Carrot and Stick
I suspect if US economy improves when say DOW gets to 15000 Obama will change his tune on "engagement" with our adversaries. We have in the past 60 years only "so called" engaged our enemies when we had a short stick. When due to economical and geopolitical circumstances our STICK gets longer then forget the carrot and engagement.
This is how powerful pushes their extra territorial agenda to secure "national interest" which really in short means leveraging fire power to maintain tactical and strategic advantage. War and conflict are often only tools to short cut what otherwise would take a long time to achieve with even playing field.
Unfortunately now a days almost any relevant nation in the planet uses this approach so future conflicts with nastier results are inevitable until the power balance reaches an equilibrium. That is relatively when large number of nations stockpile nuclear weapons and other means to deter preemptive "war" by powerful factor. In that case I am sure Bush types or Obama would opt for "ENGAGEMENT" more often.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Mid-East
Just another reminder Israel conflict will only be resolved in a sustainable way with one single nation made up of all the residents of that postage stamp land. No SWISS CHEESE please.
The nation could be then called ISRASTINE ----
Lets get going and quite dinking around until another 9/11 like attack.
Just another reminder Israel conflict will only be resolved in a sustainable way with one single nation made up of all the residents of that postage stamp land. No SWISS CHEESE please.
The nation could be then called ISRASTINE ----
Lets get going and quite dinking around until another 9/11 like attack.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Patriotism, Profits, PONZI
The three P's of modern American experience are coming home to roost. Today Madoff goes to prison described as the size of a "walking Closet", I wonder what dimensions the writer was thinking about. I bet Madoff's walking closet in his New York apartment is not what most common folks think about when they hear walking closet. Sorry, I wonder what percent of American homes have @#$% walking closets anyway.
You see this why I think we have not come to terms with what is really happening with the American dream. The financial criminals much like the energy and Internet criminals before them are being rewarded for trashing "Good Will" and open and honest business practices. For over 30 years we are told that small government is what we need and getting government out of the pockets of business will produce results for all Americans. Well, you neocons and oldcons have a ball now, the trickle down economy and lase affair capitalism that you preached with Patriotism have gotten us to this place. The same criminals that profited from the unmitigated deregulation are in the White House making policy decisions to boot.
They will not change the course because they are the product of the misguided notion that the system as we know it can be fixed without changing the fundamentals. The same dude that made $17M in two years making investment deals few years ago now oversees the government agency that supposed to get us out of this mess. They will put TARP over our eyes and Stimulate us much like when Bush send $600 to everyone and then asked we buy stuff to help the economy get gong again, by the way that didn't work if anyone cares to remember.
The PONZI misters of the American dream are still hard at work with our social security and healthcare security on verge of disappearance ----- God Bless US all ---
The three P's of modern American experience are coming home to roost. Today Madoff goes to prison described as the size of a "walking Closet", I wonder what dimensions the writer was thinking about. I bet Madoff's walking closet in his New York apartment is not what most common folks think about when they hear walking closet. Sorry, I wonder what percent of American homes have @#$% walking closets anyway.
You see this why I think we have not come to terms with what is really happening with the American dream. The financial criminals much like the energy and Internet criminals before them are being rewarded for trashing "Good Will" and open and honest business practices. For over 30 years we are told that small government is what we need and getting government out of the pockets of business will produce results for all Americans. Well, you neocons and oldcons have a ball now, the trickle down economy and lase affair capitalism that you preached with Patriotism have gotten us to this place. The same criminals that profited from the unmitigated deregulation are in the White House making policy decisions to boot.
They will not change the course because they are the product of the misguided notion that the system as we know it can be fixed without changing the fundamentals. The same dude that made $17M in two years making investment deals few years ago now oversees the government agency that supposed to get us out of this mess. They will put TARP over our eyes and Stimulate us much like when Bush send $600 to everyone and then asked we buy stuff to help the economy get gong again, by the way that didn't work if anyone cares to remember.
