Epstein Secrets

, he wants attention, evidenced his recent foray into international diplomacy, when he invited former basket ball player & bad-boy, Dennis Rodman to Pyongyang. As I use to say in the 196os if we had dropped televisions instead of bombs in Vietnam, the war would have been over years earlier. And in this ca

ael Chavez Frias died. Although highly popular in his home country this four-term President was often portrayed by Western Media as a cross between Zimbabwe's despot president, Robert Mugabe and American comedian, actor, radio- TV personality and host Soupy Sales. And for most of us, whether you liked or

Iran and North Korea both show how sanctions and diplomacy can be employed simultaneously. With North Korea, Obama—to his credit—ended talks after Pyongyang's provocative behavior (nuclear and missile tests, sinking a South Korean ship) made it clear that Pyongyang had no intention of yielding their nuc

ead to problem solving. There may be cases where an actor is so bad and incorrigible that the only useful step is to isolate them (think Mugabe in Zimbabwe or apartheid South Africa.). But it is almost never an either/or proposition: Iran and North Korea both show how sanctions and diplomacy can be emp

ependency on Saudi Arabia, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could become more tractable and negotiations with North Korea could calm tensions with Pyongyang. That is what the Bush administration is counting on. EFTA00578928 The jury is out. But whatever the outcome in Iraq, I predict that the Bush ap

l weapons, an even more dangerous despot than Milosevic. I would like to see regime change in many other places. I am particularly concerned about Zimbabwe, where Robert Mugabe's regime is going from bad to worse. I also see Muammar Quaddafi as a dangerous troublemaker in Africa. I support a project o