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German Left Wing Leader attacks German support for ‘Fascist” Ukraine Government

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Gregor Gysi is a parliamentary head of the largest lower-house opposition party in Germany – the Left Party, today attacked Angela Merkel’s support for sanctions against Russia. “They [the Ukraine revolutionaries] formed a new government….. Immediately recognized by president Obama by the EU and German government as well. Miss Merkel! The vice- prime minister, the […]

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Ideologists stirring it up in Crimea

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I’ve been amazed at the hysterical rigidity of Western responses to President Putin’s Crimea intervention; accusations of Hitleresque moves that threaten the stability of Europe, and a crisis that could lead to World War Three. But these are the ideologues at work – the people who think only of how they can profit from the

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Would Obama Tolerate an Armed Revolution in Mexico?

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Would President Obama stand by allowing left wing revolutionaries to force the Mexican government out of office? What would he do if it looked like this was going to lead to civil disorder or war; and then imagine his reaction if there was a large enclave of English-speaking, pro-Americans on the Mexico side of the

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Crimea – the Facts

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It’s pretty obvious that not many people understand the facts of this Crimean crisis. Our ‘expert’ foreign correspondents are either being bulldozed into writing nonsense by their sensation-seeking editors, or are as naïve and ignorant as their writing makes them look. Obama is stuck in a Cold War time warp, aided and abetted by the

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Can Obama really be so ignorant?

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Obama’s silly talk of intervention in Crimea, and Kerry’s blatherings in Kiev are so ignorant that one wonders if there’s some hidden and terribly clever agenda that will emerge later. Sadly I think not. All this serves only to underline our powerlessness. Furthermore, there’s no way the West will give the Ukraine government

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How Do We Win the Afghan War?

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Deciding when you’ve won a battle is hard enough. Once upon a time, this was decided by Heralds from both sides, who argued it out then the combatants’ leaders agreed to the decision. If a King is killed, that’s a definite result, which might decide who wins the actual war. These days it’s not so

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A Litmus Test for War: Britain’s National Interests

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By accident, the United Kingdom has done “The Right Thing” with regard to Syria.One could argue that this is how democracy operates; by cutting through the politicking to what people really think when it’s important. But we were lucky. To ensure we learn and achieve something useful from this, the UK must stop trying to

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Consequences of All British Military Action Requiring Parliamentary Approval

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After the the bugled debate on whether Britain should take military action against Syria and its chemical weapons, parliamentary voices are now demanding that the Prime Minister be stripped of his legal right to send British forces into action. They are encouraged by the Prime Minister’s declaration that as Parliament has debated Syria, that’s an

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Sharia Law, Vigilantism and Islamophobia

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A court in Sydney has found a group of men accused of administering 40 lashes as a Sharia Law punishment, guilty of assault. In what seems to be a similar attempt to create zones of sharia law within western democracies, Asian vigilantes in East London have been threatening and assaulting homosexuals, and women they feel to be “inappropriately dressed”. In response, there have been reciprocal anti -Islam protests, from

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Pork-Barrel Lobbyists, Fit Women and the Threat to US Democracy

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A second term President has the potential to do a lot more in his second “first hundred days” than in his first term. But being hamstrung by party bickering and lack of majority, President Obama will struggle with his budget and other domestic reforms. Hamstrung Presidents usually turn to foreign policy, where they’re not

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