What is the purpose of NATO? Western European countries can’t get out of their rocking chair long enough to be of much use to anybody, let alone themselves. Interestingly, the one place they get a spine is in their anti-Americanism.
I wonder if the people in Western Europe are just plain nuts, and how long do [...]
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Farewell, NATO
Posted by Matt in August 31st, 2008 | no comment
Published in Europe, Anti-Americanism, Cold-War, Continent, Creed, Decades, Earth, Farewell, NATO, Nato Countries, Peace, Plain Nuts, Rocking Chair, Secularism, Socialism, spine, United Nations, United States, Untruth, Western Europe, Western European Countries
Analysis: US now winning Iraq war that seemed lost
Posted by Matt in July 26th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Middle East, War, Bombings In Iraq, iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi Government, Peace, Terrorist Bombings, Transition, United States, Winning The War
The United States is now winning the war that two years ago seemed lost. Limited, sometimes sharp fighting and periodic terrorist bombings in Iraq are likely to continue, possibly for years. But the Iraqi government and the U.S. now are able to shift focus from mainly combat to mainly building the fragile beginnings of peace [...]
Review: The World Without US
Posted by Matt in July 23rd, 2008 | no comment
Published in U.S., general, Documentary Film, Globe, Interviews, Mitch Anderson, Peace, Peace And Love, Peace Love, Presents, Startling Vision, United States
If the United States really did that—pulled out our troops from around the world and just kept to ourselves—what would the world look like?
“The World Without US” is a 2008 documentary film by Mitch Anderson and Jason J. Tomaric, and through interviews with public figures around the world and some dramatic “what if” clips, it [...]
A War Worth Fighting
Posted by Matt in June 28th, 2008 | no comment
Published in History, Armistice, British Empire, Career, churchill, Conflict, Historians, hitler, John Charmley, Niall-Ferguson, Pat Buchanan, Peace, Reform Party, Republican Nomination, Revisionists, Scholarship, Sorts, Standard Bearer, Unnecessary War, world-war-II
Revisionists say that World war II was unnecessary. They’re wrong.
Historical scholarship has nevertheless offered various sorts of revisionist interpretation of all this. Niall Ferguson, for one, has proposed looking at the two world wars as a single conflict, punctuated only by a long and ominous armistice. British conservative historians like Alan Clark and John Charmley [...]
Assad: Israel wants to talk due to war failures
Posted by Matt in June 14th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Israel, Syria, damascus, Hindu, Israel, Israel War, Israelis, Lebanon War, Negotiations, Neighbors, Opposition, Peace, President Bashar Assad, Realization, Syrian President Bashar Assad
Damascus suspects Israel decided to return to negotiations due to its failings in the Second Lebanon war and the realization that it could not live securely among its neighbors without peace, Syrian President Bashar Assad told an Indian newspaper.
“The Israelis used to think that with time they were going to be stronger and any opposition [...]
France’s Return to NATO Can Complement EU Security
Posted by Matt in June 12th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Europe, Afghanistan, Allies, Deep Divisions, European Union, France, Germany, Identity Crisis, Leo, NATO, Nato Summit, Nato Troops, Peace, Rapprochement, Relationship, Resistance, Sarkozy, Third World War, Trans Atlantic, United States
President Sarkozy seeks a rapprochement with NATO while strengthening the European Union’s defense dimension. France’s allies, including the United States and Germany, have welcomed this. But Sarkozy faces strong domestic resistance to changing France’s relationship to NATO. By Leo Michel more…
The Third World War: Why NATO Troops Can’t Deliver Peace in Afghanistan
Trans-Atlantic Identity Crisis: NATO [...]
