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U.S. Military Spending | Versus the World

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Chinese Military Power Report

Will Iran Slap Obama’s Peace Overtures?

The Middle East – and Iran issue specifically – lies at the center of so many foreign policy hurdles for the United States. The pursuit of peace in the Middle East and the reestablishment of a legitimate U.N. entity can only start with a proven warming of relations between the U.S. and Iran.
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The World Smells U.S. Weakness. Dismantling Begins!

The scent of blood is in the water. The U.S. is on its knees and its enemies are taking bite-sized chunks out of the perception of the invincibility, stability, and confidence that has been the United States of America circa 20th Century.
In the nine years that have passed since the millennium, the ‘beloved’ Bush administration [...]

A Silver Lining to Economic Crisis – a Quieter Introspective Russia?

With the daily avalanche of doom and hideous gloom battering us from every angle – it’s very difficult (neigh, almost impossible!) to find any silver lining strong enough to tug on with reasonable focus and interest. So when you trip over the odd headline here and foreign-correspondent article there (in quiet corners of the [...]

Record High Oil | The Real Cause?

The Financial Times today posted a gloriously titled article, “World will face oil crunch ‘in five years’” yesterday afternoon that predicts ever rising oil prices and economic gloom. But who is to blame?
The FT continues, “The world is facing an oil supply “crunch” within five years that will force up prices to record levels and [...]

U.S. Already Significantly Less Dependent on OPEC

President Bush shall address a hostile Democratic-controlled Congress tonight in his State of the Union address and will urge the nation to slash gasoline consumption by 20 percent within the next 10 years.
The reduction is to be achieved by the increased use of ethanol-derived fuel products (15% of the reduction) and improvements in car mileage [...]

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