January 2008


An interesting article for you who study world affair.

United States – International Diplomacy – Economic Trends – World Economy – Politics – New York Times So let’s play strategy czar. You are a 21st-century Kissinger. Your task is to guide the next American president (and the one after that) from the demise of American hegemony into a world of much more diffuse governance. What do you advise, concretely, to mitigate the effects of the past decade’s policies — those that inspired defiance rather than cooperation — and to set in motion a virtuous circle of policies that lead to global equilibrium rather than a balance of power against the U.S.?

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Ternyata kondisi Soeharto yg semakin memburuk membuat pusing media maupun kerabat serta orang2 yg mendapat untung saat Orde Baru. Untuk media, mereka pusing karena harus membuat persiapan kalau-kalau Soeharto meninggal sehingga perlu membuat semacam Obituari atau kenang2an. Salah satunya adalah Reuters, dengan judul “Suharto’s rise and fall”

Sementara itu, Republika menurunkan tulisan menarik tentang jurang pengetahuan antar generasi. Masa Soeharto, Natsukashiiii….

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Palestinian Child Prisoners

and their messages

The later video was created by a Israel’s own human right groups. I hope we could see the light of who is the victim. Even US President George W Bush call it Israel Occupation!

Meanwhile as reported by BBC, Amira Hass wrote in Israel Newspaper Ha’aretz:

The security establishment was quick to boast of the success of its tactic of escalation against Gaza… Those who champion escalation ignore the fact that hermetic closure of all crossings into Gaza reminds the world what it loves to forget: Israel is the occupier. The aggressor.

Meanwhile, Yahoo News reported:

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he won’t allow Gazans to live ordinary lives while Israelis next to Gaza are suffering from daily rocket attacks. “We will not allow under any condition, or any situation, creation of a humanitarian crisis. We will not hit food supplies for children or medicines for the needy,” he said. But Olmert added: “Does anyone seriously think that our children will wet their beds at night in fear and be afraid to go out of the house and they (Gazans) will live in quiet normality?”

It's occupation, stupid!

Bhutto = Bush,Clinton