ccokzsblog: November 2010

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Secret Cables Show Deep U.S.-Pakistan Clashes

Afghan border cop kills 6 GIs

KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan border police officer opened fire on US troops during a training mission in the east of the country yesterday, killing six Americans before he was shot dead, US and Afghan officials said. The incident -- resulting in the highest one-day toll for NATO forces since...

Egypt's ruling party wins most seats in 1st round

Italy

Student protests disrupt Italian roads, railways

yah, well, cheers Misses Royal. Anyway

cyberstorm 2
Klingon Academy
new worlds
The Rebel universe
Marvel vs Capcom
Phenomena Enigma

French PS nominates Royal, again

I dont know whether the French socialists suffer from dellusions, but ok. I was interested in what the others said about it, Besancenot and so on. I mean, this bloodless nightmare cannot last forever.
bbc

Beckham latest

pravda:David Beckham allegedly involved in affair with lingerie saleswoman
ny daily news

David Beckham joined Prime Minister David Cameron in a meeting with Sepp Blatter on Tuesday as England's 2018 World Cup bid sought to smooth over relations with FIFA following bribery claims made in a BBC programme.
allegations of corruption

Mario Monicelli

PRAVDA:Mario Monicelli, master of Italian comedy, commits suicide at age 95
startribune

ROME - Oscar-nominated director and screenwriter Mario Monicelli, considered one of the fathers of the Italian comedy of the 1940s-1960s, died Monday after jumping from a fifth-story hospital window, the hospital said. He was 95.

Monicelli was being treated at Rome's San Giovanni hospital for pancreatic problems and leaped to his death Monday night, said Anna Scoltore, who heads the hospital's media office. She said he had been admitted a few days ago and that it appeared his condition was terminal.

Germany: After the ecos got fired in Hamburg, Geissler suddenly supports the new railway station in Stuttgart

Pap,pap. Bitta dry. I thought more of Geissler. In the end, he does what he's told. Now, that's not bad for a talkmaster, but I don't think it will revitalize political discussion in Germany. Demonstrators shouted things like "Pfui" and "ba."

Railway station is being built

Geißler supports "Stutgart-21-Plus"

Another eco-kill:

After end of eco-conservative coalition

Ahlhaus kills eco metropolitan traffic project

Well, Mr Roettgen still supported a conservative-eco coalition. Well, now that the things got this form, I'd suggest immediate suicide

review:Ecos are the political arm of rioters, stone throwers and arsonists, the social dems are the felt smallest opposition party. Christ Social Dobrindt gives an oath on party thinking.

Data leak

Pentagon terminates lines

The US govt attempts to secure its data after the publication of thousands of confidential documents. The state dept. disconnected its data server for diplomatic services from a computer network of the military. The network is considered as primary source for the recent publishing

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France

Nicolas Sarkozy, "l'Américain"

Several new documents published by WikiLeaks reveal the fascination between the French and the Americans. Mr.Sarkozy mentioned to deploy in Iraq before he got elected.

Saudis 'chief financiers' of Qaeda

A quick aside in a New York Times article about leaked diplomatic cables is sure to spark renewed interest about the role of the US' biggest ally in the Gulf supporting terrorism.

In their wide-ranging précis of the leaked cables, Times reporters Scott Shane and Andrew Lehren mention in passing a key detail from one of the diplomatic dispatches: "Saudi donors remain the chief financiers of Sunni militant groups like Al Qaeda."

No other details about the cable are provided by the Times. The referenced cable is not linked, and Raw Story has been unable to locate the specific language among additional cables published by The Guardian. (If you find the cable, please email john@rawstory.com).

The admission is stunning, though it has been largely kept from public view, and hasn't been admitted previously at such a high level. The "Blue Ribbon" Sept. 11, 2001 report noted that al Qaeda had raised money in Saudi Arabia but that no senior officials had provided material support.

Charges that Saudi donors have provided material support for terrorist groups -- including Iraqi insurgents -- are not new. A detailed Congressional Research Service report in 2007 highlighted repeated instances where Saudis were accused of supporting terrorist groups. The report was titled, "Saudi Arabia: Terrorist Financing Issues."

"According to the U.S. State Department 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 'Saudi donors and unregulated charities have been a major source of financing to extremist and terrorist groups over the past 25 years,'" the report's authors wrote. "The September 11, 2001 attacks fueled criticisms within the United States of alleged Saudi involvement in terrorism or of Saudi laxity in acting against terrorist groups. The final report released by the bipartisan National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission) indicates that the Commission 'found no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded [Al Qaeda].' The report also states, however, that Saudi Arabia 'was a place where Al Qaeda raised money directly from individuals and through charities' and indicates that 'charities with significant Saudi government sponsorship' may have diverted funding to Al Qaeda. U.S. officials remain concerned that Saudis continue to fund Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations."

The Congressional Research Service report cautions against concluding that the Saudi monarchy had any direct role in al Qaeda's financing. It notes that the Saudi government has made "numerous official statements" saying that they are "committed to cooperating with the United States in fighting terrorist financing, pointing out that Saudi Arabia itself is a victim of terrorism and shares the U.S. interest in combating it."

But it also goes on to lay out claims that individuals in Saudi Arabia have underwritten Iraqi insurgents.

"In October 2004, an unidentified Defense Department official told the press that private Saudi individuals and charities were channeling funds to insurgent groups in Iraq," the researchers wrote. "Saudi officials vigorously denied the claims and appealed for U.S. officials to provide concrete information in support of the charges so that Saudi authorities could investigate and prosecute any individuals or entities that may have been involved. In December 2004, press reports cited intelligence gathered following U.S. military operations, including the November 2004 assault on Fallujah, which indicated that 'a handful of senior Iraqi Baathists operating in Syria are collecting money from private sources in Saudi Arabia and Europe' and are channeling it to insurgent groups. In addition, news accounts have quoted insurgent facilitators stating that Saudi young men are particularly valuable to insurgent groups because Saudis provide for their own expenses and often personally finance insurgent operations."