The PONZI misters of the American dream are still hard at work with our social security and healthcare security on verge of disappearance ----- God Bless US all ---
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Mexico
Does anyone here in North America wonder why Mexico being next to greatest power in the world with democratic ideals second to none is still a backward third world country? I wonder why after so many years of looking at their neighbors up north they are unable to break from the cycle of corruption and dicatorialism.
Someone needs to look at this since we seem to just have accepted that they will keep coming across the border pick our produce/fruits, clean dishes, do yard work, and clean our houses.
OH, got it maybe those are the reasons why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Does anyone here in North America wonder why Mexico being next to greatest power in the world with democratic ideals second to none is still a backward third world country? I wonder why after so many years of looking at their neighbors up north they are unable to break from the cycle of corruption and dicatorialism.
Someone needs to look at this since we seem to just have accepted that they will keep coming across the border pick our produce/fruits, clean dishes, do yard work, and clean our houses.
OH, got it maybe those are the reasons why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Fear Based Initiative - Post 9/11/2001 War of Terror
For about 7 years US was governed not based on superiority of our ideals or strength of our democracy but mainly based on FEAR of that sad day. The Bush administration set the course towards first by reacting to that horrible attack in such a way to elicit the most violent response that pursued. The us and them, seek and destroy, crusade, Islamic Fascist, and Islamic Terrorists terms were used to accentuate the WAR on Terror and bring all American including Obama and Clinton on board.
We were told this is do or die, terrorists are ready and willing to attack again and kill more of us. So we the people based on fear gave Bush administration a blank check to go do whatever it takes to make us safe. So they did by torchering, rendering, profiling, waging wars (not just in Afghanistan), detaining people without charge, and ferrying 'suspects" from one place to another for "out sourced" torchering. I suspect lot more things were done that will not come out until later when a brave young journalist or ex-CIA guy comes out with revelations. Those reports will trickle in little by little as time goes on.
What we were NOT told was that 9/11 attacks was a criminal act even though its ompact was spectacular. It essentially involved one mode of attack with multiple targets. It only meant that we had several hundred hard criminals with twisted sense of ideals and justice that were willing to kill Innocent people to take revenge or spread fear.
Bush by uttering the term "Islamic" terrorists basically lumped 1.2 Billion people in that camp with those few hundred criminals. Well, good, Bush succeeded and now we have lot more than few hundred criminals to point our M16s towards. If we continue the horse trading with Pakistan and other nations and keep the covert operations going the situation will get even worse later. Bombing the so called targets in Swat or other areas by drones or missiles will only feed the resistance.
The Islamic world will take no less than perhaps one generation to forget dehumanizing effects of Bush's war on Islamic terror. Obama with all his charm will not pull the wool over their eyes. US will not be trusted as a balanced superpower in that region for another 20 years or more. Israel will also suffer from these actions with perhaps its physical state changing to something else, similar to what happend to South Africa.
We will see Russians cozying up to middle east countries to fill the US void and that can not be good for our long term objectives in that region. We need to engage the nations in the region with one simple and profound position that says we are unbiased and will adhere to the same basic human rights and democratic principles that we hold dear for our citizens.
NO MORE ONE SET OF RULES FOR WEST AND ANOTHER FOR THIRD WORLD.
For about 7 years US was governed not based on superiority of our ideals or strength of our democracy but mainly based on FEAR of that sad day. The Bush administration set the course towards first by reacting to that horrible attack in such a way to elicit the most violent response that pursued. The us and them, seek and destroy, crusade, Islamic Fascist, and Islamic Terrorists terms were used to accentuate the WAR on Terror and bring all American including Obama and Clinton on board.
We were told this is do or die, terrorists are ready and willing to attack again and kill more of us. So we the people based on fear gave Bush administration a blank check to go do whatever it takes to make us safe. So they did by torchering, rendering, profiling, waging wars (not just in Afghanistan), detaining people without charge, and ferrying 'suspects" from one place to another for "out sourced" torchering. I suspect lot more things were done that will not come out until later when a brave young journalist or ex-CIA guy comes out with revelations. Those reports will trickle in little by little as time goes on.
