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Oz, Obama announce 2,500 US Marines to be based in Northern Australia
Seeded on Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:22 AM EST (The Age)
Report: "At a joint news conference in Canberra within hours of the President arriving on his first official visit to Australia, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that US marines would be deployed in the Northern Territory for six months each year, starting with 250 ne …
Oz Strategy prof re Obama: Mr President we beg to differ over Asia future
Seeded on Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:18 PM EST (The Age)
Hugh White (professor of strategic studies at ANU and a visiting fellow at the Lowy Institute): "We do not want to live under Chinse domination, but nor do we want to be squeezed by US-China rivalry.
As quit looms, former Oz army chief demands clarity on Afghan War aims
Seeded on Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:29 PM EST (The Age)
Peter Leahy ( chief of army from 2002 to 2008 and now a professor and director of the National Security Institute at the University of Canberra): "For the record, we need to be in Afghanistan, to ensure the Taliban don't return, to keep faith with the Afghan people, to hel …
"Throwing money into space!" A response and debate on a very silly article from The Economist
Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:58 AM EST
Throwing money into space! A response and debate on a very silly article from The Economist that wrote today: ''The Hubble space telescope has been one of NASA’s most successful missions since the Apollo moon shots in the 1960s and 1970s.
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High Emotion and Intrigue After Iran Blast
Seeded on Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:28 PM EST (The New York Times)
Iran’s supreme leader presided Monday over a vast state funeral for a founder of Iran’s missile program and 16 other members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps who were killed in an explosion Saturday... The commander, Gen.
Oz editor re Obama Oz visit: but no reason to get closer to Uncle Sam
Seeded on Mon Nov 14, 2011 4:45 PM EST (The Age)
Sydney Morning Herald political editor Peter Hartcher: "Barack Obama's visit to Australia carries an invitation. It's an invitation to take America's side in its rivalry with China. In one vital way, Australia has already chosen.
Obama Vows New Bid To Thwart Iran Nuclear Effort
Seeded on Mon Nov 14, 2011 12:27 PM EST (NPR)
The president, answering questions at a press conference during an Asia-Pacific economic summit, did not specifically say he would consider military action if Tehran were to persist in arming itself with a nuclear weapon. But he added: "We are not taking any options of …
Lessons from 'The School of Athens!' that Qom and Al-Azhar need to learn
Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:54 AM EST
A very significant work of art, on the whole, charting the course of human intellectual development! There is an ongoing debate on reconciliation of philosophy with theology, and reason with predestination - the twains shall never meet.
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Poll of Iowa Republicans: Cut foreign wars before Social Security, Medicare
Seeded on Sun Nov 13, 2011 7:54 AM EST (Daily Kos)
Interesting that even conservative Iowa Republicans prefer we keep our social net instead of funding these hopelessly destructive, costly, sad, and counterproductive foreign wars.
Ayatollah for a Day
Seeded on Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:22 PM EST (Foreign Policy)
Although the precise strategy Israel would employ to carry out such an operation is debatable, its objective -- to avert a nuclear-armed Tehran -- is crystal clear. What's less clear is how Tehran would react and with what aim.
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