PressInfo 2004

There are good reasons why George W. Bush won. About two-thirds of America – about 60 % of the eligible electorate voted, roughly a half of them for Bush – and the rest of us must now live with both the accumulated global effects of the first four years and with more of the same, and probably worse, for four more long years. For, in the world of George Bush, God’s mandate from above has now been confirmed by the American people’s mandate from below. So there is a kind of trinity of God, Bush and the American believers. Unfortunately none of his policies, except that for re-election, work – but that seems to bother neither Bush nor his followers. Let’s at least hope that God feels a kind of guilt by (alleged) association? 1. Fear-ology The major reason Bush won is fearology, the building of politics on manipulation of fear...

Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University;Visiting Professor, UCSB, 2002-2004 and Chair, Board, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.Falk is the author, of The Great Terror War (2003) and Declining World Order (2004).See other books by Richard Falk in “The 100 Best Books” The depravities displayed to the world at Abu Ghraib prison pose an historic challenge to John Kerry: He needs to offer America something more politically attractive than ‘a pale Republican’ seeking entry to the White House. Subtly positioning his candidacy but a micro-meter to the left of George W. Bush is not what America urgently needs (or wants) now. This is the most important presidential election of my lifetime: Unless we rid the country and the world of the Bush leadership, our future prospects are grim, and could include a slide toward global fascism abroad and the risk of a police state at home. The precariousness of the situation...

TFF associeret, Albert G Milbank professor emeritus i International Ret,, Princeton University; Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2002 – 2004; formand for Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Falk har udgivet: “The great terror war”, 2003 og “Declining world order”, 2004. Se andre bøger af Richard Falk i “The 100 best books”. Den fordærvelse som udstilledes for verden i Abu Ghraib-fængslet stiller John Kerry overfor en historisk udfordring: Han må tilbyde Amerika noget som er mere politisk attraktivt end en “bleget republikaner” der søger adgang til Det hvide Hus. Det Amerika har et påtrængende behov for (eller ønsker) nu er ikke at han stiller sin kandidatur knapt en mikrometer til venstre for George W. Bush. Dette er den vigtigste præsidentvalgkamp i min levetid: Hvis vi ikke befrier landet og verden for Bush-ledelsen, er vore fremtidige muligheder uhyggelige og kan omfatte en glidning ned i global fascisme i udlandet og risikoen for...

Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University; Visiting Professor, UCSB, 2002-2004 and Chair, Board, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Falk is the author, of The Great Terror War (2003) and Declining World Order (2004). See other books by Richard Falk in “The 100 Best Books” The depravities displayed to the world at Abu Ghraib prison pose an historic challenge to John Kerry: He needs to offer America something more politically attractive than ‘a pale Republican’ seeking entry to the White House. Subtly positioning his candidacy but a micro-meter to the left of George W. Bush is not what America urgently needs (or wants) now. This is the most important presidential election of my lifetime: Unless we rid the country and the world of the Bush leadership, our future prospects are grim, and could include a slide toward global fascism abroad and the risk of a police state at...

TFF associeret, Albert G Milbank professor emeritus i International Ret,, Princeton University; Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2002 – 2004; formand for Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Falk har udgivet: “The great terror war”, 2003 og “Declining world order”, 2004. Se andre bøger af Richard Falk i “The 100 best books”. Den fordærvelse som udstilledes for verden i Abu Ghraib-fængslet stiller John Kerry overfor en historisk udfordring: Han må tilbyde Amerika noget som er mere politisk attraktivt end en “bleget republikaner” der søger adgang til Det hvide Hus. Det Amerika har et påtrængende behov for (eller ønsker) nu er ikke at han stiller sin kandidatur knapt en mikrometer til venstre for George W. Bush. Dette er den vigtigste præsidentvalgkamp i min levetid: Hvis vi ikke befrier landet og verden for Bush-ledelsen, er vore fremtidige muligheder uhyggelige og kan omfatte en glidning ned i global fascisme i udlandet og risikoen for...

. In our Western culture one is judged to be either fully engaged with one’s emotions and one’s deeds or one is dangerously pathological. No one has epitomized this dilemma more than Robert McNamara whose steely tenure as U.S. Secretary of Defense under both president Kennedy and Johnston is still the subject of awed conversation. Imagine the sang froid of the present incumbent, Donald Rumsfeld, and then square it. He presided over the Pentagon during both the Cuban missile crisis and during the great build up in Vietnam when he initiated the concept of “body counts” to measure the progress U.S. forces were making. He obviously did sleep at night, despite his self-confessed “moral tension”, until one day on November 2nd, 1965, a young Quaker, a father of three, burned himself to death within 40 feet of McNamara’s office window. This act, McNamara, later confessed, took him to “the breaking...

