Posts Tagged ‘Obama agenda’
Posted by seumasach on May 19, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
18th May, 2013
The Turkish prime minister Recep Erdogan’s visit to Washington on Thursday was expected to put pressure on the Obama administration to take a tougher stance against the Syrian regime. Erdogan was quoted as seeking the imposition of a US-led ‘no-fly-zone’ in Syria and increased arms supplies to the rebel fighters. In the event, however, Obama stood his ground and insisted there is no “magic formula” to resolve the crisis. Of course, he couched the rebuff in extravagant diplomatic niceties during the joint press conference in the White House, but it was a rebuff nonetheless.
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Posted by seumasach on May 15, 2013
Shamus Cooke
Counterpunch
13th May, 2013
The tempo of events in Syria has accelerated in recent weeks. The government forces have scored significant battlefield victories over the rebels, and this has provoked a mixture of war provocations and peace offers from the U.S. and its anti-Assad allies.
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Posted by seumasach on May 11, 2013
We’ve now seen the Syrian national army enjoying some significant success in the last few weeks in taking back rebel-held areas of the country. I think this has produced panic, actually, in Washington, London and Paris, which is why David Cameron has been so keen to fly to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin.”
Well, at least panic in London and Paris, to say nothing of Doha and Riyadh.Yes, this is prudent of Cameron to jump onboard the peace process already initiated by Obama and Putin- better late than never. For appearances he continues to stress “that there was “no secret” that the two sides still had “differing views on how best to handle this situation.”” However, the “Assad must go” mantra which we have heard ad infititum over the last two years is being dropped and governance in Syria is being seen as the prerogative of the Syrian people rather than Washington, Paris and London. It’s good to see the West embracing democracy for a change- Hilary must be turning in her political grave.
Russia, UK both interested in ending Syrian violence – Putin
RT
19th May, 2013
Despite having a different approach to Syria, Russia and UK share an interest in preserving the country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, Vladimir Putin said after talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron in Sochi.
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Posted by seumasach on May 1, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
30th April, 2013
The United States President Barack Obama’s second telephone conversation in successive weeks with President Vladimir Putin on Monday underscores the criticality of Russia’s cooperation at the present juncture for Washington on the foreign policy front.
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Posted by seumasach on April 27, 2013
Eurasianet
27th April, 2013
The bombing of the Boston marathon has appeared to whet the appetites of some members of Congress to increase cooperation with post-Soviet governments in taking a strong hand against the threat of Islamist radicals.The House Committee on Foreign Affairs held ahearing on Friday, “Islamist Extremism in Chechnya: A Threat to the U.S. Homeland?” And it provided the opportunity for several members of Congress to tout not just greater security cooperation with Russia vis-a-vis Chechnya, but across the post-Soviet space.
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Posted by seumasach on March 29, 2013
FBI arrests al-Qaeda-linked US army veteran as he returns from Turkey
Hurriyet
29th March, 2013
FBI agents have arrested a U.S. army veteran at Dulles International Airport in Virginia as he was returning from Turkey on accusations that he joined an al-Qaeda-linked group in Syria.
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Posted by seumasach on March 16, 2013
RT
16th March, 2013
The United Stated is abandoning a key part of its Eastern European missile defense plan due to development problems and funding, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has announced. The focus, he said, will be shifted to perceived threats from North Korea.
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Posted by seumasach on March 12, 2013
Thierry Meyssan
Voltairenet
10th March, 2013
The implementation of the peace plan for Syria negotiated between Russians and Americans is running at a standstill. First there was the delay in the confirmation of the new U.S. security team by the Senate. Then, inconsistent if not contradictory statements by the new Secretary of State, John Kerry.
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Posted by seumasach on March 5, 2013
YNet
28th February, 2013
During his next term as prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu will have to do what he avoided doing in his previous terms: Draw boundaries and begin establishing two states for two peoples. This painful process, certainly from Netanyahu’s perspective, will commence soon.
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Posted by seumasach on March 2, 2013
The two leaders made the pledge to work closely on a “mutually beneficial relationship,” agreeing that the partnership between the two countries “has principal significance for ensuring stability in the world.”
Russia and the US agreed to avoid “negative steps” that could threaten bilateral relations as the two countries’ presidents held their first phone conversation since Barack Obama’s re-election.
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Posted by seumasach on February 27, 2013
The meaning of the Hagel confirmation battle
Justin Raimondo
Antiwar.com
27th February, 2013
A recent poll showed most Americans didn’t know enough about Chuck Hagel to have an opinion on his confirmation as Secretary of Defense. You’d never know that, however, with all the drama emanating from Washington on the subject. So did all that sound and fury signify nothing?
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