War Games Explore Military Options for Iran

Posted by Matt in February 7th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, War, Confrontations, Hardline, Iran, Iranian Nuclear Threat, Leadership, Military Options, Nuclear Issue, Nuclear Weapons Issue, Prospects, Regime, Serious Games, tanks, Vengeance, War Games

What if Iran’s hardline leadership emerges from the current confrontations at home strengthened and emboldened? If so, the nuclear issue will be back with a vengeance. And three recent war games focused on the Iranian nuclear weapons issue suggest that the prospects for halting the regime’s progress toward nuclear weapons are not good.
The games — [...]

For Israel, was 2009 just the calm before the storm? – The National Newspaper

Posted by Matt in January 6th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Accidental War, Admission, Aggression, Brethren, Calm Before The Storm, Complacency, denial, Drums Of War, Escalation, Gaza, Hamas, Hizbollah, Imad Mughniyeh, Lebanon, Massive Retaliation, Precipitate, Prospects, Security Chief, Weaponry, Worst Case Scenario

And an eruption in Lebanon could precipitate another in Gaza this time. A Hamas official recently vowed: “If Israel launched a new attack against Lebanon … we will face the aggression side by side with our brethren in Lebanon.”
Will such a worst-case scenario really unfold? Sadly, the two sides, though not itching for a fight, [...]

The world’s most likely trouble spots in 2010 | World news | guardian.co.uk

Posted by Matt in January 4th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Favorites, Geopolitical, Afghan War, Conflict, Guardian Co Uk, Guardian Uk, India, Italy, Kashmir, News Iran, News Uk, Pakistan, Prospects, Trouble Spots, World News, Zimbabwe

From Iran to Yemen, and from Zimbabwe to Italy, we look at the prospects for conflict and include the Guardian’s Troublespotometer rating
2010 may be the year when the Afghan war definitively spreads into ill-governed, unstable, nuclear-armed Pakistan. And why stop there? After that, there’s Kashmir and India itself.
Guardian Troublespotometer Rating: 65%

The world’s most likely trouble [...]

Arab states’ crimes against Palestinians: For years, they’ve kept the people dispossessed :: Judith Miller

Posted by Matt in October 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Arab States, Crimes, Economic Rights, Fault Lines, International Crisis Group, Judith Miller, Lebanon, Marginalized, palestinian, Palestinians, People, Political Leadership, Prospects, Refugee Population, Refugees, Time Bomb

The fact that the divided Palestinian political leadership is silent about the mistreatment of these refugees by Arab states does not make such behavior any less reprehensible – or less dangerous.
“Marginalized, deprived of basic political and economic rights, trapped in the camps, bereft of realistic prospects, heavily armed and standing atop multiple fault lines,” a [...]

Tensions Grow Between Turkey and the West – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in October 27th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Turkey, Europe, European Union, Longstanding Question, Matter Of Time, Muslim Countries, Muslim Country, Nytimes, Paying Attention, Prospects, Tensions, Turkey, United States, Vigor

Why does this have to vex anyone? If you had been paying attention then you could see this coming a mile away. It was just a matter of time. Turkey is rejecting the West.
With Turkey’s prospects for joining the European Union growing more elusive and the country reaching out to predominantly Muslim countries with a [...]

Swine flu outbreak dampens economy hopes, markets

Posted by Matt in April 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Disease, Economy, Financial Crisis, Flu, Flu Outbreak, Flu Pandemic, Global Economy, Global Financial Crisis, Global Markets, Gross Domestic Product, Prospects, Recession, Swine Flu, Trillion, World Bank, World Economy

An outbreak of swine flu dampened tentative hopes for the global economy, sending markets lower on Monday and analysts fear a possible pandemic could force countries further into recession.
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The World Bank estimated in 2008 that a flu pandemic could cost $3 trillion and result in a nearly 5 percent drop in world gross domestic product, [...]

The end of the “Chinese Dream”?

Posted by Matt in April 11th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Ambition, China Factory, Chinese China, Excitement, Global Economic Crisis, Hundreds Of Miles, Job, Mahjong, Promise, Prospects, Wages

QINGHE, China — When he left this dusty, poor village in China’s interior, Xie Ruixue was a 15-year-old farm kid full of ambition, lured by the promise of good wages and excitement in China’s booming factory towns hundreds of miles to the southeast.
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But the global economic crisis took firm hold in the intervening weeks. Ten [...]

The West’s Fatal Overdose

Posted by Matt in April 3rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, Array, Big House, Bill Payments, Breadwinner, Credit Card Companies, Credit Cards, Digging A Hole, Dollar Job, G-20, Global Downturn, Great Cars, Jobs, Nice House, People, Prospects, Real Bad Way, Rush, Sell Cars, Slogan, Spending Money, summit, Tight, United States, Wealthy Family, Whole Lot

Imagine that you a part of a wealthy family. The breadwinner, that would be you, is making the big bucks, and you’re living the high life. You have a nice big house and a couple of great cars to go with it. You and your wife are spending money like there is no tomorrow. Your [...]