Posted in Gaza, Discussion, Islam, Democracy, Israel, Palestine, Terrorism on July 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Another outcome of the infighting between Hamas and Fatah whereby the Fatah movement was kicked out of Gaza due to a combination of superior fighting power of the Hamas armed groups and the weakness of Fatah. In order to make the Fatah based Palestinian Government now controlling only the West Bank as more palatable to […]
Posted in Legal, House, Discussion, Defense, Bush, US on July 28th, 2007 No Comments »
This is a very interesting response. The White House claims that attorney general Alberto Gonzales, recovering from a testimony that was essentially shown to be untrue after the testimony by FBI Director Mueller, was bound by secrecy laws and hence he should have been believed. One can easily speculate as to how much this particular […]
Posted in Democracy, Discussion, Republican, Bush, US, Terrorism on July 27th, 2007 No Comments »
If you are not related to the media or in politics, the troubles currently visiting Attorney-General may seem a bit incomprehensible. So what are the troubles facing the attorney-general ? He is facing questioning over the firing of some US attorneys. These are political appointments and they serve at the President’s discretion, so firing them […]
Posted in Discussion, House, Investigate, Court, Republican, Bush, Democratic, US on July 26th, 2007 No Comments »
The controversy over the firing of the US attorneys by the Bush justice department has been played at various levels and through the media over the past few months. Congress has been attempting to get White House aides and Justice Department personnel to depose in front of them for months now. When Attorney General Gonzales […]
Posted in Republican, Discussion, Democratic, Bush, US, Iraq on July 21st, 2007 No Comments »
The Democrats have long chafed at President Bush’s strategy on Iraq. For a long time, the Democrats were in a minority, and what they said or what they wanted did not make much difference in politics. But as the war lingered on, with no seemingly achievable solution, and people started getting frustrated with the continuing […]
Posted in North Korea, Treaty, Discussion, China, Russia, Nuclear, US, Global events on July 18th, 2007 No Comments »
North Korea has always been seen as a suspicious entity for talks, not reliable; but carrying enough firepower (especially after its acquisition of a nuclear device) such that it needs to be talked to. In addition, it is involved in a fair amount of deception, including official complicity in smuggling and currency counterfeiting. So, it […]
