Category: Foreign Policy
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 1, 2009 in Arrogance, Flip Flopping, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Iran, Obama's Cabinet, President Barack Obama, Sara in Italy, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, TOTUS | 51 Comments
Before Obama majorly embarrassed Secretary Clinton. Oh, many of us knew this was coming - and it has happened on a smaller scale here and there (except during the Primaries in which Mr. Ditto copied almost ALL of her policy positions). Now, it is on the big stage, about a big issue: Iran. [...]
By American Girl in Italy on Jun 23, 2009 in Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Iran, John McCain, Media Handling of Story, Obama Administration, Sara in Italy, World News | 85 Comments
I have been following the coverage of Iran this past week, listening to both sides, those who think Obama is setting the right tone by staying out of it, and those who think he is not being strong enough - basically voting present. Now, I assume that Obama is listening to many experts, people who [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 15, 2009 in Current Affairs, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, Women and Children | 50 Comments
Well, those of us who have been following Secretary Clinton’s career know that she is a hard worker, who goes about doing the work that needs doing without the glare of the lights and cameras. I heard about this story from a friend of mine who lives in the same neck of the woods [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 6, 2009 in Abuse, Africa, Bamboozling, Crime, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Larry Johnson, Messiah, President Barack Obama, South Carolina, SusanUnPC, Women, World News | 31 Comments
I was reading my local paper and came across an article that disturbed me greatly, for a number of reasons, which will become clear beginning with the title of the article: “Ex-Teacher Gets 5 Years For Sex With Teen.” My first thought was, “5 years? FIVE? That’s it? For having sex [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 31, 2009 in Auto Industry, Bailouts, Bolshevikization, Current Affairs, Economy, Foreign Affairs, General Motors & Chrysler, Indiana, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Treasury, Unions | 63 Comments
That’s what the Germans seem to think of Secretary Clinton, anyway. It seems they are asking her to help deal with the GM mess as it relates to them, according to this article (H/T to Ani for alerting me to this). Why, you might ask? Because it affects them, too, in a big [...]
By SusanUnPC on May 21, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Foreign Policy, India, Nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, State Department Press Briefings | 8 Comments
First, let me apologize for the disheveled organization of this post, since I have a lot of incongruent pincer-like situations on my mind, but — nevertheless — I have been trying to stay up on the latest news coming out of Pakistan because, dammit, it’s so important and because most media aren’t covering it in [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 17, 2009 in AIDS, Abuse, Civil Liberties & Rights, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Misogyny, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Cabinet, US Senate, Women and Children | 7 Comments
I seem to be on a roll with the Prison and Freedom thing, so I will just continue. Roxanna Saberi is not the only political prisoner currently, by far. And thank heavens she has since been released. One has been imprisoned for years now, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Aung San [...]
By pm317 on May 8, 2009 in Current Affairs, Foreign Policy, Taliban | 28 Comments
(Bumped up from earlier today.)
I am a 60s child and I can’t relate to much of what happened during Indian independence in 1947 and its partition giving birth to the nation of Pakistan. The proponents of the partition must have meant well in their idea of a separate majority Muslim state though more and more [...]
By Steve Clemons on May 5, 2009 in Foreign Policy, Middle East, President Barack Obama | 11 Comments
Joe Klein has written one of the best 100 day nutshell reviews of the Obama administration’s performance I have read.
Klein’s take squares almost perfectly with a piece I have coming out in the next few days in World Politics Review — not there yet though.
One of the portfolio downside risks that Obama currently [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 20, 2009 in Economy, Foreign Policy, Hugo Chavez | 289 Comments
(Updated and bumped up from late night Saturday, and again from Sunday afternoon.)
It’s because I’m new and special!, PBO thinks, that Noriega omitted me from his rant! Today, at the Summit of the Americas, President Obama listened to “a 50-minute diatribe from socialist Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega that lashed out at a century of what [...]
