Well, it’s official. Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said today (BBC) that “some pockets” of Iraq will not participate in the elections on January 30th. Presumably it would be because of the security situation. He said the pockets “are not large”… but until we learn exactly who will and will not be voting we can’t …
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So many times I have been taken to task for accusing the US of botching the situation in Iraq and creating far more hardship than was there before the invasion, or right after the fall of Saddam. Today I will simply point at Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island. He said insurgents “pretty much” …
More and more.. it seems like there is real momentum behind this push for some sort of significant reform at the UN. Now we’re hearing it from the Russians and Indians. As usual with world politics, change seems to be happening not for the betterment of humanity, but rather to change geopolitical influence. The BBC …
