It is the job of politicians to appear strong when they have a weak case,
and to be skilful in brushing over the weaknesses. Nevetheless Blair's
resolute stand in the House of Commons needs some explanation.
I suggest it is that he thinks absolutely systematically always in terms of
the
I am not sure whether PEN-L members who do not also subscribe to
LBO-talk have seen this reference to an important Newsweek article that
deserves much wider publicity for the top quality evidence that Iraq
destroyed its weapons of mass production long ago.
* Afghan Massacre--Convoy of Death available on video
Film exposing Pentagon war crimes premieres in US
By Bill Vann
12 February 2003
A powerful film exposing the US role in the massacre of thousands of
unarmed prisoners of war in Afghanistan was shown for the first time
in the United
folks can still go to below web site and sign petition
despite yesterday afternoon 'deadline'...michael hoover
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003
Dear Friends:
Like all of you, we are deeply concerned about the prospects of war in Iraq.
Especially with mounting popular opposition to that war, we thought
Title: conumdrum du jour
President Bush's warning du jour: Saddam has been successful at gaming the system. It's now time for him to fully disarm.
so Iraq vis-a-vis the arms inspectors is like Enron vis-a-vis California? does that mean, Dubya, that we should go slow treat Iraq with the
http://idleworm.wolffelaar.nl/nws/2002/11/swf/iraq2.swf
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Source: Save the Children Director-General Mike Aaronson, Hardly
Humanitarian, Guardian (London), 21 February 2003,
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/comment/0,11538,900522,00.html
[begin]
In the debate over the pros and cons of a war in Iraq, the government's new
concern for the
From LA Times article, Iraq War Cost Could Soar, Pentagon Says:
This official said that during recent interagency meetings,[when told of the high
cost of war] White House budget aides put their hands over their ears and said,
'We're not listening.'
I wonder who they could have learned this
Much of this article is still relevant and quite
perceptive re US techniques.
Cheers, Ken Hanly
http://www.globalpolicy.org/wtc/analysis/1001nonews.htm
During the first Gulf War, the U.S. seems to have used up some of its
military inventory and then bullied its allies to help pay for the war.
If it overstated the real value of its inventories, it may have turned a
slight profit on the operation.
Will the U.S. succeed in getting the United
[from the financial stability forum]
List may be interested in seeing for themselves the UK Treasury report on
how UK Treasury might react to a 9/11-type event (extreme circumstances of
operational disruption is how they put it)
and what extra powers over financial markets would be useful.
http://istanbul.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/342.php
Hey, I think if Turkey supports the US in the ME, they'd be fools not to
ask for every cent they can get. Works for Israel anyway.
Joanna
At 09:24 AM 02/26/2003 -0800, you wrote:
http://istanbul.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/342.php
I once was invited to have lunch with George Stigler at the San Francisco
Federal Reserve Bank. I arrived early before the earlier lunch group had
left. They were discussing with the Federal Emergency Management
Administration how the bank would maintain credit flows in the event the
nuclear
Joanna:
Hey, I think if Turkey supports the US in the ME, they'd
be fools not to ask for every cent they can get. Works for
Israel anyway.
It is not Turkey who will be supporting the US in the ME. It is
the rulers of Turkey who will do that. 94% percent of the
population is against it. We
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
BREMNER BIRD AND FORTUNE - XMAS SPECIAL
Published: 17-Jan-2003
By: Channel 4 News
The comedy trio Bremner Bird and Fortune bring their viewpoint on the
Iraqi crisis in their own unique way
We're about to invade Iraq. Again. We invaded in 1917...and
1941...and 1991.
I just heard that Mexico caved. Is that true? If so, Bush has won his
war at the UN.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mexico Appears to Shift Stance on Iraq
2 hours, 48 minutes ago
By DAFNA LINZER, Associated Press Writer
UNITED NATIONS - Mexico appeared to be the first among a handful
of undecided U.N. Security Council members to shift toward the
U.S. position on Iraq as Canada sought to find a middle ground
On 21 Jan I wrote
This programme Between Iraq and a Hard Place was so successful it was
repeated recently. At a guess it would have been seen by at least a
quarter of the politically alert intelligentsia of in Britain, and was a
brilliant piece of political communication. The programme did
Michael Perelman wrote:
I just heard that Mexico caved. Is that true? If so, Bush has won his
war at the UN.
Mexico caved long ago.
