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| American Interests |
| Politically neutral blog intended to disseminate knowledge of, highlight threats to, explore opportunities for and, above all else, serve as a platform of advocacy for the continuance and preservation of global American dominance. |
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| Nuclear Iran: Diplomatic endgame fast approaching ... |
| 2008-07-02 09:10:00 |
Said Sun Tzu, “All warfare is based on deception, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away.” In a recent piece over at Commentary Emanuele Ottolenghi suggests that Iran is pulling the wool over the world’s foreign policy intellectuals heads through clever techniques that propagate uncertainty about its nuclear intentions:“And here we see why Iran’s behavior over the past six years has been neither irrational nor foolhardy but rather shrewd, calculated—and successful. Even while loudly repudiating allegations that it is pursuing a military program, the regime has used every technique at its disposal to ...
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| American World Food Aid |
| 2008-07-01 06:25:00 |
Six weeks after the U.S. announced a resumption (the first in three years) of food aid, an American ship carrying thousands of tonnes of food has arrived in North Korea after the Government agreed to allow more international help to feed its people.The US government's development arm, USAID, said over the next year it will provide half a million tonnes of food.The decision to resume food aid came days after Pyongyang handed US negotiators documents detailing its past nuclear activities. Read more hereMoreover, just today The Australian reports that the U.S. will spend an additional $US1.25 billion on international food aid donations this year and next as donor countries seek to blunt the effects of soaring food prices on the world's poor.President George W. ...
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| American Power and Compassion |
| 2008-06-27 18:01:00 |
"As former, U.S. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld once said , “U.S. service members helping out around the world show America's compassion and the missions also can help to change local attitudes about the United States and its people.”It is generally agreed that the U.S. is the only nation whose influence is global. When the Soviet Union crumbled in the 1990’s it was left without a military rival and not surprisingly, its international role today is increasingly depicted in terms of empire. I am not suggesting nor implying a rule analogous to past empires such as the British, Ottomans, or Romans where territorial conquest was a core characteristic, however, the term provides a useful premise with which to consider the U.S. and its sundry role in the construct of the contemporary world.Am...
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| R.I.P. George Carlin |
| 2008-06-25 05:52:00 |
I came across this gem over at therightwife. Watch it here or there it don't matter, just watch it. Like her, I have never subscribed to everything Carlin">George Carlin has said, but as the British would say, this one's a "ripper".
He hits the spot about all the environment nonsense out there ...
Blessings to George, his family and fans!
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| China now leading emitter of Climate Change ... |
| 2008-06-22 19:22:00 |
"With bated breath we wait for Gore and DiCaprio’s upcoming films critical of China."
Here’s a quick one. If it hasn’t gained official status yet, it will soon. Yet another source reports that China has now “officially” and “clearly” surpassed the United States as the world’s leading emitter of purported climate warming gases.
“Worse, China's emissions are likely to continue growing substantially for years to come because they are tied to the country's strong economic growth and its particular mix of industry and power sources, the researchers said.” Read the rest here
It is now estimated that China's CO2 emissions are about 14% higher than those of the U.S. putting it at the top of the list of CO2 emitting countries with about a quarter (24%) share in total global CO2 emissions. Imagine of you will, the likely Chinese figure in say, 2025?
Can I be bold enough to suggest that apart from the warm and fuzzy emotions it elicits amongst greenies, Kyoto is now – o...
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| McCain, Obama and Global Attitudes and plain Ignorance |
| 2008-06-18 07:10:00 |
"I admit to being a tad despondent about this global belief that Obama would be better in managing world affairs. Let’s be clear cut, you want to talk to anyone including America’s sworn enemies without pre-conditions, you want to pull back forces from overseas, draw down the military, move money away from military programs, retire carrier battle groups, pull away from hot spots.... and this will not impact America's and the world’s better interests … Don’t think so." Well it’s a good thing the citizens of the world are not voting in the upcoming Presidential elections, after all no-one likes a foregone conclusion of this magnitude, Obama would win in a landslide.People around the world are hoping a new president in the White House will bring positive change to US foreign poli...
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| Selling America through effective Public Diplomacy |
| 2008-06-11 16:30:00 |
... "But just how effective is U.S. public diplomacy? Critics have suggested that it is simply a packaged ad campaign; a critique that has some merit ..." In an era where both the divisions among us and the source of international friction is increasingly cultural, the maintenance of U.S. leadership rests more or less as much on ideas and there promotion, as it does on military and economic strength. Anti-Americanism is real, and guarantees that no matter how hard America works to convey a positive image through diplomacy, its status as the paradigm of civilized modernity is diminished. Besides, liberal leftist media ensures that when America confronts other nations even for perfectly valid and righteous reason, the resu...