"A senior U.S. Treasury Department official testified in July 2005 that Saudi individuals may be 'a significant source' of financing for the Iraq insurgency," they add. "The Iraq Study Group report stated that 'funding for the Sunni insurgency [in Iraq] comes from private individuals within Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States.' Iraqi officials have called on Saudi Arabia and other neighboring countries to do more to restrict financial networks operating in their countries from supporting insurgents in Iraq."

Muqtedar Khan, Associate Professor of Islam and Global Affairs at the University of Delaware, criticized the Saudi government on the revelation at The Huffington Post, saying that the cables exposed Muslim governments' hypocrisy.

"The... cables also reveal that even now the main financiers of al Qaeda are Saudi donors," Khan writes. "American presidents George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama have identified al Qaeda as the biggest threat to the U.S., and yet they collude with the nation whose citizens are its biggest financiers. Why don't the Saudis cut off the head of the real snake by arresting and imprisoning al Qaeda's financiers? Most Americans know that fifteen of the nineteen terrorists that attacked the US on September 11, 2001, were Saudis. None were Iranians. A significant number of foreign fighters who joined al Qaeda in Iraq were Saudis. This is a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black."

The beg slog-ordeal-misery continues

List of perfect storms.
glenn beck with helmet
BECK's 'perfect storm' has come, again.

Monday, 29 November 2010

Germany

Ahlhaus fires eco senators

Social Dems nominate Scholz

Conservative-Eco disaster shocks German conservatives

Only a few moments ago, conservatives and lib dems hoped a bit for 2011: The chancellor appeared to be battle ready, the social dems were down. But new elections in Hamburg threaten to cripple the conservatives and lib dems - and thus the entire election year. The social dems got hardly the capacity to get their luck. mehr... [ Video | Forum ]

Photo Gallery: How the US Sees Select World Politicians

The World Reacts to Massive Diplomatic Leak

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, depicted as a vain party animal in the US State Department cables disclosed by WikiLeaks on Sunday, "had a good laugh" upon learning of the revelations. Others aren't as sanguine. A US Representative wants to designate the Internet platform as a terrorist organization. more...

The US Diplomatic Leaks

A Superpower's View of the World

251,000 State Department documents, many of them secret embassy reports from around the world, show how the US seeks to safeguard its influence around the world. It is nothing short of a political meltdown for US foreign policy. By SPIEGEL Staff more... [ Forum ]

Diplomats or Spooks?

How US Diplomats Were Told to Spy on UN and Ban Ki-Moon

The US State Department gave its diplomats instructions to spy on other countries' representatives at the United Nations, according to a directive signed by Hillary Clinton. Diplomats were told to collect information about e-mail accounts, passwords and encryption keys, credit cards, biometric information and a whole lot more. By Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark more...

Data being examined

Merkel fears bigger damage

The political Berlin reacts nervously towards the publication of confidential US papers through the internet platform Wikileaks though there are some statements which maintain the opposite. The govt is in concern about the foreign relation consequences, for Germany also. Internally, the informant of the Americans is also looked for.... although only a little bit. ....»

Sunday, 28 November 2010

The giving Saudi nature during hadj: 110 kilo coke in Paris

n-tv

A Saudi princess rented the apartment in Neuilly-sur-Seine where 110 kilo coke were found.

Hamburg: Ecos cancel coalition with conservatives

Hamburg sees new voting

Ecos desert coalition with conservatives

The first conservative-eco coalition on German state level is a total failure. Hamburgs Green-Alternative list (GAL) announced they will quit their cooperation with the conservatives. There will be new elections in the Hanse town. The coalition has been in crisis for months, five senators have already resigned. ....»

Small reminder of what Dobrindt said recently (Dobrindt is from Bavaria):

Note: Since the German Ecos got 25% in the polls in Germany, the conservatives trigger at them

"Grüne Krawallmacher, SPD kläglich"

Dobrindt teilt mächtig aus

Ecos are the political arm of rioters, stone throwers and arsonists, the social dems are the felt smallest opposition party. Christ Social Dobrindt gives an oath on party thinking.

"The Ecos point their middle finger at democracy and act by the credo: If the majority doesnt want what we like we take it on the street."

Also Sunday, one person was killed and seven people were wounded in three separate car bombings in the Iraqi capital.

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. troops shot and killed an Iraqi man at Baghdad International Airport on Sunday morning, a U.S. military spokesman said.

A military convoy attempted to stop the man, who they spotted driving a vehicle at high speed on an airport road, Col. Barry Johnson said.

"The vehicle was perceived as a threat and a decision was made to engage it with small-arms fire in order to stop it and to protect the convoy from a possible attack," Johnson said.

The driver did not respond to U.S. hand signals before troops opened fire, he said.

Baghdad police said the man was an engineer working at the airport. They did not name him.

"We deeply regret that this action resulted in the death of an Iraqi who was driving the vehicle," Johnson said.

Authorities are investigating the incident, he said.

Also Sunday, one person was killed and seven people were wounded in three separate car bombings in the Iraqi capital.

Saturday, 27 November 2010

Feds: Somali Teen Tried to Bomb Oregon Tree Lighting

Egyptians set for key elections

Israel Unleashes Gold Rush for Solar Power

aol:Israel opens Solar bonanza

JERUSALEM (Nov. 27) -- The race is on to tap into a potential $20 billion solar energy bonanza in Israel's southern wilderness that could transform the nation into the first in the world to power its electric grids through renewable energy.

The starting gun sounded Sunday with the signing of a historic agreement between the Israel Electric Corp. and a solar energy producer based on Kibbutz Ketura, a tiny collective farm in the barren Arava desert on the Israel-Jordan border. For years, Israel has been exporting its cutting-edge solar technology for use abroad, but it has never been applied at home -- until now.

Isle of Skye

UK nuclear sub chief relieved of command

or what an enlarged prostate feels like

Fmr. Bush official: GOP 'beyond redemption'

Fmr. Bush official: GOP 'beyond redemption'
A former US senator and ambassador to the UN under President George W. Bush says the increasingly radical and uncompromising tone of the GOP is a sign the party is now "beyond redemption."

