Tag Archives: intervention

The Philippines as Red State

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Lee

Filipino writer Benjamin Pimentel is surprised to discover that his countrymen were among the very few foreign populations to prefer John McCain to Barack Obama in a Gallup international survey. A happy place for Republicans in a lonely world apparently, as … Continue reading →

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Consumers get credit for their part in the debacle

Posted on September 20, 2008 by MikeR

Washington PostThis is not good news for consumers.  Reminds me of Phil Gramm’s “whiners” comment.  “Wall Street has lived beyond its means, but so has Washington. Both did so, in part, because consumers and voters on Main Street wanted it … Continue reading →

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The Belligerent Peacekeeper

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Lee

Robert Amsterdam speaks with Geert Jan Alexander Knoops, an expert on international law governing peacekeeping missions, who concludes the Russian claims of acting as belligerent peacekeepers, have no legal foundation in international law. Amsterdam further observes that by citing the … Continue reading →

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Peacekeeper No More

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Lee

Alexander Stubb, chairman of the OSCE, states the obvious but necessary: Russia having become a combatant, can no longer serve in a peacekeeping role in South Ossetia. Which of course eliminates their rationale for intervention.

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