Why Israel Is Talking to Its Enemies
Posted by Matt in May 28th, 2008 | no comment
Published in general, Cease Fire, damascus, Embassies, Enemies, Feelers, Fire Talks, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Hamas, Hizballah, Islamic Jihad, Islamic Rulers, Israel, Israeli Government, Israeli Official, Peace, Sanctuary, Syria, Tel Aviv, Turkish Diplomats
Shrugging off Bush’s warning against “appeasing” its enemies by negotiating with them, the Israeli government is engaging in Egyptian-brokered cease-fire talks with Hamas, the militant Islamic rulers of the Gaza strip. At the same time, through Turkish diplomats, it is sending out feelers to Damascus to discuss Israel’s possible return of the Golan Heights in [...]
A new Israel-Syria peace push?
Posted by Matt in May 22nd, 2008 | no comment
Published in Israel, Syria, Aljazeeraenglish, Arutz Sheva, Hiatus, Indirect Talks, Iranian President Mahmoud, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Israel, Israel Map, Los Angeles Times, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mediation, Newsday, Nuclear Development, Olmert, Peace, Peace Deal, Peace Time, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Syria, Syria Talks, Syrian Peace, Time Israel, Turkish Daily News, Vow
The fact that both Israel and Syria have publicly acknowledged their indirect talks using Turkish mediation is of significance in itself.
This brings into the open a process that has been under way behind the scenes for some months and it promises the first serious attempt at an Israel-Syrian peace deal since US-brokered efforts failed eight [...]
Streams of blood, or streams of peace
Posted by Matt in May 4th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Conflict, War, Audience, Ban Ki Moon, Businessmen, Conflicts, Debates, Drought, Fresh Water, Future Of The World, Global Economy, Guns, Horizon, Peace, politicians, Populations, Preoccupation, Risk, Streams, Switzerland, Thirst, Un Secretary General, World Affairs
WHEN Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, was asked to ponder the future of the world before an audience of powerful businessmen and politicians, at a meeting in Switzerland earlier this year, he could have chosen any topic he liked. What he focused on was both a hoary old favourite, and a newly popular preoccupation, of [...]
The Shift Toward an Israeli-Syrian Agreement
Posted by Matt in April 29th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Israel, Syria, Al Jazeera, Bashar Al Assad, Bashar Assad, Ehud Olmert, George Friedman, Golan Heights, Imminent War, Iranian Foreign Minister, Israeli Media, Israeli Prime Minister, Lebanon Conflict, Moallem, Nuclear Reactor, Peace, Peace Talks, President Bashar, Syrian Foreign Minister, Syrian Minister, Syrian Peace, Syrian President Bashar Al, Syrians, Unexpected Direction
By George Friedman
The Middle East, already monstrously complex, grew more complex last week. First, there were strong indications that both Israel and Syria were prepared to engage in discussions on peace. That alone is startling enough. But with the indicators arising in the same week that the United States decided to reveal that the purpose [...]
Top Syrian emissary: Israel peace won’t cut our Iran ties
Posted by Matt in April 29th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Israel, Syria, Al Manar Television, Arab Israeli Conflict, Emissary, Golan Heights, hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Peace, Peace Agreement, Peace Process, Samir, Strategic Alliances, Syria, Taqi, Ties
Syria will not sever ties with Iran and Hezbollah even as part of a possible peace agreement with Israel, a senior Syrian analyst who is handling the government’s contacts as it relates to the peace process said on Tuesday.
“It would be naive to think Syria will neglect or abandon its strategic alliances that do not [...]
Arab leaders warn of nuclear arms race
Posted by Matt in March 30th, 2007 | no comment
Published in Israel, Middle East, Arabs, Israel, mideast_peace, nuclear_arms_race, Peace, peaceful_settlement, peace_initiative, peace_plan, peace_proposal, riyadh, Saudi-Arabia
Riyadh summit concludes with dire warning, backing for Mideast peace plan.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - An Arab summit ended in Saudi Arabia on Thursday with endorsement for an Arab land-for-peace proposal with Israel and a warning about a possible nuclear arms race in the region.
“We affirm a just and comprehensive peace as a strategic option for [...]
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