The Solution to the War in Iraq
Thu Jan 25, 2007 at 06:06:45 PM PDT
Certainly I am not so prescient as to be the only person in this world to know the exact solution to the war in Iraq. I think it's been clear for some time and if troop surge policies continue to be the path taken by the United States government, in particular the Bush administration, it will become the only solution that can lead to a victory in Iraq (in terms of American interest). The quick answer is a Secular Sunni dictator supported by the United States government, and I will explain why.
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Planning Ahead: The Wisdom of Iran's Nuclear Energy Program (w/ Poll)
Mon Sep 25, 2006 at 04:41:00 PM PDT
Originally Posted @ Voices in the Wilderness
If nuclear technology is clean and desired in the United States, Canada and other industrialized nations there should be an understanding that Western cultures are not the only nations that have a responsibility to the environment and to their local populations, national security and economic growth. The entire debate over Iran's nuclear energy program has been framed by the leaders of the world as solely a nuclear weapons debate and very little has been made of the constant claims and seeming validations of independent bodies that Iran's nuclear program is for energy use. Without the filter of the mainstream media it isn't hard to argue that Iran is being a responsible citizen of the world by trying to use a cleaner source of energy. I will write, for the most part, with the assumption for now that Iran is indeed trying to develop nuclear plants to supply their energy needs
PR Campaigns: Fiction over Fact
Sun Jul 30, 2006 at 11:03:47 AM PDT
Originally Posted @ Voices in the Wilderness
Israel has managed to take its war against the Lebanese people to a new level. The attack on Qana was deplorable and inexcusable and even under these circumstances the United States of America (The supposed impartial broker for peace) still refuses to condemn Israel's actions even at the most basic level. Israel's supporters throughout the world continue to use the defense that Hizb'Allah is targeting civilians and to the contrary the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) does not purposely and methodically target civilians. Any government or any world leader who accepts this claim at face value after nearly 20 days of bombing, hundreds of Lebanese civilian death and hundreds of thousands of displaced Lebanese citizens has no right leading a people, period.
What Would HaShem Do: A Lesson for Israel on Just Responses
Sun Jul 16, 2006 at 11:02:49 AM PDT
Israel's Unjust and Unnecessary Response
Fri Jul 14, 2006 at 06:09:23 PM PDT
Originally Posted @ Voices In The Wilderness
Israel is showing the entire world why its critics are absolutely right in suggesting that they have become a destabilizing force in the region. I will be clear that I don't agree with Hezbollah's actions although I completely understand their logic. That being said that does not give Israel the right to bomb all of Lebanon mercilessly.
Israel Continues Missile Testing
Sat Jul 08, 2006 at 06:35:19 AM PDT
Originally Posted @ Voices In The Wilderness
As the world begins its efforts to come up with a statement at the United Nations their hypocrisy continues to be quite evident. The new resolve of the world to condemn North Korea was brought about by the recent missile tests of the DPRK yet Israel has, for the past 11 or 12 days, been in the process of testing missiles on Palestinian people and infrastructure and not even the weakest of statements condemning their actions has come out from the collective world body.
Nuclear Standoff: How NOT to Negotiate
Sun Jun 25, 2006 at 06:34:36 AM PDT
Originally posted at Voices In The Wilderness
The United States of America has truly become a paper tiger and their threats to shoot down a North Korean missile test makes that evident but even more evident is there inability to negotiate with two members of the "axis of evil" from a position of strength irrespective of the fact that they have one of them, Iran, completely surrounded with American soldiers & allies and the other, North Korea, under heavy sanctions.
Not Price Gouging, the Free-Market at Work (W/poll)
Tue Apr 18, 2006 at 07:22:47 PM PDT
Cross posted @ Voices in the Wilderness
Western nations fight wars because other countries don't agree with the freehand of capitalism. How ironic is it to hear the members of the nations who most adamantly promote capitalism complaining when capitalism is at work.
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Rhetoric: The International Double Standard
Sun Apr 16, 2006 at 07:57:06 AM PDT
Ahmadinejad has said some rather harsh things in regards to Israel but as with much in the Middle East their is a clear double standard in terms of how the international community interprets the words of Israel and the United States versus how the words of the Iranians and Hamas, for example, are interpreted.
Cross Posted @ Voices in the Wilderness
Civil War, An Unfortunate Necessity? (W/ Poll)
Mon Jan 02, 2006 at 07:24:03 AM PDT
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If the United States stays they will prevent civil war. That may be true (it is a possibility but not an absolute) but the idea that that is any kind of solution is simply wrong. The United States tries to show itself as a messianic figure able to solve all of the world's problems if only given enough authority. The sad reality may be that a better Iraq would come out of a civil war. Not to say that a civil war is the best solution but an unoccupied nation is part one of any long term solution. It seems as if unoccupied land at this time would end up in civil war which is why I make the statement.
