Category: General

Picked up this story from Bernie – interesting change.

Thomas Friedman writes about the war of choise versus the war of necessity. He uses an unusual example – Roosevelts meeting with King Abdul Aziz after the Yalta conference. Never heard of this – but the article is worth the read.

Jimmy Carter argues that an attack on Iraq is not yet justified.

The secretary-general of the UN, Kofi Annan outlines his plan for Cyprus, leading it eventual membership of the EU.

Former UK secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Peter Mandelson, writes a worthwhile piece in today’s Guardian. He argues that two different approaches are emerging in global politics: One is the multipolarists’ view that for America to exercise its power unrestrained is destabilising and counter-productive, not least from the standpoint of America’s own national interest;…

This week Gary Younge talks about the defiance Tony Blair has shown the people of the UK.He goes on to write a very good article. Take the “key allies” with whom Bush will bomb regardless. Only 39% of Americans, 22% of Australians, 15% of Italians and Britons, 13% of Bulgarians and 2% of Spaniards back…

This piece gives a brief insight into the mindset of George Bush. Worth a look.

What can I say? I have been somewhat overwhelmed by the response to my article on Google. Several other bloggers have taken up the story, and my server was quite busy trying to keep up with referrals from Chris. I will give links to most of the sites that had something to say about me,…

January has been the best month since this weblog began. After being very happy with my visitor numbers in December, January has turned out to have more than quadrupled my statistics. 8,500 in January! My level of donations has remained low at $0.00, but I am sure that will pick up. LOL. I just get…