Irish Times: Monday, September 22, 2008
ANALYSIS: The US military sees the next 30 to 40 years as involving a state of continuous war against ideologically-motivated terrorists and competing with Russia and China for natural resources and markets, writes Tom Clonan …
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/0922/1221998220381.html
By Bobbi Lea
He said that’s the reason why bases in Georgia damaged during the conflict with Russia are being rapidly rebuilt.
Rogozin said if a U.S. military operation against Iran goes ahead, he would have “pity for Georgia, because Iran is certain to defend itself.”
http://newscottage.blogspot.com/2008/09/us-may-use-georgian-air-bases-to-strike.html
By Bobbi Lea
He said that’s the reason why bases in Georgia damaged during the conflict with Russia are being rapidly rebuilt.
Rogozin said if a U.S. military operation against Iran goes ahead, he would have “pity for Georgia, because Iran is certain to defend itself.”
http://newscottage.blogspot.com/2008/09/us-may-use-georgian-air-bases-to-strike.html
New America Media – Los Angeles,CA,USA
The initial terms of the American draft of SOFA would allow an indeterminate number of US troops to remain in Iraq indefinitely with up to 58 bases in locations of their choosing. …
RIA Novosti – Moscow,Russia
The Kremlin thinks the sole aim of the US ballistic missile defense system in Europe is to undermine the counterstrike potential of the Russian strategic deterrence forces …
CQPolitics.com – Washington,DC,USA
The Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee approved a $487.7 billion draft spending bill for fiscal 2009 Tuesday, as senators expressed hope that the …
USA Today
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) — The Czech Republic’s government approved the second and final part of a missile defense treaty with the United States on Wednesday …
ASK THIS – September 10, 2008
“Dealing with this controversial project will be the most pressing item on the missile defense agenda for the next U.S. president. And that’s only one problem with the ineffective, costly Star Wars shield. … ”
http://niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ask_this.view&askthisid=00365
By Tom Engelhardt – AlterNet – San Francisco,CA,USA – 8 Sept 2008
‘America garrison the globe in ways that really are unprecedented, and yet, if you live in the United States, you basically wouldn’t know it. … Sometimes they live on military bases built to the tune of billions of dollars that amount to sizeable American towns (with accompanying amenities), sometimes on stripped down forward operating bases that may not even have showers. When those troops don’t stay, often American equipment does — carefully stored for further use at tiny “cooperative security locations,” known informally as “lily pads” (from which U.S. troops, like so many frogs, could assumedly leap quickly into a region in crisis).’
This is a House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee consultation inviting submissions no later than 29th September 2008.
“The British Government’s non-proliferation approach, as set out in the National Security Strategy;
Initial submissions of written evidence are requested by not later than Monday 29 September.
www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/foreign_affairs_committee