GOP Rep. rewrites history, claims 'socialism' drove settlers to America

"Socialism" as a defined economic system did not emerge until the 20th century's great industrial revolutions drove Russian laborers to unite behind Vladimir Lenin -- but don't tell that to Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO).

Big Bang element detected by CERN
Quark-gluon plasma measured in Europe for the first time ever.

A phase of matter created moments after the Big Bang is thought to have been detected at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland.

"Striking" evidence of a quark-gluon plasma has been observed by a team of researchers, including Canadians, at the facility near Geneva, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced Friday.

"People have been searching for evidence of this for decades," Canadian physicist Richard Teuscher said Friday from CERN's laboratory. "What's exciting is if this is really true … [it's] the first unambiguous measurement of this condition of the early universe."

The results of the experiment by an international collaboration called ATLAS were accepted Friday morning for publication in the scientific journal Physical Review Letters, less than 24 hours after it was submitted, said Teuscher, a research scientist at the Canadian Institute for Particle Physics and a physics professor at the University of Toronto.

Normally, the peer review process takes weeks or months, added Teuscher, a member of ATLAS who did some of the data analysis for the experiment.

Physicists theorize that a few hundred millionths of a second after the Big Bang (about 14 billion years ago), the universe was made of a quark-gluon plasma — an extremely hot soup of very tiny subatomic particles.

Germany: Geissler: reconciliation concerning Stuttgart 21 impossible

Stuttgart 21

Geißler: Einigung unmöglich

Germany: Misses atGoodlehill's Anti-child-fucker organisation isn't very transparent

Mangelnde Transparenz

Guttenbergs Verein nicht seriös?

Wer Hilfsorganisationen Geld spendet, spendet sein Vertrauen gleich mit. Darauf, dass die Verwaltungskosten nicht zu hoch und die Projekte sinnvoll sind. Die meisten Organisationen machen ihre Finanzdaten im eigenen Interesse daher öffentlich. Bei Stephanie zu Guttenbergs Kinderschutzverein ist das anders....»

North Koreans returning from their shops in Vladivostok

"With all our hate"

South Korea threatens revenge

McChrystal okayed Afghan faker talks

Very Silly Irish People

The patriotic thing to do is give all your money to rich banksters and then thank them for your suffering.

San Diego Drug Tunnel Had Railcar, Tons of Pot

aol

Germany: Conservative Dobrindt: Eco rioters, prostrate social dems

Note: Since the German Ecos got 25% in the polls in Germany, the conservatives trigger at them

"Grüne Krawallmacher, SPD kläglich"

Dobrindt teilt mächtig aus

Friday, 26 November 2010

Well, Ackerman is no conservative anymore

After Ackermann presented to us his latest idea to get rid of Germany's dependency on raw materials while using still strong German capital, namely integrating Russia into the EU, Putin waffled something about a hillarious idea. I don't know what he said, but estimating the power of certain US comments on Russian corrupt elites, I think Putin's reaction was pretty polite. Now, Misses Merkel again wasn't quite pleased by the idea. I mean it could be that Germany will become some Narco state thru genetically manipulated dope soon, but despite, Germany will still rely on raw materials, so I don't get exactly what Misses Merkel is trying to correspond. Anyway, captain peanuts is now, as well as Schaeuble, too far left off.

Merkel windet sich aus Putins Umarmung

Mit der Idee einer Freihandelszone von Lissabon bis Wladiwostok kam Russlands Ministerpräsident Putin nach Deutschland. Doch Kanzlerin Merkel macht schnell klar, dass ihr der Vorschlag zu weit geht. Auch beim Thema Zollschranken kommt es zu Misstönen. Den von Merkel geforderten WTO-Beitritt Russlands wähnt Putin schon in trockenen Tüchern....»

Russland in die Eurozone?

Ackermann stößt Türen auf

What I wanted to add is: where exactly is the future? Okay, we pump maybe 1.5 bio euros into ireland and greece. But, what happens next? They are forced to save money. There wont be an Irish buying an "extra" German car soon, or a Greek. But take the Russians. They export their oil or gas and get a car or TV in return. In the end, Ackermans idea isnt that stoopid. Finally, you need revenue. Througput. Whatever. I mean, Merkel doesnt want to pay the Irish or the Greek because she says it doesnt pay. So, get somebody else. Bxtch.

Merkel's treatment of Euro-Sinners

EU doubts Germany

Die anhaltende Furcht vor einer Ausweitung der Schuldenkrise reißt in Europa tiefe Gräben auf. Die harte Haltung Deutschlands stößt nicht nur bei den Nachbarn zunehmend auf Kritik. Auch den Deutschen muss die Bundesregierung erklären, wie es angesichts immer neuer Milliardensummen mit der Euro-Rettung weitergehen soll. Mittlerweile im Gespräch: 1,5 Billionen Euro....»

Palin wanted to support North Korea lately

...obviously unaware that the US voluntarily only support South Korea. Indirectly, they support North Korea thru dossiers about Russian elites, that is sure also. Anyway again, Sarah Palin now criticized Obama on Facebook. Praps his Asian politics is 2 confuzziussable. But, no problem here, Misses Palin can still observe Russia and thus Asia from Alaska.

Palin attacks media, Obama on Facebook

And, speaking of Iceland, small unwilling states failing to protect capizalism should be occupied anyway

“The difference is that in Iceland we allowed the banks to fail,” Grimsson said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Mark Barton today. “These were private banks and we didn’t pump money into them in order to keep them going; the state did not shoulder the responsibility of the failed private banks.”

Another unwilling entity of the communist conspiracy seems to be German minister of finance Schaeuble. He declined to increase the rescue funds for crashed European states above 750bio euros.

http://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Germanwings-fliegt-ab-Maastricht-article2020041.html
Furthermore, for an increased German flight tax, Germanwings will now fly from (Dutch) Maastricht

(CNN) -- "Running dogs," "imperialist lackeys," "criminal gangs" and "brigandish moves" -- that sort of propaganda language died with the Cold War, except in the offices of the Korean Central News Agency.

