diplomacy

Guess he was good for something after all. Now if we could find a use for GWB.

No sane person wants Iran to have a nuclear weapon or the ability to produce one. But most experts agree that inorder to effectively ruin Iran's nuclear capabilities we would have to strike multiple targets, some of which are deep under ground. Even if it was possible to destroy every...

In case of misunderstanding, I don't think diplomacy is a waste of time, in principle but I came across another "give diplomacy a chance" comment somewhere recently and I found myself testing my memory to the limits. Maybe it's my limits, but I came up with some rather uncomfortable answers...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1841254,00.html The Times October 25, 2005 Foreign Editor's Briefing Bush can't change direction despite this grim milestone By Bronwen Maddox " . . . In the same way, you might now be doubtful that success in Iraq would make the...

I guess next time, Gargamel's demands will be taken more seriously! The story is here. A screenshot can be found here.

Ambassadors' letter to Blair Here is the letter sent by more than 50 former British ambassadors to Tony Blair, urging him either to influence US policy in the Middle East or to stop backing it: .................. We the undersigned former British ambassadors, high commissioners, governors and...

All things considered, the choice of a US ambassador to Iraq is a pretty important one in the grand scheme of post June 30 relations between the US and Iraq, which makes me wonder what the heck the US administration was thinking in giving the appointment to John Negroponte. Appointing someone...

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/14/magazine/14MOTLEY.html?pagewanted=1 Will the Bush administration try to block this lawsuit? Might others sue Don Rumsfeld over the use of depleted uranium in the Iraqi enterprise?