How Greece’s Debt Crisis Affects America – US News and World Report

Posted by Matt in March 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, Area Exports, Brown Brothers Harriman, Council Of Economic Advisers, Currency, Debt Crisis, Economic Downturns, Economic Report, Financial Crisis, Gaps, Global Head, Greece, Interest Rates, Investment Firm, News World, Recession, S Council, Us News And World Report, White House

If Greece defaults, “it risks exacerbating the economic downturns and could even reignite an acute financial crisis” through higher interest rates, Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at investment firm Brown Brothers Harriman, wrote in a report.
A Greek default would hit Americans hard in one major area: exports. According to the Economic Report of [...]

Partners in Decline | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in March 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Andrew Bacevich, Cabinet Officials, Decline, Dysfunctional, Europe, Europeans, Foreign Policy, NATO, Novel, Pacifist, Pitch, Scapegoat, United States, White House

It’s anti-Europe season again in the United States. Once the season opens (usually in the second year of a presidential term, when the White House most needs a scapegoat), cabinet officials and analysts start taking their shots: “Europeans don’t pitch in. They don’t fight enough.”
Andrew Bacevich’s article, “Let Europe Be Europe,” is just the latest [...]

White House Is Rethinking Nuclear Policy – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in February 28th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, bombs, Chemical Attack, Chemical Weapons, Decisions, Embrace, Iran, New Movement, North-Korea, Nuclear Arsenal, Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Threats, Nuclear Weapons, Nytimes, Obama, United States, White House

Conventional for conventional, and nonconventional for nonconventional – as in bombs. A country attacked with chemical weapons may respond with nuclear weapons – nonconventional for nonconventional.
Mr. Obama’s decisions on nuclear weapons come as conflicting pressures in his defense policy are intensifying. His critics argue that his embrace of a new movement to eliminate nuclear weapons [...]

White House OKs Taiwan arms package – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in January 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Taiwan, Administration Officials, Air Forces, Angry Response, Anonymity, Black Hawk, China, Communications Equipment, Defense Communications, Hawk, jets, Military Equipment, Military Helicopters, Missile Defenses, Patriot Pac, Taiwan Arms, Taiwanese Military, Uh, Washington Times, White House

Angry response likely from China over military equipment
The long-delayed arms package will include offers of sales of UH-60 Black Hawk military helicopters and additional Patriot PAC-3 missile defenses, but not additional F-16 jets that the island’s government has sought to modernize its air forces, according to congressional and administration officials.
Additionally, the Taiwanese military [...]

Analysis: China plays hardball – CNN.com

Posted by Matt in January 20th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, China, Cnn, Dalai Lama, Decline Of America, Economic Point, Economy, Foreign Policy Magazine, Global Economic Crisis, Hardball, Historian, Japan, Jonathan, Jonathan Fenby, Niall-Ferguson, Patriot Missiles, Point Of View, Signs, Taiwan, Upheaval, White House

Historian Niall Ferguson wrote in last year’s Foreign Policy magazine (Mar/Apr) that we have entered the age of upheaval with the start of the global economic crisis and the decline of America. Now we have China showing signs that it will increasingly fill the void.
Get ready for a few difficult months ahead when the U.S. [...]

DEBKAfile – Obama gives Iran another year’s grace for nuclear dialogue

Posted by Matt in December 19th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, Debkafile, Dialogue, diplomacy, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Israeli Prime Minister, Military Action, Nuclear Facilities, Obama, Patience, Running, sanctions, Six Months, Smokescreen, Washington Sources, White House

It looks like Israel will not attack Iran until at least mid-2010 based on a promise by Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
DEBKAfile’s Washington sources disclose Saturday, Dec. 19 that official US warnings that Washington’s patience is running out and tough sanctions are imminent are no more than a smokescreen for three major steps embarked on [...]

EDITORIAL: Getting ready for the Islamic bomb – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in October 29th, 2009 | 3 comments

Published in Middle East, War, Conflict, Consequences, Editorial, Goodwill Tour, Hostile Neighbors, Islamic Bomb, Israel, Israeli Attack, Leadership, Middle East, Mideast War Israel, Military Action, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Threats, Obama, Secretary Of State, United States, Washington Times, White House

The White House should prepare for a new Mideast war
Israel has consistently taken military action against nuclear threats from their hostile neighbors. An Israeli attack on the Iranian nuclear program will have significant consequences for the region, and Washington will be required to demonstrate strong leadership.
The coming conflict will require more than another [...]

Think Again: God – By Karen Armstrong | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in October 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Atheists, Economist, Fact God, Foreign Policy, God, God Didn, God The Problem, Goverance, Karen Armstrong, Last Moment, Logic, Misery, Public Debate, Real World, Religion, Religions, Religious Beliefs, Screws, Sept 11 2001, There Is No God, White House, World Today

In 1999 the Economist announced that “God is Dead”, but now he seems to have come back to life. The Islamic attack on 9/11/2001 slightly shocked us back into the real world.
A lot of people wonder about a God who could possibly allow all the misery in the world today and yesterday. There could [...]

China gets tough over America’s ballooning debt – Times Online

Posted by Matt in October 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, America Online, BallooningDebt, China, Creditor, Debt, DebtCrisis, Dollar, National Debt, Obama, Principal, Successors, Trillion, White House

But even the Chinese do not see the dollar’s role being so diminished in the near-or medium-term future. Instead, they see themselves in the position that America was in vis-à-vis Britain in 1946. America is deeply in debt and digging itself in deeper every day. China, America’s principal creditor, is worried that Obama and his [...]

Selling China The Rope To Hang Us | Investors.com

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

Published in China, China, Clinton Administration, Commerce Department, Investors, Loral, Missile, Nuclear Missiles, Pentagon, Pentagon Report, Rope, Space Technology, United States National Security, White House

Perhaps Xu will bring with him a note of thanks for the administration’s decision to shift authority for approving sales of missile and space technology from the White House to the Commerce Department. …
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[The Clinton administration did the same thing. And as a result -]
A May 1997 classified Pentagon report concluded that Loral had “turned [...]