Americans want to do business upfront, then maybe they will find time for a bit of pleasure. This is because most are impatient and want the deal done. The priority is to do the work, then relax and get to know the people across the aisle or maybe not. Knowing the other is more often …
The Obama Administration’s careless message that it is turning away from Afghan President Hamid Karzai may go over well in the US, but it is destroying Afghan support for a continued US presence in the country. Afghanistan’s recent history should remind us that such implications open doors for either ‘great game’ competitors like Russian or …
I am absolutely shocked at how many people seriously think the United States should not close the Guantanamo Bay detention center. It is astounding that any American would prefer to leave 245 individuals in prison despite the fact that many of them could be innocent. Kidnapping, incarcerating, and torturing individuals is a crime. Americans who …
On the anniversary of Martin Luther King and the eve of a historical inauguration, the bombs plummeting on Gaza finally cease. Unfortunately war in our world continues. In Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan and the Congo, fighting persists and I am sure we have not seen the last of it there or in the Middle East. While …
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“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.” — Mahatma Gandhi, ‘Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13,’ May 3, 1919 As hopes of peace ring through the world in preparation for a New Year, Israel is massing tanks on the border of Gaza. For three days, the Israeli military has been launching …
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I discuss this issue on Press TV as part of a round table, November 19, 2008.
Tricia contributes to El Dario La Pensa in The BUSH LEGACY.
