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Superpower is Bankrupt?

Not that this really affects us Canadians but here's an article about the decline of the US economy and enormous defecit. It's kinda nice to see that while the US economy is going to the dogs, up here in igloo country, we still have surplus and continue to support a universal health care system that in fact just received aproval for a $17billion dollar injection. On the other hand, let's hope that the money will go to the right place...

Posted by Michael Aivaliotis at 01:39 AM | Comments (0)

Colin Powell

Colin Powell made his presentation today to the United Nations. We all knew that there was not going to be some dramatic display of proof that banned weapons exist in Iraq. Basically the weapons inspectors told us that they didn't find anything so Colin doesn't have more info than the inspectors on this. Todays presentation was mainly to show us that Iraq doesn't comply with UN resolution 1441. In not so many words Colin just said: "Hey guys, we all sat here in November and voted for this thing. We spelled out that Iraq was to show us all their banned weapons and prove they destroyed them or destroy them in front of the inspectors." He said:...

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Posted by Michael Aivaliotis at 11:33 PM | Comments (0)

Halabja

A War Crime or an Act of War? Here's an article discussing the gassing of civilians in Iraq, one of the key points in Bush's state of the union speech. You decide.

Posted by Michael Aivaliotis at 10:31 PM | Comments (0)

Turkey to grab a chunk?

Since it has obviously been decided by the US that the invasion of Iraq is a given, let's look at what will happen the day after.

It looks as though my predictions are becoming reality. Turkey is not going to sit by and watch the US liberate a huge Kurdish population which presently lives in IRAQ. They perceive this as a threat and will act (with invasion) accordingly. Obviously oil is the main issue. The US in the meantime wants Turkish cooperation and is willing to pay for it.

Posted by Michael Aivaliotis at 12:14 AM | Comments (0)