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| Breaking from Blogger |
| 2008-05-30 02:12:00 |
Mostly, we take time off because we are drained and need some time to rest our mind and body, in my case this is not quite the case. Changes at the office and new projects mean more challenge and much to deal with. As much as it displeases to type this, I will need to pause with AI for a while and perhaps, even review it. Generating good and compelling online content takes genuine work and devotion. Many things need to be “right” for blog publishing to succeed or in the least, to be worthwhile and meaningful.I still intend visiting your blogs and in the interim, anyone wishing to contact me (even if only to say hi) can find my email address at the profile page … For now, I leave you with an oldie to reflect on. America and the World:“an educated, CONSERVATIVE, and more articulate p...
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| Nuclear Terrorism: America must remain alert |
| 2008-05-26 05:11:00 |
"Make no mistake, obtaining and smuggling a nuclear device into America remains extremely difficult, my hope is that homeland security experts and those charged with policy creation in this matter will ensure it stays that way."FrontPage magazine asserts that American Policymakers would be foolish to dismiss the more serious threats to homeland security including nuclear terrorism.“Where a nuclear attack once may have been beyond the capacities of stateless terrorists, that is no longer the case. One need only consider Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM), mastermind of 9/11 and chief operating officer of al-Qaeda, who revealed under intensive interrogation -- including the much-maligned t...
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| World Capital, Trade, Anti Americanism, and the importance of American Empire |
| 2008-05-22 04:15:00 |
"...The detractors take pride in divorcing themselves from reality whenever it suits ... They view American capitalism as if something evil ... a mentality that forms part of a wider anti-America mindset that I believe ought be characterized as an intellectually neglected cultural and social psychological phenomenon..." Regular readers of this blog are sure to have come across the words, “our economies and our national security, are irrevocably tied to a secure world order - an order, to which the present day United States … is at the heart.” American imperialism or empire and, what is increasingly construed as hubristic methods in foreign policy dealings, continue to attract scorn and, in some quarter’s interna...
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| USAID and Anti-Americanism |
| 2008-05-18 23:45:00 |
..."I must admit that if I was a US official and cast my eye down this page I would conclude “Well ***** you”, take my aircraft and ships, my young men and women and bring them home..."In relation to yesterdays post about USAID, we were somewhat taken aback by the number of callous and uninformed comments made at the referenced post. Here are some excerpts:“Saying Americans help people overseas is pure bullshit, Americans help themselves to what other nations surrender to their military might. They do nothing in the humanitarian fields without an ulterior motive of gain for themselves.”“Its the least the US could do after all the destruction it leaves behind. The Americans’ ability to deploy its forces anywhere in the world is testament to its massive military infrastructure t...
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| USAID and Cyclone Nargis |
| 2008-05-17 04:03:00 |
"In times of crises, politics, ideology, and rule are considered peripheral. It matters little which nation is affected, if it is deemed that the nation cannot - even with good intentions - provide for its people, then a helping hand is extended. Burma’s Generals have little time for America or Americans but for the U.S., the compelling need to provide humanitarian assistance to a shattered populace transcends this." Without the U.S. there’d be hell to pay, wrote Janet Albrechtsen; a columnist with The Australian reminding us that we need, "acknowledge the scorecard: the full spectrum of US hegemony, from its brute military muscle to the soft seduction of American ideas, has been an overwhelming force for good."That was last year; now recall my words in a September 2007 post about her...
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| Human Rights, China, the IOC and the 2008 Olympics |
| 2008-05-16 01:13:00 |
"So much for the guarantees given to the IOC about human rights back when the 2008 games were awarded. Where is the condemnation from sports bodies and the International Olympic Committee now that..." In an initiative designed to harness the power of Blogosphere and Social Network members, today is the day that tens of thousands of online writers come together to demonstrate unified collaboration in support of the inalienable moral entitlements attached to persons equally by virtue of their humanity. BlogCatalog.com is partnering with Amnesty International to expand a global social awareness campaign for human rights through the launch of this major initiative. Irrespective of race, ...
