Georigan President Saakashvili is the consensus scapegoat; now the clock is ticking. South African President Mbeki believes that because yesterday's Zimbabwean power sharing deal was made by Zimbabweans, it is a bargain they will live with. The final jewel in the crown of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is fugitive Ratko Mladic, who is cornered and deeply dug in. High-level UN Panel tackles successes and failures of African peacekeeping.
With US military commanders pondering the future of the Afghan state, troops will certainly increase, and tribal regions of Pakistan will become another battlefield in the war on terror. For come western commentators, 'territorial inviolability' does not apply to the Afghan/Pakistan border. US VP nominee Palin as the new Spartan mother. Canadian PM Harper issues political promise for Canadian withdrawal from Kandahar by late 2011 (1,2).
September 12, 2008
September 09, 2008
Tuesday, September 9 08
Surge doctrine suggested against recent Taliban resurgence in southern Afghanistan. US President Bush blames Pakistan for extremism in southern Afghanistan and Pakistan's western tribal regions. NATO military strategists continue to debate their best response to skyrocketing civilian casualties and routine abuses in Afghanistan. Thailand in the grip of a humanitarian intervention nexus: political survival depends on peace, but insurgency pushes leaders toward violence. The future of their government hotly debated in Washington, Iraq's leaders sound desperate about new interest in the 'Biden Resolution' for sectarian partition of Iraq.
The West claims Czech R & Poland under the banner of freedom. The EU shakes hands with the Ukraine. After Russia threatens repeatedly to 'ramp up military presence' inside Georgia and 'remain for a long time' (1,2), Moscow concedes under revised ceasefire to EU Military Observers and outright withdrawal. Russian President Medvedev vows to follow up on recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Inside Georgia, many are questioning how it came to this.
The West claims Czech R & Poland under the banner of freedom. The EU shakes hands with the Ukraine. After Russia threatens repeatedly to 'ramp up military presence' inside Georgia and 'remain for a long time' (1,2), Moscow concedes under revised ceasefire to EU Military Observers and outright withdrawal. Russian President Medvedev vows to follow up on recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Inside Georgia, many are questioning how it came to this.
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