George Bush, Global Economic Crisis, Hu Jintao, Political Shift, Presidents, Rivals, Spar, summit, Unipolar Politics, Worries

Already a big idea has spread far beyond China: that geopolitics is now a bipolar affair, with America and China the only two that matter. Thus in London next month the real business will not be the G20 meeting but the “G2” summit between Presidents Barack Obama and Hu Jintao. This not only worries the [...]

Putin not so funny without straight man George Bush

Posted by Matt in December 15th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Allies, Beijing Olympics, Black Humor, Eurovision, George Bush, Hockey Soccer, Hubris, Invincibility, Joke, kremlin, Lucky Streak, Man George, Medvedev, Moscow Russia, Muses, Presidential Transition, putin, Russians, Smh, Straight Man, True Wisdom, Utin, World War Iii

Both Russia and China stepped off the economic cliff at the time of the Beijing Olympics. Neither country looks so hot these days. But leave it to the Russian people to express true wisdom. Check out the joke below.
From the article:
Russians habitually respond with black humor to events both good and bad and the events [...]

Preparing the Pentagon for a New Age

Posted by Matt in December 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, U.S., War, Bad Guys, Capabilities, Contingencies, Current Conflicts, Defense Budgets, Defense Strategy, Department Of Defense, George Bush, Military Assistance, Military Forces, National Security, New Age, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Opportunity Costs, Pentagon, Principle, Priorities, Radar Screen, Robert Gates, Secretary Of Defense, Secretary Of Defense Robert Gates, Security Risks, Technological Edge, Tradeoffs, United States

I found this article very disturbing. The thought of nuclear war with Russia and/or China is not even on the radar screen of the Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates.
Think about the threats to the United States today. Yes, there are a lot of bad guys out there gunning for us. However, the amount of damage [...]

The world still wonders whether Dmitry Medvedev or Vladimir Putin is boss

Posted by Matt in July 12th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Boss, Corrupt State, Dmitry Medvedev, Financial Turmoil, G8 Leaders, George Bush, Interest Rates, Middle Class, Mr Putin, New Economic School, Perception, Protests, Puppet, Real Incomes, Right Man, Russian Counterpart, Russians, Sergei Guriev, Smart Guy, Vladimir Putin

WHEN the other G8 leaders met their new Russian counterpart in Japan this week, they may all have had a similar question on their minds: are we talking to the right man? Is Dmitry Medvedev, described by George Bush as a “smart guy”, a real president? Or is he merely Vladimir Putin’s puppet and stand-in? [...]