By Truthteller on Apr 17, 2009 in Andrew Sullivan, Barack Obama, British, Cuba, Current Affairs, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Gas Prices, Hugo Chavez, Iran, Middle East, National Debt, Obama Administration, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Terrorism, Venezuela | 201 Comments
Susan’s Notes: Well!!! It’s happened, after all the conjecture the past few days speculating if the two men would meet. Today, they shook hands. From the April 18, 2009 Times UK, “President Obama in historic handshake with Hugo Chavez of Venezuela“:
All the conjecture and today’s meeting reminded me of Truthteller’s excellent piece on [...]
By Steve Clemons on Apr 10, 2009 in Cuba, Foreign Policy, Latinos | 13 Comments
Latin America policy uber diva Julia Sweig chaired a news-making gathering at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington yesterday morning. It was excellent, and the CFR has audio of the entire event here.
By John Batchelor on Apr 10, 2009 in "Blackhawk Down", Foreign Policy, Gen. David Petraeus, Pentagon, Piracy, President Barack Obama, Somalia, United Nations | 61 Comments
Blackhawk Down In Deep Water.
Suddenly the Obama administration has a foreign policy problem that does not permit simple blame-shifting to the previous presidency, and the problem has the face of the worthy Maersk Alabama’s Captain Richard Phillips. Joe Biden knows this is alarming and ignored his smug aide to comment that DNI [...]
By Larry Doyle on Mar 24, 2009 in China, Current Affairs, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Sense on Cents (Larry Doyle blog) | 23 Comments
In ten days, the leaders of the G-20 will meet for the most highly anticipated financial conference since Bretton Woods in 1944. In a bold and aggressive move prior to this conference, China’s central bank called today for the replacement of the U.S. dollar as the international reserve currency.
I have written about the tension [...]
By Larry Doyle on Mar 14, 2009 in Banking Institutions, Current Affairs, Economy, Foreign Affairs, International Monetary Fund, Sense on Cents (Larry Doyle blog) | 14 Comments
***Cross-posted from my blog, Sense on Cents. Come by and visit!
On January 31st, I wrote a lighthearted piece, Know Your Customer, about my personal experience with an Asian counterparty. The lesson I learned from that experience back in the late 1980’s was that business dealings in Asia are ultimately “a question of honor.” Are [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Mar 10, 2009 in Afghanistan, Death Threats, Foreign Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Iraq, Misogyny, Muslim, Presumptuous Nominee, Sexism, Soldiers/Veterans, Women | 15 Comments
On International Women’s Day, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan addressed women in his country:
With every step forward that women in Afghanistan take, violent incidents highlight the fact many still struggle for basic human rights eight years after the ouster of the conservative Taliban regime.
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Mar 8, 2009 in Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama | 170 Comments
And classy, too. Ahem. I am speaking, of course, of President Obama. Recently, my friend, American Girl in Italy, had a post on Sean Penn’s Oscar Acceptance speech in which he spoke of how thrilled he is to live in a country that would elect such an “elegant man.” Well, THAT’S [...]
By Larry Doyle on Mar 3, 2009 in Bank Bailouts, Commerce, Credit Risk, Current Affairs, Deficit, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Equity Markets, European Union, Foreign Affairs, Global Finance, Sense on Cents (Larry Doyle blog) | 16 Comments
The other day I highlighted the fact that 12 eastern European countries would solicit a bailout from the European Union over the weekend in Brussels. I defined this bloc of eastern European countries as currently the Weakest Link in the global economy. Well, if they were the weakest link then they just got weaker as [...]
By Larry Doyle on Feb 19, 2009 in American Consumers, Barack Obama, China, Current Affairs, Democrats, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Japan, Political Strategy, President Barack Obama | 22 Comments
It is often difficult, if not near impossible, for an individual, company, institution, or even a government to provide a measured, honest, and unbiased perspective of a difficult situation. Given one’s proximity and emotional attachment to the situation, human nature clouds one’s viewpoint and, in turn, one’s reactions and responses.
How great it is when we [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Feb 17, 2009 in Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | 25 Comments
Oh, this is just too funny timing-wise. As you may recall, I just had a video done by the very funny Onion about a drug named Despondex, to help cure those interminably cheery people. Well, as it turns out, there is new research out about a drug that would essentially do the opposite, [...]
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