The recent flareup between the Republic of Georgia and Russia has yet again brought up the issue of how far powerful nations will go to protect what they perceive as their national interest. As much as the United States can cry foul over the supposedly heavy-handed response Russia exercised over the ill-advised military incursion...
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The fallacy of the Bush Doctrine
The political pronouncements of U.S. President George W. Bush following the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center have collectively come to be known as “The Bush Doctrine”. These foreign policy principles were anchored on the declaration that the United States of America had the right to treat “hostile” nations, particularly those suspected of...
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One Man’s Freedom Fighter……
Nelson Mandela was recently removed from the U.s. terrorism watch list. It would be recalled that South Africa’s apartheid government designated the Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC) a terrorist organization during the group’s long struggle against the segregationist apartheid (whites-only) rule. Its members have been barred from receiving U.S. visas without special permission. The...
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Equatorial Guinea: Another African Disgrace
While the world is in a tizzy about Zimbabwe, another dictator is being feted by the U.S. government. The world is having its way at the moment at who can hurl the best insults at Robert Mugabe. Meanwhile, in Equatorial Guinea, another genocidal regime is quietly brutalizing its people, removed from the sensational journalism...
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John McCain’s Middle-east Dilemma
Given the hot and heavy rhetoric of the McCain campaign in recent weeks over Senator Barack Obama’s policy of dialogue with friends and “enemies” of the United States, one has to wonder how the recent developments in the region is affecting their strategy. This past week alone, we have heard that Israel and Hamas...
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