The official mouthpiece of the North Korean government, KCNA is rarely at a loss for words. And it has never heeded the advice of Mark Twain: 'When you catch an adjective, kill it." But despite its often belligerent and always flowery rhetoric, it's also a (somewhat opaque) window on the thinking in Pyongyang.

Spain in focus

Euro-zone debt crisis 'escalating'

BERLIN—The euro zone's sovereign debt crisis escalated Friday as the market homed in on Spain as another potential weak spot, leaving officials scrambling to quell investors' fears.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero moved to dispel the growing anxiety surrounding the country's fiscal position Friday, saying there was "absolutely" no chance the euro zone's fourth-largest economy would seek a bailout from the European Union. But his attempt to calm the markets had little effect, with the euro tumbling and the selloff in Spanish and Portuguese sovereign bonds continuing.

wikileaks will publish somthing that criticizes certain Russian elites as inane, id est the CIA and others wrote certain comments about these people

WikiLeaks docs to reveal corruption

The Obama administration on Wednesday warned that the next release of documents from whistleblower Web site WikiLeaks could damage relations between the US and foreign governments. Now, a report from Reuters offers an explanation as to why that may be.

According to "sources familiar with the State Department cables held by WikiLeaks," the imminent document dump will include reports from US diplomats on corruption within foreign governments and among world leaders.

Reuters reports that governments in Europe and Asia feature prominently in the document release, with Russia and Afghanistan being mentioned by name. However, there were no specifics reported as to the nature of the corruption allegations or which governments are involved.

South Korea Boosts Troops as Defense Minister Resigns

South Korea Boosts Troops as Defense Minister Resigns

(Nov. 25) -- South Korea's defense minister has resigned over his handling of the North's bombardment this week of a tiny fishing island near the two Koreas' disputed sea border.

Lawmakers from South Korea's ruling and opposition parties had demanded that Defense Minister Kim Tae-young step down, amid growing public criticism that the military mishandled Tuesday's clashes on Yeonpyeong Island. Two South Korean marines died as well as two civilians, in a surprise bombardment by the communist North.

Oldest Holocaust Survivor Turns 107

Alice Herz-Sommer says one thing got
her through years of darkness and the
murders of her husband and mother.
What she credits for her survival

Christian protester killed in Egypt
28nov voting
Egypt, Parliament

NKorea warns region is on brink of war

I would recommend to NK to be very careful. Numbering the number of criminals that are currently undermployed like Mr. McCain , they will be very eager to have some playground.

NKorea warns region is on brink of war

Could Tom DeLay Really Get Life in Prison?

AUSTIN, Texas (Nov. 25) - Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay argued throughout his trial that the deck was stacked against him by a politically motivated prosecutor and a jury from the most Democratic city in one of the most Republican states.

Thursday, 25 November 2010

Some night view out of my room

Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Its... an US code

Citing increased dementia on my left and right ears, and Guantanamo is only the vital interest of the US, its the US and only the US. Further hot tip: Only McCain and not Bush

US-govt spreads alert E-Mails

Die Internet-Enthüllungsplattform Wikileaks plant erneut die Veröffentlichung hunderttausender Geheimdokumente. Mit e-mails in die ganze Welt versucht die Regierung, den daraus erwarteten Schaden abzuwenden. Die neuen Dokumente könnten unter anderem das Gefangenenlager Guantánamo betreffen....»

Women may use condoms 2 on their partner

So Ratzi got it into a book, then it was maybe badly translated and then he had to publicly correct it thru his speaker. Wow. Helluva publicity. Not bad. If he did so intentionally, some left points to Ratzi. hehe.
telegraph

The clarification, the latest step in what is already seen as a significant shift in the Catholic Church policy, came at a news conference presenting the pope's new book: "Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Sign of the Times".

In the book, a long interview with German Catholic journalist Peter Seewald, the Pope used the example that a male prostitute would be justified using a condom to avoid transmitting the killer disease.

The clarification was necessary because the German, English and French versions of the book used the male article when referring to a prostitute but the Italian version used the female article.

Germany:polls

German lib dems stay at 5%

Prince William proposes to his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton.

cnn

If proven, Countrywide’s mortgage fraud could threaten Bank of America

rawstory

Problems with mortgage documents Bank of American acquired when it purchased the mortgage provider Countrywide Financial in 2008 could cost the bank billions, if a testimony in a New Jersey foreclosure case proves accurate.

During the foreclosure trial, an operational team leader for Bank of America, Linda DiMartini, said it was "customary for Countrywide to maintain possession of the original note and related documents."

If her testimony is proven, Countrywide may have not properly transferred the necessary mortgage documents when it sold loans to other banks who then used the loans to create residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS).

"There's been talk on the street for years that banks didn't send the notes up the line when they did securitizations," Max Gardner, a consumer bankruptcy attorney, told Daily Finance. "But this is the first time I've seen someone under oath admit there was a policy not to deliver the notes. I had to read it twice to make sure that's really what she said, but she did: It was customary."

If the mortgage notes were not properly distributed to the different parties involved, the foreclosure process could be stopped by anyone who asked where the mortgage note is or who holds it.

That would mean anyone whose home is being foreclosed upon can legitimately refuse to leave by demanding their creditors produce the note.

"If you are about to lose your home at least make them produce the note," Chris Hoyer of Consumer Warning Network told CNN. "Make them prove first that they have the note and the IOU and the person standing in the court is the person authorized by the owner to take your home."

