Clinton - Japan RIGHT to protect itself

Fox News: Reports that the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has stated that Japan has the right to protect itself should the missile launch by North Korea become a threat to Japan. This is a developing crisis folks, it only needs this rocket to go belly up over Japan, thus Japan would have to shoot it down, this would be seen as a Act of War by the Communist North Korea. This could lead to an attack on South Korea or Japan, both would drag in the USA. Lets hope this rocket either blows up on the launch pad or is a success and does not become a threat to Japan or the USA. Lets hope for once that the West is lucky folks.

Twin Track by Iran

The Times: Reports that Iran has stated that it opposes the US presence in Afghanistan and the Obama surge of troops, on other hand it wants a stable Afghanistan. This could be a very small crack in the ice wall of Iran, it really depends which faction in Iran gains the upper hand, the extreme side represented by the President of Iran or the moderates who want a better relationship with Iran. As Ronald Reagan found in the late 80s it is very hard to read what is going in Iran. This could be a start for real talks or a game, keep the West talking while Iran builds its nuclear bomb. The result might not be known for years. Read of the Day.

Taliban of Pakistan threaten the USA

Fox News: Reports that the Taliban of Pakistan have threatened the American Homeland. This threat shows why the Government of Pakistan was wrong to appease the Taliban in the Swat Valley. It was wrong on two fronts, it was bad PR for Pakistan, also it will give the impression to the Taliban/Terrorists that they can take more risks. If they do hit the American Homeland, who will the USA hit, the terrorists are in the tribal badlands of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Taliban can be fighting one minute and then throw away their guns and melt in to the crowd. The CIA should keep their eyes and ears open for an attack. The Taliban in Pakistan are like the Viet Cong, and we know how that ended for the USA and LBJ. The next few years are not going to be easy for the West and the Obama Administration, Afghanistan and Pakistan could define the Obama Administration, lets recall it was not the bad economy that bought down Jimmy Carter in the end it was Iran.

UK hands Command to the USA in Southern Iran

BBC News: Reports on the handover of Command of Southern Iraq from the UK to the USA. Our brave Armed Forces have done a great job under difficult circumstances, thus should be commend for their had work. If you see a Armed Forces personnel who have served in Iraq shake their hands. If you see them in the pub offer them a drink on behalf of a proud nation. On the War in Iraq itself there are two negatives, the reasons we went to war was based on bad intelligence, it was held by most Intelligence Agencies but that is still no reason for the War. Thus we need a Judicial Inquiry in public to see the background for the war. Lets be clear I supported the War based on the Intelligence findings. The second negative is our role in Iraq, we didn't have enough troops, and we thought it was Northern Ireland all over again. The UK did deals in Basra to keep the peace, in the end the USA Army and the Iraqi Army had to come to clean up the mess. Thus the UK has to learn that we can only fight one war at a time and we are good at winning but afterwards requires more training. Let us salute our brave Armed Forces.