Category Archives: Global Governance

The Syrian Experiment

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Syrian Experiment”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAs I said yesterday morning, China and Russia are using Syria as a laboratory for non-intervention. With a death toll already in the thousands, the opposition shows no sign of giving up and neither does … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: European Double-Dip

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: European Double-Dip”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Europe’s financial crisis isn’t staying in Europe; demand for American goods and services is declining. This is why I don’t understand people who root for Europe to fail: It’s affecting companies like Marlin … Continue reading →

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Now Obama Is Secretly Jewish

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Now Obama Is Secretly Jewish”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Not only is Obama secretly Muslim, he’s also secretly Jewish: Obama is the “the first Jewish President”. That’s the title of New York magazine’s lead article, written by John Heilemann and quoting a … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Governance, Global Security Issues, Kulturkampf | Tagged Israel, jewish, middle east, obama, obama conspiracy | 4 Comments

The Opposite of Iraq

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Opposite of Iraq”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailGlenn Greenwald makes a prima facie case that America’s role in Libya is illegal, which (of course) makes this president worse than Bush. He summarizes the White House position thusly: (1) the War Powers … Continue reading →

Posted in Glenn Greenwald, Global Governance, Global Security Issues, Obama's Wars, unilateralism | Tagged international, international relations, iraq, libya, military history, system, war, warfare | 8 Comments

Afghanistan and the Obama Military (UPDATE)

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Afghanistan and the Obama Military (UPDATE)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Operation Mushtarak began this weekend. The Obama military is going to war under the banner of a non-English noun. Mushtarak is defined as “common,” “joint,” “combined,” “concurrent,” or “collective;” in the … Continue reading →

Posted in 11-Dimensional Chess, Afghanistan, Global Governance, global news, global president, Global Security Issues, globalization, Muslims and modernity, Obama's Afghanistan Policy, peacemaking, Political Geography, political hoaxes | 2 Comments

Land-Mine Irony

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Land-Mine Irony”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailNews last week that the Obama administration won’t sign the landmine ban is disappointing, but also ironic: the International Campaign to Ban Landmines was the first success of information-age grassroots organizing on a global scale. Jody … Continue reading →

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Obama’s UN Speech

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Obama’s UN Speech”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe wingnutosphere is going ballistic over this, but it’s a master stroke: UNITED NATIONS — With U.S. President Barack Obama presiding over an historic session, the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a U.S.-drafted resolution Thursday … Continue reading →

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Global Leadership

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Matt Osborne

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Americans Go To China For Work

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Americans Go To China For Work”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI don’t have time to deal with this fully because I’m packing for Netroots Nation, but globalization has a new lede. From the NY Times: BEIJING — Shanghai and Beijing are becoming … Continue reading →

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