German social dems accuse Merkel of permanent idleness

Steinmeier wirft Regierung anhaltende Untätigkeit vor

NK shelling of SK isle after SK manoeuvers

What do I think of the incident? Well, I think that NK is formally correct because the SK manoeuvers were lasting for several days and I guess there was some trespassing, I guess even involuntary. Now on the other hand, I guess it wont be this much in km what SK did in trespassing, so its (from the "feeling" perspective) quite an exaggeration of NK to kill 2 SK soldiers. I hope this calms down soon. Finally, SK should stop doing manoeuvers for several days. If the sailors are tired and harm some coordinates its a violation of NK territory. It doesn't become much better then.

North, South Korea exchange fire

Fox News terrorism 'expert': Act 'like a superpower' and attack North Korea

USA AND SK plan common manoeuvers (yah, but dont do it next to disputed areas for 7 days in a row and wonder why shells fly)

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cnn--cnn's chinoy comments on NK shelling- beks lack of negotiating leads to current hot situation-in office since 08 and did a sry (*blub*)

cnn--NK on brink of war 4 SK

Monday, 22 November 2010

Germany to abolish compulsory military service

Germany to end military conscription

The German government has announced plans to abolish compulsory military service by next summer, marking the most radical overhaul of the armed forces since its postwar founding and a major change to German society.

Under the reforms, which will transform the Bundeswehr into a fully professional defence force by July 2011, the size of the existing military and its inefficient bureaucratic apparatus will be considerably reduced as part of a cost-cutting exercise aimed at shaving about €8bn (£6.8bn) from the defence spending budget.

Speaking on the sidelines of a Dresden conference about the status of the military defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, called the decision "responsible and right".

Irish govt threatened by eco pullout

German NTV

Sunday, 21 November 2010

Germany: Does Israel support Iran?

German NTV

The death of Uwe Barschel in oct1987 in Geneva's hotel "Beau Rivage" has been connected to every possible secret service around the world. A new report is now supposed to gather proof that the killing was executed by a killer commando of Israel's Mossad. The motive for the killing: Barschel knew of an arms deal between Iran and Israel that was executed via Schleswig-Holstein territory.

Justice thinks of new investigations

German ecos decline to support Munich's Olympic application for 2018

Well, my first predictions became true: What Merkel showed at the conservative summit in Karlsruhe was not too much but too less. In my eyes she only calculated that a coalition with the ecos is too expensive because they hoover around at 26% on federal level and in Berlin at 30. She simply jerked'em off by denying any coalition with them. Well, the ecos showed their frustration and did not support an Olympia support.Well, Merkel got what she wanted: The ecos are again not "politk-faehig", what means as much as "they are not able to make politics." But what Merkel decried at the summit, that large parts of her party got no style, that is as well true for her also. She should stop playing the big sad momma, because she isn't much better than the rest of her party. What does she get in return? Ecos at 23%? Just totally frustrated 23%.

Schlappe für Claudia Roth

Grüne gegen Olympia-Bewerbung

North Korea showed US scientist new nuclear plant

rawstory

WASHINGTON — North Korea last week showed an American scientist a vast, new plant for enriching uranium with hundreds of centrifuges already installed and running, the New York Times reported.

Scientist Siegfried Hecker told the US daily late Saturday that he had been "stunned" by the sophisticated new plant and that he had already privately informed the White House of his findings a few days ago after his return.

Stark Rural-urban contrast in midterms

just read the headline on rawstory-it seems to have grown immensly

The link already disappeared so u get this

(SALON)
salon
So, this endless, messy, nasty, over-analyzed, and overly expensive election season is finally finished. And, after all the hoopla, and despite all of the big promises of incoming Speaker John Boehner, we’re heading not for decisive GOP governance but for stalemate -- again. One house Republican, the other Democrat, with a president left unable to pursue his more grandiose domestic agenda but perfectly able to marshal his forces to prevent the Republicans from enacting theirs.

There's a lot of talk of the "revolutionary" nature of the Republican victory in the House, and only a fool would deny that the GOP did very, very well in this election. Nearly one-quarter of all Democratic members of Congress lost their seats, while the GOP picked up Senate seats and won a number of important governors’ races, too.

But if you dig deeper and look at where the GOP won and by what numbers, it’s actually rather similar to what the House looked like 10 years ago; the coasts are still blue, most of the heartland is red, the big cities are blue, the suburbs and rural counties overwhelmingly red.

Pope endorses condom use ... for male prostitutes only

well, on the one hand it states clearly "...who needs them" on the other its a nice blow to certain ultra-conservatives. Ratzi OK.

Ohio-Peking: Bob Ney is now supporting Delay Lamer

Bob Ney now Dalai Lama devotee

Coin infringement is too lousy.

Saturday, 20 November 2010

Joe Miller bombs democracy -asks to stop counting

RAWSTORY

FEC lets Senator's $96,000 payment to mistress go unpunished

California gains most jobs since 2006

Stewart: Beck is 'the manchurian lunatic'

Pelosi: Boehner 'known to cry'

Iran test-fires missile

Obama: Inaction on START threatens US security

MSNBC SUSPENDS JOE SCARBOROUGH

Berlusconi friend gets 7 years for connecting Berlusconi to Mafia

Berlusconi friend gets 7 years for connecting Berlusconi to Mafia

Berlusconi: Mafia connections?

There are many speculations about the time before Berlusconi became Italy's prime. A court condemned a close confidant to seven years of prison right now. He is supposed to have been a messenger between Berlusconi and the Cosa Nostra in the 70s.

A close confidant of Italy's prime Berlusconi acted as a messenger between the formerly rising businessman Berlusconi and the cosa nostra according to a court verdict. The senetor Marcello Dell'Utri is supposed to be the connective channel between the prime of today and the cosa nostra, the verdict of the appellate court in Palermo stated. The court condemned Dell'Utri in june due to connections to the cosa nostra to 7 years of prison. The verdict has still 2 b confirmed by the supreme cassation court.

It was confirmed during the trial that Dell'utri did connection-jobs between the mafia-clan and the rising Milan businessman, the 641 pages verdict stated, that was published in its entity by Italy's news agency ANSA (ANSA.it). The mafia bosses offered "protection." In return, Berlusconi paid a certain protection fee thru his company Fininvest, to be allowed to build transmission towers after a corresponding request of Dell'Utri.

Dell'Utri decided consciously to negoti8 in between the interests of Berlusconi and the mafia the court judged. The criminal group thus made illicit profit and was thus reinforced. According to the verdict the cosa nostra supported as well the foundation of Berlusconi's party FORZA ITALIA (force of Italy) in 1993. The accusation of the state attorney the party was founded only 2 support mafia interests was refused by the court though.

Family group calls on Fla. governor-elect to stop selling porn

Family group calls on Fla. governor-elect to stop selling porn

A conservative Christian group wants Florida's Republican governor-elect to stop selling "pornography" to Latinos.

The Christian Family Coalition (CFC) is calling for Rick Scott to divest in the website QuePasa which has a partnership with Playboy Mexico. Scott reportedly owns shares of QuePasa worth about $6-8 million -- nearly 15 percent of the company.

Friday, 19 November 2010

US had plans to 'take over' Azores in 1975

US had plans to 'take over' Azores in 1975

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon had contingency plans to "take over" the Azores archipelago in 1975 in the event of a possible communist takeover of Portugal, newly released US government documents showed Friday.

James Schlesinger, the defense secretary at the time, told secretary of state Henry Kissinger that the US military had made preparations if necessary to ensure US access to the Azores, home to the strategic Lajes airfield, according to a document declassified this month and posted by the National Security Archive, an independent research institute.

Gulf State Community Bank

BFF

Gulf State Community Bank, Carrabelle, FL get eated.

Ireland's problems grow

I mean the prob is obvious: the draconic saving measures are hazardous towards the business cycle. Whereas the US prints money ever since Bush & Paulson and their hallucinating 700 bio $ rescue, the EU has a very conservative policy in such terms. Now, first hand this is alright because there is hardly any inflation. But if u got small economies like the Irish, u might take it over the edge.

Bankcustomers deduct billions

German conservatives and lib dems stop Elena

Sparbeschluss der Koalition
Koalition stoppt Elena

Sparbeschluss der Koalition

Koalition stoppt Elena

Rumblings in Washington by the resurgent Republican Party

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MOSCOW – Is the reset on the rocks?

Rumblings in Washington by the resurgent Republican Party against Senate ratification of the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty raise doubts about a fragile U.S.-Russian rapprochement — the "reset" that has been a centerpiece of President Obama's diplomacy.

An unraveling of ties, which hit post-Cold War lows during the administration of George W. Bush, would erode global stability at a time of burgeoning security threats and harm international efforts to stem the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

New START bolstered mutual trust, helping Washington win crucial Kremlin backing for a new set of sanctions against Iran and stronger support for the war in Afghanistan.

"The failure to ratify the treaty will deal a very painful blow to Obama's administration and the policy of 'reset,'" said Sergei Rogov, head of the Moscow-based U.S.A. and Canada Institute, a top think-tank advising the government on foreign policy.

If "the administration can't deliver what it promised, it would seriously undermine Obama's position in the international arena."

China tightens rules to target insider trading

The measures include ensuring confidentiality of non-public information about listed companies and regulating government officials who have access to such information, according to a statement posted on the State Council website.

China urges rich nations' sincerity ahead of Cancun talks (20:00)

Obama Touts GM Turnaround As Recession 'Success Story'

Obama Touts GM Turnaround As Recession 'Success Story'

Obama to meet Karzai in Lisbon Saturday: White House

US President Barack Obama will meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Lisbon on Saturday, the White House said.

AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 18 12:03pm

Thursday, 18 November 2010

French defense chief: Afghanistan a 'trap'

?- Yah well. then again:? then again : yah well. I mean it's dangerous. Several years ago Oussama Bin Laden was there and so on and so on. It's gruesome.

Wednesday, 17 November 2010

China mine safety official jailed for life

Grizzlybear hunts Bison

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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2010-11/17/content_11566007.htm

SEOUL - A South Korean army boat capsized during a training exercise on Wednesday, killing three soldiers, in the third fatal accident involving a military craft inside a week.

A defence ministry official said the small boat with eight soldiers on board overturned in the Namhan River near Yeoju, about 100 km (60 miles) southeast of Seoul.

Last Friday a South Korean surveillance plane crashed near the southeastern city of Jeonju, killing the two pilots. A day earlier, a South Korean navy ship sank after colliding with a fishing boat, leaving one sailor dead.

Fox boss Ailes kicks Obama's ass for getting his ass kicked in SK

“The president has not been very successful,” the Fox News chairman told Kurtz. “He just got kicked from Mumbai to South Korea, and he came home and attacked Republicans for it. He had to be told by the French and the Germans that his socialism was too far left for them to deal with.”

Fox chief unloads on 'socialist' Obama

So, what about the free trade with Korea? Well, I guess Obama couldn't protest China trading at zero resistance too much because some unknown genius called George W. Bush invented the whole idea. So who blocked WTO talks still 2006-2007? And, guess whose face you punched still back then for it? Yah mine. You don't get no fucking protectionist measure in 20 years for GWB. You know for what? For west Texan oil. And right, the intel processors might have some stiff competition soon, what we got in the car industry today. What? The trade deficit? Who stacked Japanese car plants in confederate states? I guess these were not no Yankees. So... Mr Bernanke prints money? Guess who injected him with the idea? Some genius called Paulson to print 700bio dollar. To rescue bankrupt US banks. That were dealing derivatives. And? Do u call it responsible? I guess so because Mr Obama acted irresponsible in SK according to you. Or did Germany and France say only "You little scum, you print money for free?"

People's Republic of China reacts as inflation in China surges

German craftsmen protest '1-euro jobs'

Ein-Euro-Jobs als Konkurrenz

Handwerk läuft Sturm

Ein Arbeitsmarktinstrument, mit dem nicht geförderten Unternehmen Konkurrenz gemacht wird, das ist nicht im Sinne des Erfinders. Genau so beschreibt aber ein interner BA-Bericht die Wirkung von Ein-Euro-Jobs. Das Handwerk will die Arbeitsmaßnahmen deshalb abschaffen. ...»

German conservatives support NODRAFT German forces

Tja, well. Now zuGuttenberg said that armed forces need investments and as of such that he supported the NODRAFT solution so the conclusion is that a draft is cheaper. I think the Blackwater factor became bigger once more. I think the tendency to support certain special units is the reason for it. Well, again, Principally, Im 50/50 on a draft. But it's really amazing how "sunken" this discussion has become.

n-tv

Berlin warns of possible attack planned in Germany later this month, citing 'concrete evidence.'

Publicist shot to death after walking 'Burlesque' red carpet

cnn

Sarkozy demands synchronized tax system between Germany and France

n-tv

The mediterranean union seems 2 b more or less... dead. Sarkozy invented recently a strong military cooperation between the UK and France. This hinted France is looking for renewed progress again... fast. Now, an unified tax system is probably not the worst case scenario, too. On the other hand, Sarkozy was silent for a long time since he got into office. His polls are low. I mean I just don't wanna call it some some fuzz for the voter. It's only that he is a bit late for the game. His term will end 2012 anyway

Monday, 15 November 2010

Germany: conservative summit in Karlsruhe

"Illusions and wicked dreams"

Merkels declaration of war against social dems and ecos

German chancellor Merkel undertakes all conservative-eco coalition imaginations. She denies any coalition with social dems and ecos during the conservative summit in Karlsruhe and attacks some "moral double standard." Meanwhile, she hugs the soul of the party. "Throw away all the polls" she shouts out towards the delegates concerning the bad polling reports.

out of the article:Die Kanzlerin spricht kurz über die Startschwierigkeiten der schwarz-gelben Wunschkoalition und die Enttäuschung, die das erste Regierungsjahr in ihrer Partei hinterlassen hat. "

The point is, Merkel destroys the bridges when it is anyway too late. She knew that the ecos will react sourly concerning nuclear power continuation and that the social dems will really "admire" her health care reform. Despite, the work of the conservative-lib dem coalition is a yawn till now. She will not get another social dem-conservative coalition again for free. And no eco coalition. The price tag became simply bigger. So, what she just said is only some bitter description of reality. Forget it! is probably polite.

She will stiffen some 'front lines' with this. But, this leads hardly to less thrash.

Fini retracts his ministers

Nächster Schlag für Berlusconi

Fini zieht Minister ab

RAWSTORY

'I'm not going to have my soldiers be responsible for starting World War 3,' top UK soldier reportedly said

A British pop singer who served during the war in Kosovo says he refused an order from US Gen. Wesley Clark to attack 200 Russian troops, a move he says could have started World War 3.

James Blunt, most famous for his 2005 hit song "You're Beautiful," recounted to the BBC his experience in the taking of Pristina airfield in Kosovo in 1999. When 30,000 NATO troops arrived to take the airfield, they were surprised to find Russian troops had already occupied it.

Long-hidden report: CIA created ‘safe haven’ for Nazis in US

RAWSTORY
obtained by the New York Times,

A report the Justice Department has been trying to hide for the past four years offers the most detailed account yet of the CIA's efforts to protect known Nazi war criminals in the United States.

The report, obtained by the New York Times, may be the most concrete account yet of the role that prominent members of Germany's Nazi party played in the early, formative years of the CIA, following World War II. It alleges the CIA created a "safe haven" for Nazis believed to be of use to the US's Cold War efforts.

According to the Times, the report

describes the government’s posthumous pursuit of Dr. Josef Mengele, the so-called Angel of Death at Auschwitz, part of whose scalp was kept in a Justice Department official’s drawer; the vigilante killing of a former Waffen SS soldier in New Jersey; and the government’s mistaken identification of the Treblinka concentration camp guard known as Ivan the Terrible.

The report is an account of the history of the Office of Special Investigations, the Justice Department agency created in 1979 to hunt down and deport Nazi war criminals in the US.

Sunday, 14 November 2010

Greece: socialists win Athens (municipal elections)

yahoo

Nato head demands flexible German troopers.

Bundeswehr im Ausland

NATO-Chef fordert flexible Truppe

Nato head demands flexible German troopers. Now first up, dear Rassmussens of the world, your hillarious Iraq war didn't work. Germany did not participate in this war. Thus we have a constitution which still states that our armed forces only serve the defense of the country. BTW, this is due to the experiences of ww2 and Hitler. Furthermore, dear Rasmussens of the world, we have as of such still a draft. That means anybody who is German can join the armed forces and we don't have any BlackwaterUSA profi killuz-auto surpressers driving around in humvees& killing civilians.
So, Germany does serve this purpose only 2 badly till now. And, your propaganda out of the Iraq war is a total failure. Furthermore, German airlift capacity is still bullshit because this famous flying horror A400m is obviously not yet finished (Though it's a mystery to me how you cannot get 4 props running).
So, Dear Danish anti really mohammad and so on (really cartoonist), invest more in your lousy efforts to thrash the German constitution. The German conservatives are currently doing a summit in Karlsruhe. This is as well the location of the German constitutional court. Said so, the zoo there just burned and pets died, they were dear to many visitors because you could hug and touch them. Now, be creative, dear Mr Rasmussen, and do sth. down there as well. Simply top it. I don't know.

Vettel is world champion

Vettel produced exactly, what Schuhmacher needed. Steadily a 2nd or 3rd spot and now the title. Though, Vettel didn't have the reputation and thus hardly the same support. Congratulations!

Mit echtem Sportsgeist zum Titelgewinn

Vettel, der würdige Weltmeister

Sarkozy reappoints French PM

Paris, France (CNN) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy reappointed Francois Fillon as prime minister on Sunday, a day after Fillon resigned.

The prime minister, who had resigned with his entire Cabinet, will form a new government.

Fillon's reappointment was not a surprise, said Christian Mallard, a senior foreign policy analyst.

"The French like him," Mallard said of the moderate conservative.

"A lot of people think it would be a mistake for Sarkozy to fire him."

Saturday, 13 November 2010

Germany:As Karlsruhe's zoo burns, conservatives start out their gathering there

Schäuble-rumours overshadow CDU-summit

Possible Merkel successors get in the ring to get most of the votes (that's only a 'test')

Pet_Sematary

French PM's resignation signals change

(CNN) -- French Prime Minister Francois Fillon resigned Saturday, setting the stage for an expected cabinet reshuffling.

President Nicolas Sarkozy accepted the resignation of Fillon and his government, Sarkozy's office said.

The expected move came weeks after the French parliament passed controversial pension reform, sparking protests.

Fillon's resignation gives Sarkozy the opportunity to shake up the current leadership of some ministries, said Christian Mallard, senior foreign policy analyst for France 3 television.

It's very possible Sarkozy may reappoint Fillon, as early as Sunday, Mallard told CNN. The new prime minister would form a government.

"The French like him," Mallard said of Fillon, a moderate conservative. "A lot of people think it would be a mistake for Sarkozy to fire him."

The resignation may accomplish something else.

"The future government will be downsized, maybe from 28 to 16 (ministers)," Mallard said.

Sarkozy faces re-election in about 18 months and has many issues on his plate, including the economy and unemployment.

Fillon has been a calming influence, Mallard told CNN. "He is always the guy who never loses his temper."

Irish 'in bailout talks with EU'

Hooray. McCain 100%. It's... Irish. What a total bullshit.

Irish 'in bailout talks with EU'

The Republic of Ireland is in preliminary talks with EU officials for financial support, the BBC has learned.

It is now no longer a matter of whether but when the Irish government formally approaches the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) for a bailout, correspondents say.

The provisional estimate for EFSF loans is believed to lie between 60bn and 80bn euros ($82-110bn; £51-68bn).

Dublin says there are no talks on an application for emergency EU funding.

A spokesman for Ireland's department of finance said the country was funded until the middle of 2011, the public-service RTE broadcaster reported.

RTE had earlier said talks had been held on how a bail-out might happen in a theoretical worst-case scenario.

The European Commission would not formally comment on the matter.

Friday, 12 November 2010

TX EXECUTED MAN BASED ON SOMEONE ELSE'S DNA...

Gingrich wants to 'replace the left'

I think it can work. If Bill Clinton uses a 45 against himself, Carter hammers a nail thru his forehead and Obama jumps out of the plane returning from SK. Otherwise, I dont see too many chances

Obama's trip to SK got lousy results

Parker Spitzer: Obama's bad day

I mean first up, what I dont get is: Obama travels to SK and decries the instable financial measures of the others. The same day Bernanke steps forward and tells us: Hey guys, I am gonna print some money. Hey, how does that fit?
Another thing: he goes to SK and decries the hefty China trade gap. Next thing, he wants some free trade with SK. I mean both things alone aren't exactly too 'obviously thuggish'. But them conmbined makes it really difficult to sell a point I guess.
In the interview Gergen puts it like "Obama fled the country due to the election and he wanted to get some foreign points to improve his popularity and he did not get them. " I think instead it was a journey planned for long, Obama did not want to travel and it was a total failure because it was totally overloaded.
Proof? Exactly: Because bernanke made his announcemnt today. They had already given up on Obama.

Another sorry error of this Indonesia trip is that C.Parker was close to say president Mohammad. She said "Moha..." then corrects to Obama. The trip is the worst Turk crap I've seen for long.

Moos: New book, new 'Bushisms'

nov1 video Ann Coulter Al Sharpton

nov 1 cnn

G20

'Deep divisions' at G20 summit

As the Group of 20 summit got under way in South Korea, President Obama voiced confidence that leaders would agree on steps for balanced and sustainable global economic growth. But his day was marked by the failure to conclude an important trade pact, and the deep divisions between leaders of the G-20 don't bode well for the economic summit.

A formal reception marked the start of the summit on Thursday. But as Obama swept in to stand beside his South Korean host, his smile may have masked inner unease.

After all, his visit has failed to clinch the big prize: a free-trade agreement with South Korea three years in the making. Obama said he still hoped the deal would be reached in weeks, not months.

G-20 refuses to back US push on China's currency

SEOUL, South Korea – Leaders of 20 major economies on Friday refused to back a U.S. push to make China boost its currency's value, keeping alive a dispute that raises fears of a global trade war amid criticism that cheap Chinese exports are costing American jobs. Full Story »

Bush on torture: his ticket to jail?

Well, I always wondered about certain remarks from Bush and Cheney concerning torture. Bush's book is no exception. Everybody knows that if you harm somebody physically it may have judicial consequences. ok, I'm anyway against torture and thus I'll never write it down on my blog anyway that I support it, but even if you support torture, what is the point mentioning it IN A BOOK? Bush is clearly underestimating certain consequences. In short, he's nuts.

Bush on torture: his ticket to jail?

www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/bush-on-torture-...
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One cannot fault him for dodging responsibility. In his autobiographical book, 'Decision Points' published this week in the United States, former President George W. Bush admits, - no, boasts, of having authorized the practice known as waterboarding in interrogations of suspected members of Al Qaeda by the CIA. The problem? Bush does not believe that this method of 'enhanced interrogation' constitutes torture. But the preceding U.S. administration and the one following, as international experts and foreign courts, disagree. Has he then, by this confession, made himself vulnerable to criminal charges (and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney also had said in an interview last February that he had been staunch supporter of waterboarding)?

Thursday, 11 November 2010

Some night view out of my room

Kurds: Iraqi Christians welcome in north

Today I rode a train from Cologne to Bonn. Yesterday was the 11/11. Start of carnival in Cologne. I took the train at 9 o clock from Cologne south. Anyway, 2 black guys sat in train and they were obviously without a ticket. They asked me whether I could carry them on my ticket. I said I only got a student ticket, but if it's possible, you are welcome. The black guy sitting next to me said to me ' I don't think so but if it's possilbe, I'll go for it.' