The Political Conundrum!

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I got this clip from a good friend and I could not help but share it. Only because I have talked about this exact subject a few times on here.

H/T to my friend Susan Keating for writing about this and pointing this out. Take a look at http://susankatzkeating.blogspot.com/2009/02/american-media-again-ignores.html and see the pic of the Commander in Chief of the US Military saluting with the wrong hand and read about our cousins across the pond slamming him for breaking protocol. Jeezuz, even Bill Clinton never screwed that up.

A US army deserter claiming asylum in Germany due to his moral opposition to the war in Iraq is set to scoop a peace prize, a US activist group said Friday.

The U.S. Navy gave fuel, food and water Friday to a Ukrainian arms ship off the coast of Somalia, helping it get ready to leave the area after being held hostage by pirates for more than four months.

Russia announced Friday that it will start allowing non-lethal U.S. military supplies for Afghanistan to cross its territory, a vital link in an alternative route to Pakistani roads threatened by militant attacks.

President Obama held an emotional meeting Friday with relatives of victims of the bombing of the USS Cole and the Sept. 11 attacks who are still waiting for justice to be served years after the deadly acts of terrorism. Obama promised those who attended that the meeting would be the first of many.

I wrote a piece for the Middle East TImes on the slim chances of a potential resolution of the Iranian nuclear file through diplomacy at this time.
You can read the full article here.
Here is an excerpt:
This coming week, for an umpteenth time the P-5 plus one –the U.N. permanent five members plus Germany - will meet to talk about Iran and try to adopt a common position. It will be the first time the U.S. Barack Obama administration will take part in the discussions. With an affirmed will of breaking from the precedent administration, the Obama team has a lot at stake. At this point, with Iran inching so much closer to acquiring a nuclear weapon, the next few weeks might be the last chance for a diplomatic solution.
Obama's opening to the Tehran regime has been received quite coldly. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad replied by demanding apologies for the crimes the United States has allegedly committed. He also asked for the U.S. withdrawal from both Iraq and Afghanistan. But that is not all, when it comes to the core issue of Iran's military nuclear program, Aliakbar Javanfekr, a senior aide to Ahmadinejad, stated that Iran had no intention of stopping it.

That sounds pretty definitive. A non-starter, really. Interestingly, the White House muscled up its tone when it warned Iran that military action is still one of the options on the table. But at the same time the very dovish German foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier reiterated his view that only diplomacy should be used, therefore removing a large stick from the negotiating table. Indeed, if Iran thinks there will be no major repercussions for defying the international community, then what incentive has Iran to stop?

Parents and students of a 114-year-old exclusive Pennsylvania school geared toward children of veterans are vowing to fight state plans to quit funding the facility. Gov. Edward Rendell believes the school, which costs the state $10.5 million a year, is too expensive to keep open.

Israel's ambassador to Sweden was hit when a shoe and books were thrown at him as he was giving a lecture at Stockholm University, radio reports said Thursday.