More Clinton trouble for Obama

CNN: Reports on the prospects that the name of Hillary Clinton will be placed in nomination at the Democratic Convention. What more do the Clintons want, Hillary on Tuesday and Bill on the following day. Poor Senator Obama will only have one day, if Obama Camp would not be happy.

NYT and the War

The New York Times: Almost never agree with the Liberal Times but support their view on the War, the Times states the following, " The United States and its European allies must tell Mr. Putin in the clearest possible terms that such aggression will not be tolerated. And that there will be no redivision of Europe. " If the West does place peacekeeping troops on the border between Georgia and Russia they should be NATO troops, the EU is to weak and would buckle under pressure from Russia.

Why Clinton LOST

The Atlantic: This article has created a great amount of political buzz, in essence Hillary Clinton was not a good leader, she should have learnt from the 1980 Campaign of Ronald Reagan, he lost Iowa but won N.H., he got in new management and won the race.

Death in Afghanistan

BBC News: Reports on the death of another British Soldier in Afghanistan. The death toll now stands at 115, a lot more will die, the terrorists have regrouped in Afghanistan, the Afghanistan and Pakistan border are great cover for the terrorists, these badlands allow the terrorists to go from Pakistan over the border to Afghanistan, commit acts of terrorism and then return over the border. The government of Pakistan has not control of these badlands.

No Battle for Georgia ?

BBC News: Reports on the Russian decision to end its war with Georgia. It was surprising that Russia did not follow through and take Georgia, once President Bush was back in the White House and put Russia on notice due to its actions the Russians flipped on the War. I guess they don't want to be thrown out of the G8, banished from Europe, and have the Ukraine in NATO. On the strategic level this could be a mistake by Russia, it showed that the Russians blinked, so this wont be 1956, 1968, perhaps the Russia deep down knows it cant pull this kind of stunt post Cold War. They should stick to using economic pressure and keep the troops on base. I wish the BBC would stop acting like a branch of the Kremlin Press Office, noticed they seem to stress the Russian side often, not a great surprise after Iraq. It can be argued that we will see endless Diplomatic moves over the next few days, weeks, months, its better than War, but expect the occasional skirmish.