Financial Times (London,)February 16, 2001, Friday USA Edition 2
THE AMERICAS: Bush's first foray is into friendly territory FOREIGN
POLICY NEW US AND MEXICAN
Bush Wants Up to $95 Billion to Cover Cost of War-WSJ
Reuters
Wednesday, February 26, 2003; 3:16 AM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Bush administration is preparing supplemental
spending requests totaling as much as $95 billion for a war with Iraq, the
Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
The $95
Michael Perelman wrote:
I just heard that Mexico caved. Is that true? If so, Bush has won his
war at the UN.
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/26/iraq.tracker.update/
REPORT: MEXICO SIDES WITH U.S.: Mexico appears to be the first among a
handful of undecided U.N. Security Council
Andrew Marr, the respected BBC political commentator, says that the
rebellion by government MP's in the House of Commons today, much higher
than expected, was the biggest for 100 years. (I am not quite sure how that
is calculated.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2799377.stm
Should be Pox Americana!! Cheers, Ken Hanly
The president's real goal in Iraq
Bookman is
the deputy
editorial
page editor
of The Atlanta
Journal-
Constitution
By JAY BOOKMAN
The official story on Iraq has never made sense. The connection that the
Bush administration has tried to draw between
I wonder if Mexico got anything in return. What could Angola or Camaroon
get? $100 mill. would probably mean a great deal. So now a seat on the
security council can be relatively lucrative.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
I wanted to let people on PEN-L know about a new book I wrote that
may be of use to them: The ABCs of Political Economy: A Modern Approach,
just published by Pluto Press.
I wrote it, first and foremost, to provide young activists in the
anti-globalization movement with the essential intellectual
Michael:
I wonder if Mexico got anything in return. What
could Angola or Camaroon get? $100 mill. would
probably mean a great deal. So now a seat on the
security council can be relatively lucrative.
Michael,
Let us start thinking about a game theoretic formulation in which
the objective
Title: RE: [PEN-L:35108] Re: Mexico
I wonder if Mexico got anything in return. What
could Angola or Camaroon get? $100 mill. would
probably mean a great deal. So now a seat on the
security council can be relatively lucrative.
it's also possible that Bush threatened Fox with something.
Jim:
it's also possible that Bush threatened Fox
with something. More likely, Mexico received
bribes _and_ threats.
Jim,
As you might know, and as I am discovering, in game theory
threats play an important role, provided they are credible. So,
it is more than possible that Bush threatened
At 03:48 PM 02/26/2003 -0800, you wrote:
There is something sick in all of these but, of course, I will
not mention Western Rationality this time.
I don't know, to paraphrase Ghandi, it would be a good idea.
Joanna
Title: RE: [PEN-L:35105] Pax Americana
it should be mentioned that Pax Americana is nothing new. Back during the Cold War, we had PA. The US was the global cop within its sphere of influence while it guarded the frontiers of that sphere against the barbarian hordes -- oops, I mean the USSR.
Did Fox get the Coca-Cola concession for liberated Iraq?
Cheers, Ken Hanly
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There is something sick in all of these but, of course,
I will not mention Western Rationality this time.
I don't know, to paraphrase Ghandi, it would be a good
idea.
Joanna
Let us be fair to our Western friends. Being semi-bilingual,
some Turkish and a bit English, assuming Turkey and US
At 04:51 PM 02/26/2003 -0800, you wrote:
If I were to choose Sufism, I would choose anarcho-sufisim, after
defining it, of course. This is why I like Yunus Emre more than
Mevlana I suppose. Yunus was some sort of an anarcho-Sufi, a
people's poet, whereas Mevlana corresponds to Lenin in some
sense.
coalition of the billing Dan Schor
The Blair Bush Project Robert Knight of Pacifica
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Interesting US special forces etc. can operate in northern Iraq but this is
not a violation of Iraqi sovereignty nor anything to concern the UN. Ditto
earlier Turkish bombing, occupation of parts of northern Iraq by Turkish
troops etc. etc.
Cheers, Ken Hanly
Armed US guards lay down law for
I would bet France wants to share the spoils. No
veto.
Any bets?
Cheers, Ken Hanly
French MPs back Chirac all the
way despite veto doubtsFrom Charles
Bremner in Paris
New Left Review 19, January-February 2003
Gopal Balakrishnan on Martin Beck Matutk, Jrgen Habermas: a
Philosophical-Political Profile. Bends in the thought of Germanys
leading philosopher, and its engagement with history, across half a
century.
GOPAL BALAKRISHNAN
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Dear Caleb Carr,
In your rather detached, if not Olympian, treatise on prospects for the
US military in Iraq in Arthur Carter's NY Observer, you state:
The question of what methods will be used in our coming action in Iraq
represents yet another, perhaps decisive, round in this ongoing
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