Condi has to go to work now: “To demonstrate our solidarity with the Georgian people,” the president announced that he was sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Paris to assist the West’s diplomatic efforts on the crisis, and then to the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Funny how the great Russian expert, Condi Rice, has […]
The right wingers jump every time the word “classified” or “secret” is used as a source in a New York Times article. Well how about if the Washington Times uses the same terms? Recent U.S. intelligence analyses of North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs were flawed and the lack of clarity on the issue hampered […]
That is the number of Lebanese children killed in an Israeli air strike this morning (or Bush’s moment of “opportunity”): An Israeli airstrike killed at least 50 people — more than half children — in a southern Lebanese village Sunday, the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice postponed a visit […]
This Week with George Stephanopoulos Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, on the status of diplomatic efforts to end the violence in the Middle East Daniel Ayalon, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., on the growing battle against Hezbollah. ROUNDTABLE: Fareed Zakaria, Jay Carney, Claire Shipman, and George Will. Meet the Press Israel’s […]
The Gaurdian Unlimited (UK) have reported that John Bolton the US Embassador to the UN has told British MP’s that a militarty strike could halt Irans nuclear programme if diplomatic efforts fail. Why would this be made public now, are diplomatic means already failing and this is just a warning to Iran and a way of justifing […]
From ABC news Australia: Bush open to use of force in Iran US President George W Bush has refused to rule out the use of force against Iran over the Islamic republic’s resumption of nuclear activities. In an interview with Israeli television, Mr Bush was asked if the use of force was an alternative to […]