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The Right To Improve: Why Iran Has The Right To Nuclear Technology
Sun Sep 25, 2005 at 07:11:44 AM PDT
Front Paged at Voices In The Wilderness
I have been on top of the situation in the Middle East for quite some time now. In light of recent developements I thought it would be a good idea to crosspost this diary here
Iran has refused to back down from its position that they have the right to produce its own nuclear energy and enrich its own uranium. When considering their claims it is quite difficult to disagree with their position. America is in the process of developing new nukes and with rising energy prices they have put a lot of money into developing nuclear energy plants themselves. The whole of the western world is in the process of debating possibilities to support the increased demand in oil. Is it just that the west alone has the right to develop modern day technology? To be fair and balanced the IAEA does have concerns about Iran's forthrightness in terms of nuclear materials and facilities.
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North Korea To The World: Maybe You Misunderstood
Tue Sep 20, 2005 at 06:36:19 AM PDT
Original Diary
There was an historic breakthrough yesterday in the North Korean nuclear standoff. Apparently the North Koreans gave up some of there demands and agreed to halt its nuclear program in exchange for a civilian reactor. This was of course seen as a major diplomatic victory in the war on nuclear proliferation but North Korea was sure to put a quick halt to that:
The US should not even dream of the issue of the DPRK's dismantlement of its nuclear deterrent before providing LWRs (light-water reactors), a physical guarantee for confidence-building
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Impeach Bush: Pat Buchanan
Tue Aug 30, 2005 at 08:10:21 AM PDT
Posted At voicesinthewilderness.net
The Bush administration was convinced that by going into Iraq the dictatorial dominoes would fall. Well, dominoes are indeed falling but they are not the American supported dictators (surprise, surprise), they are the republican base.
Pat Buchanan, who has been critical about the way the war on terrorism has been conducted to date, has another quarrel over the Bush administrations policies. His complaint is with the utter disregard of border security shown by the administration. While Buchanan makes some outlandish statements of own he does bring up valid points. When 40 percent of a sovereign nation says they want to move to America and 20 percent say they are willing to cross the border illegally to get there you may have a slight problem on your hands (To say nothing of that sovereign nation). Pats' call for impeachment below:
The Al-Zawahiri Spin
Fri Jun 17, 2005 at 06:54:39 PM PDT
Islamic reforms are on the march but there is yet much work to be done; this according to Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri in his latest speech to the masses.
Al-Qaida has seemingly taken a play out of the Bush administrations playbook. Spin, Spin and repeat.
"Reform and expelling the invaders from Muslim countries cannot be accomplished except by fighting for the sake of God."
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The Iranian Response: Destabilize and Conquer (W/ Poll)
Wed Apr 27, 2005 at 07:35:09 AM PDT
Having read some of the diaries and comments with Iran as the focus I have noticed a somewhat unsettling trend among the community. Many people have tried to imagine the course of action the Iranians would take if attacked by either Israel or the U.S. Some of the more popular conclusions are that Iran will send ground troops into Iraq in order to further destabilize the situation or that they will send Shiab missiles into Israel for mass casualties to the population. A deeper understanding of the goal of Iran shows that both of these responses are inefficient and unlikely.
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Kyrgyzstan Neglected (MOB RULES)
Thu Mar 24, 2005 at 02:22:56 PM PDT
KOS has barely mentioned the situation in Kyrgyzstan as far as I can tell & according to the MSM "nothing to see here".
How long will these uprisings & MOB Rules be support by the western world? This is getting out of hand. There will be a government who will stand up to the MOB and that will surely be a bloody day.
How long until Russia itself starts feeling that this is actually an attack on Russia & Russian affairs. Let no one fool you, these "revolutions" don't make the people better off & they are NOT revolutions, they are coups!
If the western government doesn't change its policies on support these type of MOB rules it will come back to haunt them.
America The Blind: OPEN YOUR EYES!
Tue Mar 08, 2005 at 09:02:11 AM PDT
Having watched developments in the Middle East and comparing them with the reaction of the American Media and its leaders I find myself asking if democrats are just playing politics or if they actually believe what they are saying. Recent remarks by many democrat leaders must be leaving the majority of democrats & Americans at large believing that they were wrong all along and that the Bush doctrine may have saved western society. Joe Liberman & Bill Richardson to name a few have crossed into the realm of people who would rather see American world domination over the prosperity of Gods children in the world; a realm of people who would call for every government in the world to be a democracy simultaneously showing the power of dictatorships through their dictatorial international policies; A realm of people that says to the world, "I am your king, follow my ways". This does nothing more than show that it is not the Bush administration that has lost its way but it is America.
Turkish Troops deploy In Iraq
Fri Mar 04, 2005 at 08:44:13 AM PDT
I haven't seen this story diaried and the Main stream media won't understand why it is important to follow developments in Northern Iraq and relations with Turkey but the reality is they should be followed.