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| Bloggers Unite for Human Rights |
| 2008-05-12 06:14:00 |
Aide memoire! In an initiative designed to harness the power of Blogosphere and Social Network members, on May 15th, tens of thousands of online writers will join together to demonstrate unified collaboration in support of the inalienable moral entitlements attached to persons equally by virtue of their humanity.Find out more at: Bloggers Unite for Rights">Human RightsIn the interim, check out my Russia's Victory Day Celebrations post. It's just below!Home
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| Russia's Victory Day Parade back in Red Square |
| 2008-05-11 18:12:00 |
"This is the Soviet standard, ideology, philosophy and above all, Soviet aesthetics of fear..."It seems Vladimir Putin has a longing for the past. The past President's old KGB Soviet mentality is returning to the fore of his public psyche and this may just explain his decision earlier this year, to display Russia’s heavy weapons in May for a Soviet-style Victory Day parade in Red Square.Soviet parades of this type were an important feature of cold war mentality and once again in 2008 tanks and missiles will rolled out for the world to see. The authorities had promised to include the very latest weaponry including T-90 tanks and Topol-M long-range ballistic missiles.Putin insisted that t...
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| Europe namely NATO must commit more to Afghanistan |
| 2008-05-09 05:41:00 |
Al-Qaeda may pose a threat to the U.S. however, the rise of Islam in Europe means that the continent has at least as much to lose with the terror group gaining a safe haven in Afghanistan.In order to combat a resurgent Taliban and al-Qaeda, the United States recently announced plans to send an extra 7000 troops to Afghanistan, conversely pledges made by Europe remain disappointing, as NATO members remain reluctant to pursue the same course.The problems appear to stem from a difference of opinion in relation to the success or otherwise of operations in the country. In spite of some 50,000 troops already there, the Taliban is still a force to be reckoned with, fuelled by the advantage of being able to disappear within t...
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| U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers |
| 2008-05-06 06:28:00 |
“…They provide US policymakers with 90,000 tons of deployable, difficult-to-ignore, cold-steel persuasion … At a time when it is increasingly difficult for the U.S. to gain permission from host nations to position aircraft and troops on their soil, carriers perform an indispensable role…”A picture means different things to different people. To some, the image is merely a ship or ships, naval vessels, or a large chunks of steel and bitumen floating on water. Indeed there are others who would instantly think of the now hackneyed derogatory designation, Great Satan and its tools of evil.Peter Brookes has a different interpretation. While considering the consequences of funding cuts that will see the U.S. carrier fleet drop from 12 in 2007 to 10 b...
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| Nuclear Syria aided by North Korea |
| 2008-05-02 09:30:00 |
"I want to dispense with the need for affirmations, the call for absolute certainties and/or, unmitigated intelligence accuracy. Is not the mere prospect of nuclear technology in the hands of a terror sponsoring state scary enough to warrant action? ... Let’s get something fundamentally clear, even if the reports are only half accurate ... " What we all suspected may have been confirmed last week. On September 6 2007, Israeli jets bombed a nuclear reactor being constructed by Syria with the aid of North Korea somewhere along the Euphrates river - a reactor possibly built for the production of Plutonium. Find below the official U.S. Government 11-minute video showing construction of the pu...
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| Happy First Anniversary American Interests |
| 2008-04-28 21:35:00 |
"With any luck, American Interests … is helping to address what I deem as a prevailing rationality void in relation to America’s role in our world." One year ago today, I burst onto the blogging world. As regular readers know, I am a very serious blogger about American Interests. With any luck, American Interests, a site that primarily focuses on matters relating to international affairs and security from a pro-United States perspective, is serving to address what I deem as a prevailing rationality void in relation to America’s role in our world. This being in part, due to unintended ignorance amongst the masses, a lack of knowledge as fueled by most, but not all elements of print and electronic media.To date, 145 posts articles or around 154,000...
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| Thoughts on U.S. China Trade |
| 2008-04-28 19:44:00 |
Wary of the Soviet Unions demise as it struggled to keep up with the Americans in the arms race, China is embracing a different approach by adopting an increasingly competitive economic policy, whereby it uses its huge its huge financial reserves to gobble U.S. business interests.Since the end of the Second World War, the U.S. has mostly driven global free trade. From the outset, foreign policy was used as a means of building a network of trade between capitalist states to offset communist expansion. Yet even in our post communist era, the U.S. remains committed to free trade using it as a vehicle to promote prosperity, world peace, and democratic freedom.Equal treatment, little regulation and/or subsidies and rules pertaini...
