I think this is just going over the top. After Bush, Obama is a breath of fresh air AND his intentions are good. Give the man a chance to prove himself. AftweraLL there has not being a single misstep so far.
[quote]What a crock of insufficiently educated horse shit. [/quote] Are you sure?
The recent speech by the President of the USA, Barack Obama, at George Town University has rightly been billed as a "major speech". Without the economy in this state of utter chaos it is quite conceivable that Obama would not have made iot ti the White House and he has the mandate to take stringent steps to kick start the economy. He has stresswed that the regulatory framework had not quite done its job and hence the very institutions that shouls have prevented
As I had warned often in the past, the Bush Administration pursued a self-defeating policy in Pakistan when it forced General Parvez Musharaf to yield to the so-called forces of democracy headed by Benazir Bhutto. Her tragic death opened the door for her husband the notorious 10% man to become President of Pakistan. This man neither has the education not the stature to head a country in crisis, and the first
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I had rightly predicted that Afghanistan will be the new fronmtier of the War against Terror and the recent Obama shift vindicates what I had predicted 4 yeara back.
Like the rest of the world, I too sat up late watching a moment when History is made right before our eyes: The installation of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the USA. The crowds that swept into Washington DC to watch the first African-American take the "sacred oath" as Obama put it, was unprecedented. The music that was strummed up for the occasion was a blend of blues, country, jazz and rock: a mixture that will appeal to all ages. <span
The strikes have gone into the fourth week now and over 1000 Palestenians have been killed: one third of them women and children. The real problem for the Palestenians is that their cause has been hijacked by the Islamic millitant and terrorists who use the festering issue to crate bad blood. It is difficult for anyone, after the Mubai carnage to be on the same page as the LeT, Jaish, al-qaeda Hammas and sundry such organisations. The carnage perpetrated by Israel in Gaza is condemnable, but
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If the Mumbai terrorists had attacked Kalpakam instead of Mubai Taj they could well have unlweashed as nuclear holocaust. The present regime of the Sonia-Manmohan duo is absolutely disgraceful and hence terrorrism has come to stay.
Now a point of histrorical interest. It is sometime said the HAMAS was once encourage by Israel in order to undercut the PLO and now has become a threat. Compared to the kind of destruction now going on in Gaza, and I can tell with certainity that HAMAS will survive this invesion, it would be better if Israel goes back to its traditional policy of targetting terrorists all over the world and taking them out. International Law in no way prevents this.
People do have a right to resist and states have a right to defend themsel;ves and their citizens. If HAMAs CAN FIRE ROCKETS, 6000 OF Then over the last one year alone then Israel has a responsibility to defend itself and that is exactly what it is doing. Now if that can provide political dividents to the Labor, Likud or Kadima parties it it for the citizens of Israel to decide. I to once believe that oppressed people have a right to violent resistance. Now having seen the fact that te
The response has been quite overwhelmning. Now to some basic questions: Is Israel justified in its air strikes. In so faa as the stated objective remains the Hamas it is justified. If HAMAS is so concerned about its citizens why do they hide their weapons among unarmed civilians. Out of the neaRLY 500 killed 25% happen to be women and children and this is costing Israel a great deal in terms of public opinion. Nobody likes t see chldren been carried out of wrecked building and dying i
Terrorism has become the hated "T" word and after the Mimbai Terror attaks, many have lost whatever misguided sympathy they may have had for the Palestenian cause. Losing sympathy does not, however, mean that they do not have a cause. We have a fundamental disagreement on how to settle them. First, what does Israel seek to achieve. I think Larry Kuperman has an important point when he says that the labor Party and Kadima are likely to bebnefir t from this attack on HAMAS. Is the air a
In fact Israel has learnt its lessons from the Lebanon war and has taken effort to minimise civilian casualities. Every part of the world is reeling from Islamic terrorism which finds feeble justificvation in grievances real and imagined. However attacking civilians in a progrm designed to further political objectives is just not done. Israel has shown courage and its response is certainly well caliberated and cannot be seen as a war agasinst civilians. Even the attck on the University
In today's world there is little sympathy for political struggles whose primary weapon is unmitigated and wanton attacks on civillians. In fact Islamic terrorism has undermined the sympathy many once had for the Palestenians and their dispalcement from Arab lands and even here one may probably make out a strong case that the Arab governments were as guilty as any other power. The breakdown of the cease fire was he
I am with you in this hour of great sadness. May her soul rest in everlasting peace and God gives the strength to bear this heavy loss.
[quote]usual your anti-freedom point of view comes shining though once again.[/quote][quote]THEN Israel becomes a shining beacon of what to do. The rest of the world will still condemn them - except for the growing number that look to them and can now say "I know what you mean" from an experienced voice.[/quote] Israel has shown a lot of statecraft in dealing with terror. I recall the raid on Entebbe Airport and the ability to take out terrorists wanted for crimes. I guess in such circ
9/11 changed US perception of the world forever. Nolonger does the US see the world in terms of our "freedom fighters" versus their "terrorists". During the days of Ronald Reagan, the contras were viewed as terrorists by the rest of the world but the US saw them as freedom fighters. During the same period the US along with its western allies aided and encouragred by the Arab world set training camps all over Pakistan and the tribal areas abutting Afghanistan to train Islamic terrorists who we
[quote]Your write up is good, and the situation is sad. I do not know enough about Indian Politics to agree or disagree with you there, but I can see the contempt for the government in your writing[/quote] Thank you, Dr Guy.
The recent terror strikes in Mumbai have all the charecteristics of the al-qaeda and was carried out by nearly 20-25 well trained and armed men, probably of Pakistani or British origin. The purpose of the attacks was to cripple the financial center of India which is being seen by sections of the liberal establishment as abn "emergin power". The fact in that under the Congress regime presently in power India has become a soft state utterly incapable of responing
Now the euphoria is beginning to settle, it is time to state the obvious. USA has taken a giant step toward fulfilling its ideals as a nation and I congratulate the American People for this great act. Haviong said that I must say that Obama's sttle of governance will not be out of step with American practices and he will pursue US hegemony, much to the chagrin of the world, but his honeymoon will last longer. I do recognise that the kind of electoral coalition that Obama has put
[quote]Now to adress the subject, in a few states like Virginia the black population voted for Obama as high as high as 90%, while blacks traditionally voted Democrat I don't think the numbers have ever been as high as this also the Latinos voted for Obama in huge numbers, Obama bled off enough White votes to slaughter McCain in his history making victory. But.... Does this show White folks how deep the resentment of minorities have?[/quote] 85% of the black vote went to Barack Obama
As we had been saying all along, the junior Senator from Illinois Barack Obama has become the 44th President of the USA. The imporatance of this event cannot be gainsaid: the perception of the world will change dramatically in favor of the USA not because an African-American has been elected but because Barack Obama has quite convincingly sold the messaGE OF hope. Now with the reality of power breathing down, Obama will realise the fact that the hopes that he
[quote] All of which has nothing to do with Edward Brooks, but a lot to do with why racism thrived in the south for long after the civil war.[/quote] AS Scarlette O'Hara said: I will think about it at Tara. For Tomorrow is another day. AS long as there is a feeling of nostalgia for the plantation anmd its past there will always be a temptation to see the world that was Gaone with the Wind in racial or ethnic terms.
With the demand that Palin be withdrawn form the race gathering strength it is advantage Obama . As usual I was right. I had predicted this long before the ethics Committee indicted Sahara Palin with abuse of power in connection with the sacking of the state trooper, who was her former Brother-in-law. She will certainly hurt the prospect of John Maccain in the upco
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