The Europeans and Americans would like to help the rebels in Libya, but the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan have spurred fears of a military intervention. So far, the only thing the EU has been able to agree on are financial sanctions. In Germany, leaders fear getting sucked in to the civil war
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A high-ranking US government official said in Brussels last Wednesday: "The US believes that NATO is the natural choice for a military operation."
Really? Perhaps this "government official" can cite charter language that authorizes NATO to intervene in an African civil war that poses no direct threat to its members.
There would be absolutely no correlation between Afghanistan and Libya. For one, the locals are relatively civilized and they hate Quaddaffi. For another, there is only marginal support for Daffy amoung his own army and there is almost no political organization.
There would be a short insurgency, similar to what went on in Germany after WWII but Afghanistan? Not hardly, just another excuse to treat Africa and Arabs like the unterminche.
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If Gaddafi wins, it is far more likely to the next Post-Desert-Storm Iraq, where a wounded and bitter Gaddafi lashes out against his betrayers.
Gaddafi has specifically mentioned the European countries as betrayers. Guess what Europe? you're already in his crosshairs.
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There would be a short insurgency, similar to what went on in Germany after WWII This US, having been burned a few times since WWII, is not likely to believe this. I sure don't. The reason why the post-Hitler insurgency went no where is the lakhs of US boots on German soil back then. Shortly after V-E day, a GI got shot by a sniper, and 50,000 GIs went door-to-door in Germany to search & confiscate firearms. That won't happen anymore, anywhere (except maybe domestically but that's another issue).
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Afghanistan becoming another Libya? Too backward. Too poor. Too Islamic. Afghanistan's main risk to the rest of the world is its reversion to Talibanistan.
Study shows a strong presence of anti-Semitism that is linked with Israel and is hidden behind criticism of Israel" in Europe.
BERLIN A think-tank affiliated with Germanys Social Democratic Party issued a new report last week that revealed high levels of anti-Semitism in Germany, Poland and Hungary, as well as varying manifestations of racism, homophobia and prejudice in eight European countries.
Dr. Beate Küpper, a researcher from the University of Bielefeld who co-authored the Friedrich Ebert Foundations study along with her colleagues Andreas Zick and Andreas Hoevermann, told The Jerusalem Post on Monday that the study showed a strong presence of anti-Semitism that is linked with Israel and is hidden behind criticism of Israel, and is not neutral.
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If the settlements all over "Palestine" continue apace for another decade or two on a steady methodical basis the Palestinians can all expect to lead prosperous and happy lives in...Brazil.
The settlements seem to be the answer. Hum while you work.
Sure as all hell the other Moslem countries dont want to take any "Palestinians". Would you want Palestinians living in YOUR country? I mean seriously. But Brazil....now...Brazil NEEDS population. PLUS there are all those Agouti to hunt and roads to be built upriver. Hand a "Palestinian" his ticket and ask if he remembered to pack his camera.
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Statements from the Friedrich Ebert should be taken with a grain of salt.
They're palling around with Hezbollah on occasion: "... FES funded the 2004 Beirut International Conference on The Islamic World and Europe, jointly organized with Hezbollah's "Research Department."
In the same report an affirmative answer to the question 'Is Islam a religion of intolerance?' is classified as evidence of 'prejudice.'
(Don't pay attention to the death penalty for apostasy behind the curtain!)
In the case of German attitudes vs Israel they might be right for once, but they're a biased institution (not biased in Israel's favor.)
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As Dribble said, the muslims use the Paleos as pawns but have little interest in them. The Paleos provide poltical fodder for the Iranians and Syrians. The Paleos were kicked out of Jordan some years ago (1970-1971) because they were stirring up trouble for the Jordanians. This was referred to as the "era of regrettable events."
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The Palieos still haven't grasp that whole cause -> effect thingy. Something most infants get before they reach 6 months. They just don't get it.
The Palieos haven't really been kicked out of Lebanon unfortunately - which is why Lebanon is Syria's and Iran's bitch these days. Beirut used to called the 'Paris of the middle east' until the Palieos showed up.
BERLIN, March 15 (Reuters) - Germany will shut down all seven of its nuclear power plants that began operating before 1980 at least till June, the government said on Tuesday, leaving open whether they will ever start up again after Japan's crisis.
Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the closures, which will leave only 10 nuclear stations still generating, under a nuclear policy moratorium.
"Power plants that went into operation before the end of 1980 will ... be shut down for the period of the moratorium," Merkel told a news conference, adding that the decision would be carried out by government decree as no agreement with the plants' operators had been reached.
Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen said it was not clear if the reactors to be shut down in the three-month moratorium would remain closed or be reconnected to the grid afterwards.
It'll be like getting a permit to drill in the Gulf of Mexico...
Merkel astonished German politicians on Monday by suspending an unpopular coalition decision taken only last autumn, under which the life of Germany's 17 nuclear power plants would be extended by years. She drew accusations on Tuesday of transparent trickery for the move, with the opposition and media saying she was trying to avoid a regional election disaster later this month.
The seven ageing plants account for about a third of Germany's nuclear capacity. However, one of them has been offline since an accident in 2007, and another shut down last month for maintenance.
Business leaders urged caution when making major decisions on nuclear plants, which in total supply about a quarter of all electricity needed to power Europe's biggest economy. "Panic and party politics make bad advisers," said Hans Heinrich Driftmann, who heads the German Chamber of Industry and Trade.
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Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen said it was not clear if the reactors to be shut down in the three-month moratorium would remain closed or be reconnected to the grid afterwards.
The seven aging plants account for about a third of Germany's nuclear capacity.
Well, when Großvater and Großmutter start turning up dead in the middle of the summer because they can't run their AC...we'll see what happens.
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What is the tsunami risk in Germany? Probably nil, but it's highly likely the emergency backup mechanisms at most nuke plants are highly susceptible to flooding, judged from what engineers & architects have done with emergency generators, see Japan & New Orleans.
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BERLIN, March 15 (Reuters) - Germany will shut down all seven of its nuclear power plants that began operating before 1980 at least till June, the government said on Tuesday, leaving open whether they will ever start up again after Japan's crisis.
