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(CBS/AP) Egypt’s state-owned press opened fire Saturday on U.S. President George W. Bush as he arrived for talks with regional leaders at the conclusion of a five-day Mideast tour.
The newspapers, whose management are all appointed by the government, criticized Mr. Bush’s speech Thursday in front of the Israeli Knesset for being overly supportive of [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 18th, 2008 | Tags: Egypt, Foreign Policy, George Bush, Israel, Lame Duck, Legacy, Olmert, President Hosni Mubarak, Saudi Arabia, send the wrong message | Category: Barack Obama, Bush, Democracy In Action, Dirty Politics, DoubleSpeak, Egypt, Foreign Policy, George Bush, Global Economy, Hypocracy, Israel, Legacy, Mismanagement, Oil, Olmert, President Hosni Mubarak, Propaganda, Refineries, Saudi Arabia, Ugly American, War on Terror, coersion, consequences, critical resources, delusion, dialog, diplomacy, economics, invasion, issues, political rhetoric, pro-Israel Lobby | Leave a comment

“Diplomacy is the art of saying “Nice doggie” until you can find a rock.” Will Rogers quotes

Posted by bosskitty May 9th, 2008 | Tags: diplomacy, Foreign Policy, Guantanamo, Maj. Gen. Jay W. Hood, Pakistan, US State Department | Category: Dillusion, Foreign Policy, Guantanamo, Maj. Gen. Jay W. Hood, Pakistan, US State Department, War on Terror, dialog, diplomacy | Comments (1)

Iran moving into the big league
Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s three-nation tour of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India and the welter of agreements and understandings reached between Tehran and these governments serve notice beyond the mere issue of energy security and Iran’s expanding role in the sub-continent’s energy market; rather, these [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 4th, 2008 | Tags: Ahmadinejad, consequences, economics, global community, global economy | Tagged: Economic Cooperation Organizat, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), IAEA, India, Iran, Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline (IPI), Pakistan, Politics, Russia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road, Third World, World Economy, WTO | Category: Ahmadinejad, American Voters, Arab Nations, China, Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), Euro-Asia Continent, Foreign Policy, Global Economy, Global Power, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Human Rights, IAEA, IPI Pipeline, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Malaysia, Oil, Pakistan, Politics, Povery, Power Shift, Putin, Russia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Sino-Russian, South East Asia, Trade policy, United Arab Emirates, War Cost, World Order, alliance, changing planet, critical resources, diplomacy, economics, markets, threat | Leave a comment

Iran regime Top Threat To Iraq, U.S. Says
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Recent violence in Basra has convinced the administration of President George W. Bush that Iran and not Al-Qaeda is now the primary threat to US interests in Iraq, The Washington Post said Saturday.
Citing unnamed senior US officials, the newspaper said this view has sparked [...]

Posted by bosskitty April 12th, 2008 | Category: Agendas, Ahmadinejad, Armageddon, Bush, Deception, Iran, Media, diplomacy, disinformation | Leave a comment

Officials Fear Support From Islamabad Will Wane
The United States has escalated its unilateral strikes against al-Qaeda members and fighters operating in Pakistan’s tribal areas, partly because of anxieties that Pakistan’s new leaders will insist on scaling back military operations in that country, according to U.S. officials.
Washington is worried that pro-Western President Pervez Musharraf, who has [...]

Posted by bosskitty March 27th, 2008 | Category: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Pentagon, Proxy War, Sharif, Ugly American, War on Terror, bribes, coersion, consequences, diplomacy | Comments (1)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The winners of Pakistan’s parliamentary elections said Tuesday that they would take a new approach to fighting Islamic militants by pursuing more dialogue than military confrontation, and that they would undo the crackdown on the media and restore independence to the judiciary.
With nearly complete returns from Monday’s vote giving it the most seats, [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 19th, 2008 | Category: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Asif Ali Zardari, Bhutto, Dirty Politics, Elections, Foreign Policy, Global Power, India, Islamabad, PPP, Pakistan, War on Terror, World War Three, candidates, changing planet, dictators, diplomacy, terrorists | Leave a comment

   BEIJING (Reuters) - China is concerned by U.S. plans to shoot down an ailing spy satellite and is considering what “preventative measures” to take, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.“The Chinese government is paying close attention to how the situation develops and demands the U.S. side fulfill its international obligations and avoids causing damage [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 17th, 2008 | Category: China, DOD, DoubleSpeak, Foreign Policy, Missile tests, Satellites, diplomacy, distress, global community, spy | Comments (1)

Bhutto was key to US plan
Benazir Bhutto was central to American hopes of broadening out Pakistan’s government from the figure of General Musharraf. Washington helped engineer the political deal that saw her return and now it has seen that lead to disaster, with the loss of one of the key figures [...]

Posted by bosskitty December 28th, 2007 | Category: Bhutto, Britain, Corporate Corruption, Dillusion, Europe, Foreign Policy, Fundamentalist, Governance, Holy War, Human Rights, Hypocracy, Ignorance, Iran, Iraq, Islamic Jihad, Middle East, Musharraf, Nuclear, Pakistan, Politics, Propaganda, Proxy War, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South East Asia, Taliban, Trade policy, United States, War, World Order, alternative energy, changing planet, civil war, consequences, contradictions, covert, critical resources, diplomacy, disinformation, disparity, economics, empire, energy, global community, illegal arms, incompetence, nation building, policy, power grab, profiteers, terrorists | Comments (2)