Baggrund til denne PressInfo, se # 195 Denne PressInfo på svensk og engelsk Der er både en langtidsbaggrund og nogle årsagsrødder bag det sammenbrud i fredsbevarelsen i Kosovo, som nærmer sig. Medier og politikere synes at glemme dem, fordi de blev bevidst overset i 1990erne og ikke passer ind i standardbilledet af konflikten. I denne analyse diskuterer TFFs direktør, som har været engageret i Kosovo siden 1991, nogle af de vigtigste af disse årsager. I forbifarten påeger han også, hvordan en påstået “anset” NGO, som International Crisis Group, virker som en partisk NÆRGO, en Nær-Governmental Organisation – en næsten-regeringsorganisation – og fortsætter med at udbyde perspektiver og forslag, som vil forværre situationen på Balkan. Det er begyndelsen til slutningen. Langsomt men sikkert – og sørgeligt – nærmer det internationale samfunds anstrengelser for at skabe fred i Kosovo/a sig sin slutning i sommeren 2004. Årsagerne er enkle: mægling og konfliktløsning i...

Se PressInfo 195 som bakgrund för denna Denna PressInfo på danska och engelska 29 april 2004 Det finns en lång bakgrund och några grundorsaker bakom det allt mer framträdande misslyckandet i fredsmäklingen i Kosovo. Medier och politiker tenderar att glömma dem, eftersom de ignorerades under 90-talet och inte passar in i standardbilden av konflikten. I denna analys diskuteras några av de viktigaste av dessa orsaker av TFF:s direktör, som engagerat sig i Kosovo sedan 1991. I förbigående framhåller han också hur en påstått “prestigefylld” icke-statlig organisation (NGO) som International Crisis Group fungerar som en partisk Nära-Governmental Organisation (NÄGO) och fortsätter att ge perspektiv och förslag som gör saker och ting värre på Balkan. Det är början till slutet Sakta men säkert – och sorgligt – närmar sig världssamfundet under våren 2004 slutet på sina ansträngningar att skapa fred i Kosovo/a. Skälen är enkla: medling och konfliktlösning i komplicerade konflikter kan...

With a critique of the International Crisis Group  See PressInfo 195 as a background to this PressInfo This PressInfo in SwedishThis PressInfo in Danish There is a long-term background and some root causes behind the emerging peace-keeping failure in Kosovo. Media and politicians tend to forget them because they were ignored during the 1990s and do not fit the standardised image of the conflict. In this analysis, TFF’s director who has been engaged in Kosovo since 1991 discusses some of the most important among those causes. In passing, he also points out how an allegedly “prestigious” NGO such as the International Crisis Group serves as a biased NEGO, a NEar-Governmental Organisation, and continues to offer perspectives and proposals that will make things worse in the Balkans. It’s the beginning of the end Slowly but surely – and sadly – the efforts of the international community to create peace in Kosovo/a...

Med en kritik af International Crisis Group Baggrund til denne PressInfo, se # 195 Denne PressInfo på svensk og engelsk Der er både en langtidsbaggrund og nogle årsagsrødder bag det sammenbrud i fredsbevarelsen i Kosovo, som nærmer sig. Medier og politikere synes at glemme dem, fordi de blev bevidst overset i 1990erne og ikke passer ind i standardbilledet af konflikten. I denne analyse diskuterer TFFs direktør, som har været engageret i Kosovo siden 1991, nogle af de vigtigste af disse årsager. I forbifarten påeger han også, hvordan en påstået “anset” NGO, som International Crisis Group, virker som en partisk NÆRGO, en Nær-Governmental Organisation – en næsten-regeringsorganisation – og fortsætter med at udbyde perspektiver og forslag, som vil forværre situationen på Balkan. Det er begyndelsen til slutningen. Langsomt men sikkert – og sørgeligt – nærmer det internationale samfunds anstrengelser for at skabe fred i Kosovo/a sig sin slutning i sommeren 2004. Årsagerne er enkle:...

Med kritik av International Crisis Group  Se PressInfo 195 som bakgrund för denna Denna PressInfo på danska och engelska 29 april 2004 Det finns en lång bakgrund och några grundorsaker bakom det allt mer framträdande misslyckandet i fredsmäklingen i Kosovo. Medier och politiker tenderar att glömma dem, eftersom de ignorerades under 90-talet och inte passar in i standardbilden av konflikten. I denna analys diskuteras några av de viktigaste av dessa orsaker av TFF:s direktör, som engagerat sig i Kosovo sedan 1991. I förbigående framhåller han också hur en påstått “prestigefylld” icke-statlig organisation (NGO) som International Crisis Group fungerar som en partisk Nära-Governmental Organisation (NÄGO) och fortsätter att ge perspektiv och förslag som gör saker och ting värre på Balkan. Det är början till slutet Sakta men säkert – och sorgligt – närmar sig världssamfundet under våren 2004 slutet på sina ansträngningar att skapa fred i Kosovo/a. Skälen är enkla: medling och konfliktlösning i...

See PressInfo 195 as a background to this PressInfo This PressInfo in Swedish This PressInfo in Danish There is a long-term background and some root causes behind the emerging peace-keeping failure in Kosovo. Media and politicians tend to forget them because they were ignored during the 1990s and do not fit the standardised image of the conflict. In this analysis, TFF’s director who has been engaged in Kosovo since 1991 discusses some of the most important among those causes. In passing, he also points out how an allegedly “prestigious” NGO such as the International Crisis Group serves as a biased NEGO, a NEar-Governmental Organisation, and continues to offer perspectives and proposals that will make things worse in the Balkans. It’s the beginning of the end Slowly but surely – and sadly – the efforts of the international community to create peace in Kosovo/a are coming to an end in spring...