Archive for the 'International relations' Category

CNN interview with Vladimir Putin

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Christiaan
on 31 August, 2008
in International relations, Russia/East Europe and War
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Transcript of CNN interview with Vladimir Putin.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Update, 2 Sep 2008: video added.

Never a better time to boycott U.S. goods

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Christiaan
on 28 August, 2008
in Economics, International relations, Strategy and United States
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U.S. second-quarter growth came in a little higher than expected today, on the back of exports which grew at a 13.2% annual rate, thanks to a weakened dollar. Result: fears of recession this year quelled.

Seems to me there’s never been a better time to boycott U.S. goods.

Bush regime drops preconditions to talks with Iran

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Christiaan
on 17 July, 2008
in Imperialism, International relations, Iran, Politics, US foreign policy, United States and War
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It appears as if someone sensible finally has Bush’s ear.

Maybe Tom Engelhardt is right.

Why the U.S. won’t attack Iran

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Christiaan
on 10 July, 2008
in Imperialism, Iran, US foreign policy, United States and War
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The prospect of an attack on Iran has been on my mind since the attack on Iraq, not in the least because it would probably precipitate a great depression and turn much of the world into a fireball.

Tom Engelhardt has a thoughtful piece on why he thinks the U.S./Israel won’t attack Iran, despite some of the nutters running around the halls of power in those countries.

Let’s hope he’s right.

Iran is not the belligerent party

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Christiaan
on 2 July, 2008
in Britain, Imperialism, Iran, Media, Propaganda, US foreign policy, United States and War
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The media in the West has a lot of blood on its hands already. Is it going to have more blood on its hands in Iran? Iran is not the belligerent party:

When it comes to demonising Iran, the US, Israel and Britain have a unified message and a compliant media, which has learned nothing from its mistakes during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, and seems happy to continue to act as a government propaganda arm in some cases.

Thanks to the dutiful corporate mouthpieces, most Americans and Britons have no idea that Tehran is acting within its rights under the NPT.

They don’t know that in December, a US intelligence estimate stated categorically that Iran is not currently developing nukes or that the nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which monitors Iranian facilities, has no proof it seeks to do so.

The West’s propaganda campaign is so effective that the majority of Westerners believe that Iran is the belligerent even though the facts support the contrary argument.