This blog site will deal with issues pertaining to international relations, culture and historical analysis of contemporary events. The recent book, Empire, by Nial Ferguson covers much of the ground that I have in mind this blog site. I cannot help wondering whether the difficulties that Bush and his army faces in the so called Sunni triangle of Iraq was not that much different from what the British faced in 1920-22 when it administered the region as part of the League of Nations mandated t...

The war in Iraq is being waged outside the purview of the United Nations, the only keeper of International Law. I f powerful nations like the US and her allies become laws unto themselve, then thw world is only a short step away from disaster.

The war in Iraq is being waged outside the purview of the United Nations, the only keeper of International Law. I f powerful nations like the US and her allies become laws unto themselve, then thw world is only a short step away from disaster.

The war in Iraq is being waged outside the purview of the United Nations, the only keeper of International Law. I f powerful nations like the US and her allies become laws unto themselve, then thw world is only a short step away from disaster.