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| Conservative Blog |
| 2008-04-25 15:23:00 |
American Interests was recently added to The Best Conservative Blogs on the Internet joining a list that presently begins at Atlas Shrugs and ends at Young America’s Foundation.The list can be found at UrbanConservative a conservative blog by an ex-Marine, (8 years in the US Marine Corps, 4th LSB, 4th FSSG (AKA: Red Patcher)) who resides in the San Fran Bay Area - seriously!Interestingly, the UrbanConservative title, “was created to break the perception that not all conservatives look like Newt Gingrich. Yah know…white-upper-class males that you normally see on Capitol Hill; and that conservatives can be cool, sophisticated, hip and even urban.” I liked that. I also liked the Conservative Banners page, check it out here. Comments always appreciated Home
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| Time Magazine and Global Warming |
| 2008-04-23 19:21:00 |
"During the Second World War, the Japanese empire represented a potent threat to the United States global warming does not. To use this image in a doctored fashion makes light of one of the most familiar moments of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history..."Time has always been passionate about Global Warming, but this latest issue stepped it up a notch and made them gain stronger supporters or enemies, in my case, the latter. On this occasion the magazine has gone too far.The April 28th issue cover is a Photoshopped adaptation of U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy corpsman raising the almighty United States flag on Mount Suribachi; an iconic image by the late Joe Rosenthal that won him a Pulitzer prize, and one th...
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| President Bush, Aids, PEPFAR and Bush Derangement Syndrome |
| 2008-04-21 19:05:00 |
"Was it unrealistic to expect some credit and praise for the extraordinary initiatives of the current administration to combating aids in the continent? ... (the) remarks demonstrate an almost innate hostility toward both modern America and its administration, an unfathomable lack of understanding or plain, unrestrained bias." The Archbishop Desmond Tutu is not one whom I would caste as dim. The past noble prize winner, humanitarian advocate, and ceaseless devotee to African interests can lay claim to an esteemed reputation in the fight for justice in Africa. But his past remarks about President Bush and the United States raised this writer’s ire.In order to address the "anger, resentment, and fear that has replaced th...
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| Boston Dynamics: Robotics and American Ingenuity |
| 2008-04-16 01:09:00 |
"The United States was always a product of its citizens own ingenuity, from the time it was founded it has been the world’s most inventive nation, nurturing the right conditions for technological innovation ... Introducing BigDog, the world’s most advanced robot! " It seems American ingenuity is alive and well. I was recently astounded to note just how far Robotics has come. Boston Dynamics, an offshoot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology started developing Biomorphic (meaning, animal like movements) robotics in the early 90’s and their cutting-edge work inspired their launch in 1992.It is no ordinary engineering firm, specializing in robotic and human simulation primari...
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| Death by Blogging: Don’t let that blog kill you |
| 2008-04-11 18:28:00 |
Everything in excess is opposed to nature – HippocratesBut then again, Oscar Wilde wrote, Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess … Not sure about the last one. I usually begin my day on the computer by combing the latest posts at several blog tip sites to which I subscribe. On Wedsnesday, almost all these sites featured a post referencing an NYT article with a clumsy title, “In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers blog till they drop”, citing the recent deaths or two prominent and prolific bloggers. Both suffered fatal heart attacks and were under the age of 60, a third aged 40, survived. The piece throws the spotlight on bloggers, the blogging lifestyle, and ...
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| U.S. Economy: Assessing the whole |
| 2008-04-08 01:52:00 |
..."Statistics and numbers fail to tell the whole story because prescribed methodologies used to derive them are not keeping pace with the new economies..."It’s been noted with interest that most, though not all our business dailies, web news pages and general online portals, are giving the U.S. economy a fair share of viewer real estate all the while, painting a grim picture. It remains true that the most recent data is not encouraging, least not on the surface. The mainstream’s pre-occupation with the negative, a propensity, if you will, to advance quantities of negative data with little if any mention of the positives (and there are many) only serves to exacerbate matters for a populace whose confidence in their economy is already declining.While ...
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| Charlton Heston 1923 – 2008 |
| 2008-04-06 10:10:00 |
I was busy writing a forthcoming post when news broke of Charlton Heston’s death; news that stopped me in my tracks.An outspoken Democrat during the 1960’s, his political views swung to the right in his senior years becoming a conservative and unapologetic supported of the National Rifle Association. He was also awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003.Heston’s other awards and honors include, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award.Though much will be written of his life on coming days I felt a strong compulsion to post on the acto...
