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Currency WarI read at the IAEA Web site (“Safeguards Statement for 2004“): “As of the end of 2004, 40 non-nuclear-weapon States party to the NPT had not yet brought comprehensive safeguards agreements with the Agency into force as required by Article III of that Treaty. For these States, the Agency could not draw any safeguards … Continue reading “Backtalk, January 24, 2006”

Gore Channels Taft Raimondo,This is why you’re my favorite political writer. No one can accuse you of being a Gore fan (I’m certainly not) but you take the time to commend his honesty when he acknowledges the Democrats’ share of the blame for today’s sorry state of affairs.It may be a small thing, but given … Continue reading “Backtalk, January 22, 2006”

Bush Has Crossed the Rubicon Paul Craig Roberts’ piece pretty much sums up the state of the state in the good ol’ USA. … I have been writing to you for the past couple of years and trying to tell you that you are wasting your time anticipating prosecutions and jail time over “Plamegate” and … Continue reading “Backtalk, January 20, 2006”

MoveOn.org Surrenders I agree with your statements 100%. As a progressive lesbian feminist, I would never have dreamed I would be opposed to a Hillary Clinton presidential candidacy. But my antiwar sentiments trump everything, and I would not vote for Hillary if she were running for dog catcher. As for MoveOn, they will not get … Continue reading “Backtalk January 16, 2006”

Nuking Iran With the UN’s Blessing Dear Mr. Jorge Hirsch, I agree with every single word you wrote in your above article. But I was waiting to read your suggestions as well, meaning what the world, including the U.S.A., should do concerning the irresponsible Iranian mullahs getting nuclear arms. It is not needed to remind … Continue reading “Backtalk January 11, 2006”

Christmas in Malaysia I attended the Perdana Peace Forum as a representative of the Malaysian Bar Council. At the start of the forum, a lady seated next to me asked me if Robert Mugabe was attending. I replied, “Not according to the program.” She said that the latest forum program had him down as a … Continue reading “Backtalk, December 31, 2005”

Syriana: It’s Not About the OilMr. Peña refers to the “mysterious” Stan played by William Hurt – there is nothing mysterious about Stan. He works for the Rendon Group or the Lincoln Group or some other such private consulting contract spy organization. He is a former CIA man who has transferred out of an organization … Continue reading “Backtalk, December 26, 2005”

World Peace Forum Moves to Create International Peace Secretariat Kudos to you for attending the Malaysian peace seminar. I missed it as I could not get a firm seat to get back home. I would have loved to have met you guys. Your Web site is great. Your thoughts are great, and it gives us … Continue reading “Backtalk, December 23, 2005”

Israel, Iran, and the US: Nuclear War, Here We Come This article was interesting and I agree with some of it, although I must take point with parts of it. It was informative until the obvious personal biases started to shine through. To say that Israel would be unprovoked if it attacked Iran is either … Continue reading “Backtalk, December 14, 2005”

The Grave Threat Is the Bush Administration The police-state mentality is only a byproduct of the greatest threat to the Republic: our own feckless and desensitized people. We have a president whose obvious third-rate intellect and long history of personal business failures were alone enough to dismiss him as a pampered lightweight – but still … Continue reading “Backtalk, December 3, 2005”