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September 4, 2008 The Washington Times, by Austin Bay Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 4, 2008 7:52 am Post ReplyAs the Russo-Georgian War’s August gunfire slips into a murky September cease-fire, the Pentagon reports that the Russians “are still not living up to the terms of the cease-fire agreement.”
So, what does Russia want? The question intentionally echoes, “So what did Stalin want?” - which historian John Lewis Gaddis asked and then answered in his award-winning book “The Cold War: A New History.” Mr. Gaddis argued Josef Stalin wanted “security for himself, his regime, his country and his ideology, in precisely that order.” These goals would also resonate in an “Old History” of Russia - call it Tsar Wars, with Ivan the Terrible as the featured personality.
The Sydney Moring Herald, by Naomi Wolfe Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 4, 2008 7:50 am Post ReplyA woman swathed in black to her ankles, wearing a headscarf or a full chador, walks down a European or North American street, surrounded by other women in halter tops, miniskirts and short shorts. She passes under immense billboards on which other women swoon in sexual ecstasy, cavort in lingerie or simply stretch out languorously, almost fully naked. Could this image be any more iconic of the discomfort the West has with the social mores of Islam, and vice versa?
Pajamas Media, by Meir Javedanfar Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 4, 2008 7:43 am Post ReplyThere is a growing sense of anger amongst Iranian women. Next week, a number of women’s rights groups are planning to picket in front of the Majlis (parliament) to demonstrate against a new bill which, if passed, would allow Iranian men to take a second wife, without the permission of his first one.
The Guardian, by Edward Lucas Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 4, 2008 7:41 am Post ReplyWhy has an odd alliance of leftwingers, Tories and bankers come out for this fascist kleptocracy?
wnbc.com, by Staff Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 4, 2008 6:38 am Post ReplySwedish Researchers Say 40 Percent Of Men Possess Gene Linked To Infidelity Among Voles
CNN, by Diana Markosian and Maxim Tkachenko Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 4, 2008 6:31 am Post Reply A Russian journalist died Wednesday from gunshot wounds sustained the night before — the second Russian journalist fatally gunned down this week.
Abdulla Alishayev — a host on one of the most popular Islamic television stations in the Russian republic of Dagestan — was shot in the head and shoulder late Tuesday while he was in his car, police told CNN.
September 3, 2008 BBC News, by Staff Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 3, 2008 9:39 pm Post ReplyThere are fears the eurozone could slow further.
The eurozone economy has contracted in the three months to June due to lower private spending and falling exports, adding to fears of a lasting slowdown.
US News And World Report, by Sam Dealey Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 3, 2008 9:33 pm Post ReplyThis week the United Nations released new statistics on Afghanistan’s opium production, and the upshot is that the country will remain the world’s top producer of opium by a country mile. This should hardly come as a surprise, and most might be tempted to throw away the report as useless. But read between the lines and it’s clear why the stubborn Taliban insurgency is gaining ground and, more important, how those gains can be cut back.
Der Spiegel, by Ralf Beste, Uwe Klussmann and Gabor Steingart Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 3, 2008 9:31 pm Post ReplyThe European Union is struggling to find a common position on Russia — as is the rest of the West. But so far, diplomatic bluster has been the name of the game. What should the world do about Russia’s new-found bravado?
Foreign Policy, by Staff Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 3, 2008 9:29 pm Post ReplySigns of progress in Iraq have left America’s top foreign-policy experts experiencing a rare sensation: optimism. But, according to the fourth Terrorism Index, the U.S. national security establishment is in sharp disagreement with the presidential candidates—and alarmed that its so-called allies may soon harbor its worst enemies.
Middle East Times, by ANDREW D. BISHOP Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 3, 2008 9:26 pm Post ReplyFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in Damascus Wednesday on a long-awaited visit as Paris tries to fill the diplomatic vacuum created by Washington’s policy of exclusion.
The Jerusalem Post, by ASHLEY PERRY Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 3, 2008 9:24 pm Post ReplyThe recent occurrences in Georgia present a good opportunity to compare how the media describe certain world events.
Daily Star, by Rami G. Khouri Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 3, 2008 9:20 pm Post ReplyThe agreement signed last Saturday that saw Italy apologize and pay $5 billion in compensation for its colonial rule and misdeeds in Libya was a powerful example of why it is so important to acknowledge that which many of our friends in the West constantly tell us to put behind us: history.
The China Post, by Frank Ching Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 3, 2008 8:16 pm Post ReplyThe question now is, what next? Beijing residents had clean air for several weeks as a result of an all-out effort to curb pollution and reduce traffic. Now that they know what the air and sky can be like if the government really tried, they would not be happy if things were to go back to the way they were before the Olympics.
The Olympics were China’s coming out party and the country received unprecedented media coverage. The good thing was that while there was much journalistic interest in sensitive issues involving Tibet, Falun Gong and human rights, there was also plenty of other coverage and, by and large, the reportage was much more positive than negative.
The Heritage Foundation, by Derek Scissors Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 3, 2008 8:13 pm Post ReplyChina bulls start with the growth of the past three decades, pat it down somewhat, then extend the lines forward on a graph to reach wondrous conclusions. But will the expansion be sustained for another 30 years?
Real Clear World, by Andrei Piontkovsky Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 3, 2008 8:11 pm Post ReplyThe Georgia crisis has revealed a new strategic force in the Kremlin that opposes both Putin and Medvedev.
Ann Althouse, by Ann Althouse Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 3, 2008 7:16 pm Post Reply“I’m the freaking Governor of Alaska. I didn’t get there by just eating mooseburgers and popping out kids.”
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Telegraph, by Edmund Conway and Andrew Porter Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 3, 2008 7:05 pm Post ReplyWhen the Prime Minister recently arrived in the west London suburb he was greeted by miserable, squally autumn showers. And the economic weather was even worse.
Times Online, by Ben Macintyre Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 3, 2008 7:02 pm Post ReplyFrom bamboozling the Nazis in the war to fooling the Taleban this week, nobody lies better than those famous stiff upper lips.
The Moscow Times, by Anders Aslund Original ArticlePosted By: Gary Granai - September 3, 2008 6:57 pm Post ReplyAug. 8 stands out as a fateful day for Russia. It marks Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s greatest strategic blunder. In one blow, he wiped out half a trillion dollars of stock market value, stalled all domestic reforms and isolated Russia from the outside world.
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