North Atlantic Alliances

Two interesting articles came to notice today, the first in which Henry Kissinger looks at Iraq, North Korea and Atlantic Relations. On the latter he notes that, "The impasse is partly due to the fact that the generation that formed...

US Request for Troop Cover

The US request for British troop cover is curious. Curious that the US allows itself to be in the position of asking.Rumsfeld: To the extent they're not [able to participate], there are workarounds and they would not be involved, at...

Brent Scowcroft critical of Bush regime

Brent Scowcroft, National Security Advisor to both Presidents Ford and G.H.W. Bush, comments on G.W. Bush's unilateralism and love-in with Israel's Ariel Sharon in yesterday's FT - Scowcroft lambasts Bush's unilateralism. Mr Scowcroft said the US's initial failure to take...

Let Freedom Reign

Condoleeza Rice: Mr. President, Iraq is sovereign. Letter was passed from Bremner at 10:26 AM Iraq time -- CondiGeorge W. Bush: Let Freedom reign! "Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience...

Iraq planned terrorist attacks on US?

Odd piece of news today, "Putin says Iraq planned US attack."Russian President Vladimir Putin says that after the 9/11 attacks Moscow warned Washington that Saddam Hussein was planning attacks on the US. He said Russia's secret service had information on...

Iran and Iraq: A Complex Situation

The Iraq Adventure is either madness or genius, either way the effects will be wide ranging and will significantly shape the rest of this century. These are just random, not necessarily connected thoughts floating in my head after reading a...

Media Bias

Via Stephen Pollard, Peter Briffa reminds us that the Guardian's leader which declared, "There is some irony that the only people to have lost their jobs over the unhappy events in Iraq have been journalists." isn't 100% true. Some other...