It was with a little trepidation, that we at KP were planning to write about the danger the western world was getting into with talks of military intervention in Libya as a possibility. We have already been there and we are still suffering the consequences, as Afghanistan and Iraq remind us. Then, we read in The Guardian an article written by Simon Tisdall: “Libyan crisis: Britain and allies now risk overreaction”. We were relieved as we have been thinking along those lines, and we found ourselves in total agreement with his article. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday, and as expected, the US Senate approved the tax plan negotiated by President Obama and Republican leaders. A deal that is going to cost $858 billion. The House Democrats tried to change a provision that benefits wealthy estates but it was a futile effort that even they thought would fail, as it did. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week after a short visit to Afghanistan, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Washington’s year-old surge strategy for the war was working and pulling U.S. troops of major combat by 2014 was a goal that could be met. Read the rest of this entry »

On September 25, during his weekly radio address, President Obama referring to the full extension of the Bush tax breaks, specially when they were addressed to the wealthy, said “98 percent of Americans wouldn’t see any benefit from it.” Read the rest of this entry »

One of the agreements taken at the NATO summit in Lisbon was that after the coalition would start turning the security control to the Afghans this spring, the transition would be completed by the year 2014. Even if the NATO leaders approved this, Western experts have indicated that the majority of Afghanistan’s police are untrained and do not know the law. Read the rest of this entry »

The NATO summit in Lisbon is finished. After the dismal results of the G20 in Seoul, the leaders attending Lisbon have gone home relieved that things went better this time. Among the measures and reforms planned, the transatlantic leaders were supposed to agree upon a Strategic Concept that will guide the alliance for the next ten years. Read the rest of this entry »

In the wake of the economic and financial crisis, it was time for the G20 summit. After the dismal results of the mid-term elections and a little in desperation over the gloomy economic situation, the administration of US President Barack Obama was expecting some positive changes. Read the rest of this entry »