Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
January 10, 2010
And now Yemen?
After the Christmas day failed terrorist attempt by a Nigerian who allegedly was trained in Yemen by al-Qaeda, talk about going against the terrorists in Yemen was something that many thought could happen. To the point that the Yemeni government had to warn Washington to learn the lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
December 2, 2009
30,000 more troops to Afghanistan
The so long awaited decision of Obama on Afghanistan reached us last night from the Military Academy of West Point. While an unemotional gray sea of cadets looked at their commander-in-chief, they and the rest of the world watching heard those words we more or less expected: an additional 30,000 US soldiers were to march into Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 26, 2009
Iran’s nuclear program
Nobody is sure yet of how much was accomplished at the G20 meeting mostly because the most talked about event, one that was probably orchestrated behind the scenes but not expected to be presented, was the dramatic disclosure Friday made by Obama, flanked by Brown and Sarkozy, the leaders of Britain and France, of the existence of a covert Iranian nuclear enrichment site. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 5, 2009
From Saudi Arabia to the Normandy Beaches
From the Arab world to the Normandy beaches in France with a short stop over in Germany, president Obama is trying to use his travels to obtain understanding for the US among the Muslims, maybe help from his European allies for the Afghanistan war and the closing of Guantanamo. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
December 10, 2008
A Middle East Union?
It seems that the Iraqi government is finally taking decisions and that should be welcomed. A couple of days ago, Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman for the Office of the Prime Minister of Iraq and former member of the Iraqi Parliament, announced in Washington at the Institute of Peace, an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by the United States Congress, a proposal for the creation of a regional economic and security union for the Middle East explicitly modeled on the European Union. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 24, 2008
A new era for Spain and the United States
The election of Obama was well received in the Spanish government where it is hoped that the relations between both countries will improved markedly. During Bush’s first four years, Spain was governed by the conservative party of Aznar who turned into a fan/follower of Bush and agreed totally with the American in what respected the Iraq War. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 12, 2008
Obama’s challenges
We are on the last weeks of the Bush’s presidency and even if most of us don’t think that much of him, we cannot put blinkers on and think that Obama is going to arrive at the White House with a list of things to do like the one followings and be able to check all of them and solve all the unfinished problems the country has. Read the rest of this entry »
