Secretary Clinton in Laos by Fred Branfman…

Working from Within or Without? Clinton’s visit to Laos should focus on cleaning up the 80 million unexploded bombs the US left behind from the Vietnam War. Instead, it’s all about realpolitik. — Alternet, July 10, 2012 A symbolic moment periodically illuminates both the true nature of U.S. foreign policy and how even once-idealistic youth become […]

Russia Ratifies Adoption Deals With U.S. and France…

MOSCOW, July 10 (RIA Novosti) – Russian Lower House of Parliament, the State Duma, ratified on Tuesday adoption deals with the United States and France, stipulating that a Russian child can only be adopted by a foreign family if no Russian parents can be found at home. The need for such an agreement became particularly […]

Are You Watching the Russian Moves in the Chess Game?

Russia has sent a naval flotilla of warships led by an anti-submarine destroyer to its naval base at the Syrian port of Tartus, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday. The Admiral Chabanenko and three landing craft have left their home port of Severomorsk in the Arctic Circle on their way to the Mediterranean where […]

Russia is Very Quiet this Sunday… (July 8th, 2012)

Russia is Very Quiet this Sunday and Monday is a day of National Mourning… Flags will fly at half mast, TV will not show light entertainment programs, and Orthodox services throughout the country will commemorate the several hundred victims of the floods in the Krasnodar region… The last national day of mourning happened almost exactly […]

Who cares about the Syrian people?

When force seems to be the only solution to ending the unrest in Syria, according to the West the only concern for all parties is who will take control of the country. Who cares about the Syrian people? No voices can be heard from the outside world expressing concern for them. The gunpowder smoke shields […]