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| The Internet and American Interests blog |
| 2008-04-02 06:01:00 |
While surfing idly I came across an interesting post at the neo-neocon site that motivated me to post an offshoot in relation to this blog. I too, when viewing my site meter am astounded to note the far-reaching scope and geographic’s of my visitors. One knows too well the reach of the World Wide Web, but viewed so graphically, in the form of such a colorful pie chart, it seems to take on a larger dimension, and clearly demonstrates the amazing power of the internet even with a small blog such as American Interests.American Interests.blogCountry Share As of December 30, 2007, 1.319 billion people use the Internet and it has been asserted, that the medium has become a fundamental featu...
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| Re-visited: Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative |
| 2008-04-01 18:07:00 |
Reagan’s speech instilled a sense of nationalistic pride and healthy patriotism that, apart form a temporary surge following the September 2001 attacks, has been faltering since. His words engendered hope and belief in a way that crossed party lines; he made Americans feel, American.This past week saw the silver anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” speech pass without as much as a whisper. I found this mildly surprising in light of the $120 billion already spent and given that the White House has a current request, for a further $12 billion for 2009. The development of a ballistic missile shield remains a contentious and expensive task even after 25 years.I will refrain from lending to the pro and against arguments for continued research and testing in relation to the SDI pro...
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| Do you like American Interests.blogspot? |
| 2008-03-31 06:34:00 |
Do you read/like this blog and accept as true its central premise that America remains the ultimate guarantor of the way of life that most of us in the West enjoy? That America remains an overwhelming force for good in the world.If so, can I be bold and ask that you add this site to your Technorati favorites and subscribe to the feed. The links are provided in the right hand pane. Spread the word, tell your friends, workmates and associates about it. It's these little things that help this blog to grow and expand the reader base. For those that have already done so, thanks!Finally, please permit me to express my sincere gratitude to a sponsor, the VA Mortgage Center and acknowledge the fine work they do in addressing the specific mortgage lending needs of veterans and active military memb...
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| China’s 2008 Defense Budget |
| 2008-03-27 16:07:00 |
When I look at the bigger picture, taking into account China’s increasing ASAT capabilities, these developments pose a threat of an altered nature… How long before China’s might develops into an effective bargaining chip in negotiations with the West…In what reflects the countries rapid economic growth, China recently announced plans to increase defense spending by just short of 18% to 417.77 billion yuan (58.8 billion). According to spokes person, Jiang Enzhu, the additional money will be used to buy hi-tech armaments” as it continues transforming its 2.3 million man forces into a more sophisticated and modern fighting machine. In comparative terms, for the U.S. to increase its defense expenditure by an equival...
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| Russia according to Vladimir Putin |
| 2008-03-22 04:44:00 |
"Russia demands more respect from and equality with Washington and a free hand in world politics. In key respects, Moscow’s new foreign policy grows out of the logic of its ever more autocratic and neo-imperial political structure.” Two Thousand and Seven was the year that the Russians once again growled for attention. Like a bear returning from a long sleep after nearly two long decades, it first attracted this author’s attention in June with Putin using some stiff language while addressing Bush over the U.S. missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. Not long after, the Russians engaged in some in some good old-fashioned saber rattling by resuming the Soviet-era practice of sending strategic bombers on long-range flights well beyond its borders. By...
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| Why we like Blogs |
| 2008-03-19 06:00:00 |
In Andrew Bolt's words..."Steve Boriss of The Future of News hails the rise of blogging over traditional journalism:Blogging allows rumors to be followed by updates, journalism doesn’t. Bloggers are independent of oversight by editors who slow down publication while removing the style, opinion, rumors, risk, and edge. Journalists aren’t. Oh, and there’s one more difference. Blogging is growing because news consumers prefer all of the above. Journalism isn’t."It would appear that Bloggers and the media’s uneasy co-existence continues. Not meaning to sound exceedingly defensive of the latter, fact is, we bloggers do rely on big media for information, for mine the fun part involves the intermittent non-acceptance and dissection facet of what some have called, citizen journalism.Andrew Bolt's excellent blog can be viewed hereWhat do you think
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| America and Globalization: Strategy for a New Century - Part 2 |
| 2008-03-15 19:48:00 |
".... Here’s a question; is it realistic to believe that consensus between nations can maintain order through a system in which states voluntarily abide by rules? History alone would dictate a negative response. States cooperate because there is an in-balance of power between them not the reverse...."It was not the intention to post a follow up piece to the initial, March 5 article; however, reader consensus, as noted in comments received, compelled me otherwise. But before we continue allow me to make a point, the article did not seek to advocate the merits or otherwise of Globalization, more exactly, it highlighted what I see as a growing need for America to gain control of its growth for the very reasons highlighted in your comments. The original pi...
