Never before in American electoral history have Noble Prize winning scientists come out in the open against an incumbent President as they have against George Bush II. They have in a statement signed by 48 Lauretes critisized Bush for politicising science research as never before. Allowing fundamentalist Christian doctrines influence public policy is a clear violation of the separation of Church and State advocated in the Constitution.The important issue of stem cell research which had powerf...
]In these presidential elections, more than ever before, issues of foreign policy have come to the foreground. The Bushmen never tire of speaking of the "Kerry Test" and they shamelessly insinuate that John Kerry proposes to hand over a "veto" on American foreign policy to the rest of the world. It is quite obviousthat John Kerry was referring to the creation of a broad concensus in the international community which would help in sustaining the policy. This is exactly what Kissenger, the ...
The news from Iraq is getting messier by the day for Bush and his Bushmen. The wanton attack on civillian targets has not got the kind of play in the Weatern media that Darfur is getting. Amnesty International which is the first to critisize non Western governments for violation of human rights is keeping silent, showing that they are just a bunch of rent a cause liberals. U S troops who have largely been disciplined, are now showing every sign that civillian control is breaking down and in...
I watched the Arizona Debate very keenly, because I felt that Kerry would bushwack Bush out of the race as he did in the other two races. Though Kerry is the obvious winner, I was impressed about one or two aspects of Bush's demenour. He did not have that offensive smirk on his lips and secondly did not talk down for a change. This change in behaviour is too late to make any difference to the voter's final decision. For the first time Bush did not rave in generalities but addressed the q...
The justification given by the Bushmen for the barbaric and illegal invasuion of Iraq was the alleged possession of WMD by Saddam Hussein. Even the CIA appointed Deulfer Report has confirmed what the world knew all along that Iraq did not possess weapons that are in the ABC category. In fact had Iraq possessed such weapons Bush would not have dared to invade the country. Now it will be difficult for Nuclear power states to hold on to their nuclear monopoly, because there is a real incentive...
The recent death of the French philosopher Jacques Derrida came as a bolt from the blue. He declared that there is no Truth everything is just a discourse. Is his death true. The News of his death, if true, means that there are absolute truths in this world and knowledge is about the quest for truth. There is nothing outside the "TEXT" he once declared. By depriving human society of the ability to search for the Trith, and advocating a relativistic perspective, men like Derrida instead of m...
The UK is a parliamentary democracy, but under Blair it has becme more Presidential than parliamentary. This means that instead of the House of Commons playing a role in deciding the major issues of the day, the PM's personal staff and the unelected body of advisors play a major role in policy formulation. The failure of this model of decision making is found in the run up to the Iraq War. Instead of consulting his political colleagues Tony Blair had false intelligence reports selectively lea...
In September 2001 the Twin Tower attack took place and Afghaistan was rightly identified as a Terrorist State and the UN gave the sanction for a "regime change". There is no evidence that Saddam had any hand in the tragedy. In fact he abhored the brand of Islamic fundamentalism represented by the Taliban and their supporters,In fact, he had tried to weld a multi ethnic, sectarian and religious society into an Arab civil society. The sanctions put paid to his ambitions, leaving behind a socie...
The attack on the Twin Towers on September 112001 was a major event in the history of Afganistan in that it led to the collapse of the so called Taliban regime. The world rightly condemned the barbaric and savage attack on a high profile civillian target. Yet the fact remains that the Al Qaeda and the Mujhahudeen were essentially creatures of the espionage establishment of the U S. like the proverbial monster that could not be tamed by its master, these two organozations once regarded as fron...
The latest opinion polls are any indication, the John Kerry campaign is picking up steam, and for the first time since the Florida debates Kerry is way ahead of George II. It is time for the Kerry policy wonks to put their heads together and piece together a comprehensive agenda. Here is my take, for what it is worth. First, the badly tattered middle east policy particularly Iraq and the escalating violence in the West Bank needs to be addressed. Second,building bridges with Europe and repa...
The War in Iraq is as good as lost. With every passing day tne support within Iraq for the American war effort is coming down. The real reason for this is the dispropotionate use of force in civillian areas by the "coalition forces". Whole blocks of residential areas have been destroyed in the spate of attaks in Fallujah. The American do not venture anywhere near the city after 2 in the afternoon when the Resistance Forces take over the streets. Theis is affecting the morale of the troops,...
The Presidential debate held in Florida is over. As expected the Debate was dominated by issues relating to National Security and Homeland Defence. Bush tried in vain to deliver knock out punches, but in vain. Kerry obviously squirmed when Bush brought out his support for the Iraq War. As I have shown in my earlier Blog this is really a non issue because Bush provided motivated briefs to the Congress. Kerry performed very well throughout the Debate and came out looking more Presidentia...
Finally the Truth is coming out. In a recent article in "New York Times" Robert Novak has published a secret National Intelligence Council Report that clearly warned the Bush Administration the the War in Iraq cannot be won and that chaos will reign supreme. Everyday nearly 500 civillians are being killed in targetted Air Strikes, in clear violation of the rules of combat. The takeover of Fallujah was accomplished through massive arial bombardment near civillian sectors of the city. This ...
On November 4 2004 the fate of the world will be sealed. It would be an unmitigated disaster for the US and the world if the present incumbent is elected. I have spoken a moment too soon. Was he ever elected to begin with. The polls in Florida conducted under Jeb were flawd and had the counting proceeded in accordance with procedure I am sure Al Gore would have been the President and not Bush Jr. This is not the time to dwell on the past, think of the future. This Friday tne Debat...
The news from Iraq is very disturbing. The land where civilization began is now slowly becoming a desolate wasteland. In his address to the American Congress Prime Minister ALlawi maintained that the War is now winding down and that conditions for a free and fair elections exist in Iraq, barring 3 provinces. This view is needlessly generous, and there is no tinge of reality in it. Iraq and its civil society has completely fragmented into a whole range of tribal. ethnic and sectarian groups a...