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Egyptian Student Revolutionists See Obama ‘Good On Words, Poor On Action’! (VIDEOS)

May 23, 2011

With the military still in control of the government Mubarak anti-democracy policies remain intact.  Increase calls for reform seemingly remain unheard by the provisional government, and despite President Obama’s recent “Arab Spring’ speech, U.S. Foreign Policy is still playing catch-up.  See the entire interview by CNN’s Fareek Zakaria for GPS of four student leaders who participated in the [...]

Tagged as: CNN, Egypt, Egypt Military, Energy, Fareek Zakaria, Mubarak, Obama's Arab Spring Speech, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Foreign Policy

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The Price Of Currying Favor

April 13, 2011

Like the story of Faust,  U.S. Foreign Policy has mirrored making deals with the devil,  turning a blind eye to its’ support of dictators, autocrats, and despots. Sooner or later the bill comes due. Reportedly the Saudis are sending  emmisaries to Russia and China in  pursuit of increased business relations spelled O-I-L!  Supposedly, unhappy with the ouster of Egypt’s President Mubarek and the [...]

Tagged as: autocrats, Bahrain, China, democratic nations supporting dictators, Egypt, Foreign Policy of Saudi Arabia, Mubarak, Obama, Oil dependency, oil reserves and diplomacy, petro-autocrats, Russia, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Foreign Policy, Yemen

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Advice by Obama to Mubarak Shows U.S. Dangerously Out-of-Touch

February 2, 2011

The last 2 years has seen a nonexistent U.S. foreign policy towards Egypt and the advice that President Obama gave his envoy to relay to President Mubarak this week reflects it.  Not only bordering on niaveté by the Obama Administration of publicly announcing to the Egyptian people that he (Mubarak)  would not seek another term,  [...]

Tagged as: Adivice from U.S. to Mubarak, Egypt, Hillary Clinton, Mubarak resignation, Obama, U.S. Foreign Policy

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Sitting On A Fence Only Means Splinters

February 1, 2011

Particularly noted by this writer was the media’s response to the pro-democracy movement in Egypt; in a nutshell it was all about us–how this crisis would impact the U.S.  Maybe what should have been on our minds all along was how could a democratic nation in good conscience back a dictator?  This situation in the [...]

Tagged as: Egypt, Hillary Clinton, Middle East Pro-democracy movements, Mubarak, Obama, Saudia Arabia, Tunisia, U.S. Foreign Policy, Yemen

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Joke Of The Week

January 30, 2011

U.S. Foreign Policy:  “He may be a dictator, but dang nab it! He’s our dictator!  Besides the Saudis want him to stay.”

Tagged as: Egypt, Hillary Clinton, Middle East, Obama, Political Humor, Secretary of State, U.S. Foreign Policy

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If H1N1 joins with the bird flu, pandemic may be much worse*

November 18, 2009

[Commentary printed by The China Post* ref. post Playing Chicken With A Nightmare Flu by Alan Sipress The Washington Post] When swine flu erupted this spring in the southwestern United States and Mexico, it had been 40 years since the last flu pandemic. The outbreak has dispelled any illusion that pandemic influenza belonged to a bygone [...]

Tagged as: Africa and flu, Asia and Flu, CDC, Egypt, Keiji Fikuda, Margaret Chan, Mexico, Pandemic, swine flu, Swine Flu and Avian Flu, U.S., Virus reassortment, W.H.O.

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