What we were NOT told was that 9/11 attacks was a criminal act even though its ompact was spectacular. It essentially involved one mode of attack with multiple targets. It only meant that we had several hundred hard criminals with twisted sense of ideals and justice that were willing to kill Innocent people to take revenge or spread fear.
Bush by uttering the term "Islamic" terrorists basically lumped 1.2 Billion people in that camp with those few hundred criminals. Well, good, Bush succeeded and now we have lot more than few hundred criminals to point our M16s towards. If we continue the horse trading with Pakistan and other nations and keep the covert operations going the situation will get even worse later. Bombing the so called targets in Swat or other areas by drones or missiles will only feed the resistance.
The Islamic world will take no less than perhaps one generation to forget dehumanizing effects of Bush's war on Islamic terror. Obama with all his charm will not pull the wool over their eyes. US will not be trusted as a balanced superpower in that region for another 20 years or more. Israel will also suffer from these actions with perhaps its physical state changing to something else, similar to what happend to South Africa.
We will see Russians cozying up to middle east countries to fill the US void and that can not be good for our long term objectives in that region. We need to engage the nations in the region with one simple and profound position that says we are unbiased and will adhere to the same basic human rights and democratic principles that we hold dear for our citizens.
NO MORE ONE SET OF RULES FOR WEST AND ANOTHER FOR THIRD WORLD.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Obama
The old tired whites will view him as beginning of an end to the American Experience, the blacks see him as the house boy, but he is the future look of our planet.
The Obama factor regardless of the man that now resides in the white house will shape the future. The future of our planet is far more interesting than the man with opinons formed by his black and white surroundings. He is/will govern in a conglomeration of Regan, Clinton, and Bushe ways but his face will (and it already has) change all of us for the better.
Better times ahead, I say ---
The old tired whites will view him as beginning of an end to the American Experience, the blacks see him as the house boy, but he is the future look of our planet.
The Obama factor regardless of the man that now resides in the white house will shape the future. The future of our planet is far more interesting than the man with opinons formed by his black and white surroundings. He is/will govern in a conglomeration of Regan, Clinton, and Bushe ways but his face will (and it already has) change all of us for the better.
Better times ahead, I say ---
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Victory Pictures
I was just reviewing the list of Obama cabinet and white house staff and noticed sprinkled with other pictures were good amount of "Iraq" ones. It made me think of the victory pictures of triumphant army posing with the dead bodies of the enemy. I wondered how Iraqi children will feel about these pictures once they realize their parents and family members were killed for no reason and too salt the wound the victorious army brought technocrats and politicians to the occupied land so they could see the prize and take pictures for the folks back home.
The most grotesque picture that I remember was of Robert Gates standing with soldiers holding "Texas A&M AGGIES" banner, his old stumping ground. It made me sad and more pessimistic about state of our UNION. The picture yet again reminded me of the Abu Gharib scenes of solders taking pictures with dead and alive prisoners.
I hope I'm not the only one that is disgusted here ---
I was just reviewing the list of Obama cabinet and white house staff and noticed sprinkled with other pictures were good amount of "Iraq" ones. It made me think of the victory pictures of triumphant army posing with the dead bodies of the enemy. I wondered how Iraqi children will feel about these pictures once they realize their parents and family members were killed for no reason and too salt the wound the victorious army brought technocrats and politicians to the occupied land so they could see the prize and take pictures for the folks back home.
The most grotesque picture that I remember was of Robert Gates standing with soldiers holding "Texas A&M AGGIES" banner, his old stumping ground. It made me sad and more pessimistic about state of our UNION. The picture yet again reminded me of the Abu Gharib scenes of solders taking pictures with dead and alive prisoners.
I hope I'm not the only one that is disgusted here ---
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