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Oct 02, 2007 at 04:17 PM |
We have a basic mythology: Appeasement of dictators leads to war. The historical basis for this narrative is the "appeasement" of Hitler at Munich. It encouraged him to believe the democracies -- and the Soviets -- were weak and would not oppose him. That led him to attempt more conquests and engulfed us all in the Second World War.
If the other countries had stood up to him right away, the theory goes, he would have backed down. If he hadn't, they would have gone to war and nipped him in the bud, thereby preventing WWII, the Holocaust, the deaths of 60 million and all the rest of the horrors.
Now we are floating the story that Mahmoud Ahmenajad is a dictator (the new, new Hitler, after Saddam Hussein). If we "appease" him, it will only encourage him and that will engulf us in World War Three.
If we accept the myth as a gospel truth that should guide our political and military lives, and accept that description as true, it makes good sense -- it is even necessary -- to start another preventive war, like the one in Iraq, to stop him now! Let us examine the facts.
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Sep 30, 2007 at 09:47 AM |
The Chinese food is excellent at the Xianggang Restaurant. After dinner, people dance to the tunes of Hotel California in front of the bar. The place is popular-full every night-and “Xianggang” means, of course, “Hong Kong” in pinyin, the standard Romanization across the border in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang. For this is not a Chinese eatery in the West, but in Khabarovsk, in the Russian Far East.
The Xianggang Restaurant is only one example of how Chinese influence is spreading in Russia’s easternmost territories. Chinese merchants already dominate local trade and commerce, and many have settled not only in Khabarovsk but also in Blagoveshchensk, Vladivostok and Irkutsk, at the same time as the Russian population is declining. The birth rate is low, and every year thousands of Russians move to European Russia to look for jobs because factories are closing down and military installations have been withdrawn.
Many local residents and government officials believe that 100 years from now, this region may no longer be part of Russia. Economically, the Russian Far East is already more or less separated from European Russia.
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Sep 25, 2007 at 03:14 PM |
Surprisingly, there are many neo-nazi groups that operate throughout South America. These groups range from white power skinheads to 3rd positionist groups (who use leftist rhetoric to push fascist agendas), as well as ultra right wing youth groups. Nazi Skinheads have been responsible for attacks and even the killings of punks, left wing activists, antifascists, and homosexuals in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Ecuador.
The ideologies of these groups vary,though many are self proclaimed "white power groups"
while others claim that the pure race that they promote is of mixed indigenous and Spanish
Celtic ancestry. This report deals with recent attacks in Ecuador.
The anti nazi group "Love and Resistance" will post a more detailed report on Neo Nazism in South America
later this year.
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Sep 25, 2007 at 02:43 PM |
The story sounded like a sequel to “Dr. Strangelove”. Leaked by the Pentagon’s news service, Military Affairs to quell scuttlebutt racing through the ranks-and perhaps warn the world-a U.S. Air Force B-52 strategic bomber “mistakenly” loaded with six nuclear cruise missiles took off from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota on August 30, 2007 and flew for more than three hours over at least five states, before landing at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.
The mistake was so egregious, the National Command Authority comprising President George BU.S.h and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates were quickly informed. The SecDef has since been assured that nuclear weapons “were part of a routine transfer between the two bases… at no time was the public in danger.”
Both statements are false. In fact, nuclear weapons like these are carefully crated for shipment between bases, and placed inside the bomb bays or cargo compartments of transporting aircraft. In stunning contrast, this reporter has learned from two independent and highly placed sources that the six Advanced Cruise Missiles dangling from the B-52’s fatigued and flexible wings were fully armed and ready to fire-except for a single fail/safe switch under the Command Pilot’s control.
The quickly blacked out episode has prompted an Air Force investigation. Gates, whose official defense computer was hacked last June, necessitating the shutdown of the entire SecDef network, has ordered daily briefings on the Air Force inquiry. The Minot base commander, who might turn out to be the hero in this frightening affair, was relieved of his command.
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Sep 13, 2007 at 09:46 AM |
A surprising 28 people in Illinois have been infected with the West Nile Virus this year, 3 dieing.A 69-year-old Cook County woman became ill in late August and died on September 3. Two early deaths from West Nile virus in Illinois this year include a 47-year-old Chicago man who died August 7 and a 77-year-old Ogle County man who died August 8.
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