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| Apollo program: No better example of American ingenuity |
| 2008-03-11 06:28:00 |
What other endeavor has meant more to our species, what other adventure can be used as a benchmark by which we can measure the incredible capacity of human kind and American potential. You will have to excuse me for being a tad late with this one. By my estimations, “In the shadow of the moon” was released in the states around September. It was thrust to my attention once again because of a screening at one of my local cinemas. It is quite a documentary, and tells the story of one of the most defining passages in U.S. history. The Apollo program may have brought the aspirations of a nation to the moon but also, to a fascinated world. Sadly, many of those that did appreciate the sheer enormity of the achievement have passed on, as for the rest of us, ...
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| America and Globalization: Strategy for a New Century |
| 2008-03-05 21:02:00 |
Tomorrow’s all-inclusive global strategy must, apart from the aforementioned challenges and promotions of democratic regimes, address the consequences of successful rampant globalization. When I look ahead, attempting to ascertain the likely challenges America will face in the coming century, I note another, not so apparent test for U.S. hegemony, as we know it, one that may not be as immediately critical as, for example, homeland security, or the war on terror.A world without terrorists and autocrats is desirable however, owing to an impending explosion of economic, population and income growth, global consumption, energy utilization, resource competition, unbound market activity a...
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| Iran: The penultimate step is now within sight |
| 2008-03-01 05:40:00 |
... "Knowledge, insight and extrapolations of realism have reasoned that the future brings risk; the theocrats aspire to dominance within the entire Muslim world. The penultimate step is now within sight, an action that will deliver empire underpinned as it will be, by nuclear hardware, a pursuit that remains non-negotiable my friends..." After much deception and accommodationist negotiations that amounted to failed diplomacy, Iran officially went nuclear in 2012. On the 4th day of November 2014, Obama, Clinton or McCain are midway through their second term of presidency, “an Iranian missile is fired from a barge in international waters, and detonates over Kansas at 300 miles altitude. The resulting EMP burns circuits in America's electric and communicati...
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| Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SAS): Strengthening the Alliance |
| 2008-02-26 05:15:00 |
"When the U.S. decided to take action against the Taliban in Afghanistan, Canberra’s response was to send in the cream of Australia’s military, the SAS. Modeled on the British SAS and feared by potential enemies, little was known of Australia’s Special Forces, the Australian Government has been secretive of there operations..." For nearly 100 years, Australia has committed its armed services in every major conflict fought by the United States. Its foreign policy makers and its people have mostly accepted that the U.S. is a force for good; a force that historically we have wanted to be associated with. Beginning in 1908 when Australian Prime Minister Alfred Deakin successfully invited Teddy Roosevelt to send his fleet to visit our shores through to t...
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| Dallas Police Department Website Hacked |
| 2008-02-22 17:48:00 |
"The alliance system lead by America is, for all intensive purposes our international security system, one that nurtures peace and prosperity for all nations, indeed for the whole planet. Which other nation or nation collective can give us this. "The Dallas Police Department Website was shut down Monday after it was hacked resulting in political rhetoric in the form of an anti-American rant nature, being posted on the site. Also posted were doctored images displaying U.S. troops looking over four people lined up against a wall.I have stumbled upon some sites claiming that Russians were responsible, to date however, I am unable to find any credible new...
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| Satellite hit but was the toxic fuel tank? |
| 2008-02-21 05:56:00 |
When you have hundreds of ballistic missiles at your deposal as Putin and Hu have, it does not take Einstein to figure out that a missile defense system is easily surmounted in a real conflict. The Pentagon tells us that it has destroyed its malfunctioning spy satellite with an interceptor missile; an SM-3 missile fired from the USS Lake Erie in the Pacific.Said the statement, "A network of land, air, sea and space-based sensors confirms that the U.S. military intercepted a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite which was in its final orbits before entering the earth's atmosphere," adding, "Confirmation that the fuel tank has been fragmented should be available within 24 ...
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