30 Nov 2009

A Definitive Report on the Crisis in Honduras: A Victory for “Smart Power”

“The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes longer.” – Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger said that diplomacy is the “art of restraining power”. Obviously, the most influential ideologue on US foreign policy of the twenty first century was refering to the necesity to “restrain the power” of other countries and goverments in order to maintain the dominant world power of the United States. Presidents in the style of George W. Bush employed “Hard Power” to achieve this goal: weapons, bombs, threats and military invasions. Others, like Bill Clinton, used “Soft Power”: cultural warfare, Hollywood, ideals, diplomacy, moral authority and campaigns to “win the hearts and minds” of those in enemy nations. The Obama administration has opted for a mutation of these two concepts, fusioning military power with diplomacy, political and economic influence with cultural penetration and legal manuvering. They call this “Smart Power”. It’s first application is the coup d’etat in Honduras, and as of today, it’s worked to perfection.


read the rest of Eva Golinger's article by using the link in the title...

I Want to Tell the World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YaLwfFmrro

28 Nov 2009

Iraq war legitimacy 'questionable' says ex-diplomat

After British Officials first tell the Chilcot inquiry that Iraq and al-Qaeda were 'not allies' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8377492.stm, day by day, there is more and more evidence supporting the claims made in my Exploratory Research Project, detailed further down...

The next target for the US-led "international community" appears to be Iran. What better example of double standards can there be when Iran is being "pressured and intimidated" with the threat of sanctions and eventual military intervention over this community's fears that it might acquire the same nuclear weapons that its neighbour, Israel, possesses?...

25 Nov 2009

Raport de (in-) activitate!

mai ieri vorbeam despre o alta masa de manevra... aparent mai putin manevrabila si disponibilizata inainte sa poata fi adusa in capitala catre care duc toate drumurile – cum ar fi Aurelia, Cassia sau Salaria – ca sa-i bata pe studentii de acolo in eventualitatea rasturnarii de la putere a "strategului" corupt si afemeiat, Berlusconi!

s-a dezbatut – in absenta subiectilor disponibilizati – memoria vietii lor "minerale" (vezi link-ul ascuns in titlu daca tot nu a cazut inca fisa!), sentimentele anorganice cu care operau instalatiile din subteran – cu un inalt grad de inteligenta emotionala menit sa evoce solidaritatea spectrala cu care tineau candva la respect clonele patronale auto-reproducatoare/ auto-devoratoare ale unui sistem mumificat...

au fost comentate pe larg procedurile utilizate pentru golirea de continut a muntilor, lasandu-i o coaja, o masca pentru acoperit campiile californizate de incalzirea globala...

... despre comunitati dialogice, antropo-localizate intr-o forma gelatinoasa, care le permite modificarea configuratiei structurale fara sa le oblige, totodata, sa isi modifice volumul sau coeziunea atunci cand interactioneaza...

... interactiuni in urma carora singurele cresteri inregistrate sunt acumularile interioare, iar nu cele obtinute prin asimilarea/ incorporarea unor bucati din comunitatea vecina... asa cum se intampla in preluarile ostile ale corporatiilor!

... interactiuni – profunde, fluide, emotionale, armonizandu-se organic pentru prelungirea limitelor temporale ale orgaSMului senzorial care sa le permita o cat mai lunga si mai lina aterizare post-ludica inapoi, in propriile trupuri...

... sau poate ca nu am inteles eu bine... din cauza faptului ca vorbeau o limba straina?... iar daca nu ati inteles nici voi, nu va ingrijorati – era doar o incercare de a le multumi unor membrii ai "Stimatei Echipe", care m-au pus pe drumuri europene scumpe si obositoare, cauzand aceasta intrerupere nepermis de lunga...


p.s. in cazul in care era ingrijorati de reputatia daco-rromanilor in vechiul imperiu, ei bine, vestea buna este ca, asa cum ii sta bine rromanului intreprinzator, o parte a co-nationalilor nostrii e-migratori au monopolizat deja o arie a prestatorilor de servicii din Perugia: cea a cersetoriei – te-apuca un dor de casa cand ii vezi cum flutura agresiv "certificatele" unor fotografii cu niste copii (nemutilati vizibil!) pentru "cumparare un pane" (sic!)...