What others write about us
It's often interesting to read what other countries publish regarding America:
Belfast Telegraph Digital - Ireland
“But Iraq has not worked out as Mr Libby, Mr Rove, Paul Wolfowitz and the rest of the war-mongers naively imagined. Two-and-a-half years on, America is bogged down in a conflict that has cost the lives of almost 2,000 of its soldiers, and the country its reputation across the entire Islamic world and beyond, and of which no end is in sight.
Belatedly, a moment of accounting has arrived. Not in the mind of a President who cannot admit mistakes, but in the agony of a great newspaper, in the re-opening of old battles within the administration - and in the conclusions of a special prosecutor from Illinois who right now has the most powerful men in the world waiting helpless. And, who knows, as a result of it all we may even learn why America went to war in March 2003.
The Frontier Post – Pakistan
"The American war in Iraq has nothing to do with democracy or terrorism; it is an attempt to re-colonize the region in order to seize control of its oil wealth and carry out its plans to extend U.S. imperialism. In such a scenario, Iraq's instability (it is more like a civil war) would spread and infect an already unstable region. If the Gulf region were to further destabilize, so too would the global economy, as oil prices would skyrocketed, putting the U.S. and many others into recession.
Bush's dilemma is that a loss in Iraq would besmirch his war presidency."
Spiegel Online – Germany
“Before November's election, then-US Secretary of State Colin Powell famously stated that "genocide has been committed" in Darfur. But acting isn't necessarily the best strategic interest for Washington -- especially with its army spread thin. Washington currently has 150,000 troops in Iraq, 18,000 in Afghanistan and, these days, the Bush administration fears any kind of deployment in Africa. Not one to disappoint, Bolton seems to have these fears in mind, too.The words he shared with the world in the years before becoming one of America's top diplomats may prove telling. "Our foreign policy should support American interests," Bolton once quipped. "Let the rest of the world support the rest of the world's interests.”
It's often interesting to read what other countries publish regarding America:
Belfast Telegraph Digital - Ireland
“But Iraq has not worked out as Mr Libby, Mr Rove, Paul Wolfowitz and the rest of the war-mongers naively imagined. Two-and-a-half years on, America is bogged down in a conflict that has cost the lives of almost 2,000 of its soldiers, and the country its reputation across the entire Islamic world and beyond, and of which no end is in sight.
Belatedly, a moment of accounting has arrived. Not in the mind of a President who cannot admit mistakes, but in the agony of a great newspaper, in the re-opening of old battles within the administration - and in the conclusions of a special prosecutor from Illinois who right now has the most powerful men in the world waiting helpless. And, who knows, as a result of it all we may even learn why America went to war in March 2003.
The Frontier Post – Pakistan
"The American war in Iraq has nothing to do with democracy or terrorism; it is an attempt to re-colonize the region in order to seize control of its oil wealth and carry out its plans to extend U.S. imperialism. In such a scenario, Iraq's instability (it is more like a civil war) would spread and infect an already unstable region. If the Gulf region were to further destabilize, so too would the global economy, as oil prices would skyrocketed, putting the U.S. and many others into recession.
Bush's dilemma is that a loss in Iraq would besmirch his war presidency."
Spiegel Online – Germany
“Before November's election, then-US Secretary of State Colin Powell famously stated that "genocide has been committed" in Darfur. But acting isn't necessarily the best strategic interest for Washington -- especially with its army spread thin. Washington currently has 150,000 troops in Iraq, 18,000 in Afghanistan and, these days, the Bush administration fears any kind of deployment in Africa. Not one to disappoint, Bolton seems to have these fears in mind, too.The words he shared with the world in the years before becoming one of America's top diplomats may prove telling. "Our foreign policy should support American interests," Bolton once quipped. "Let the rest of the world support the rest of the world's interests.”
posted by James Roberts at
10/24/2005 10:08:00 PM
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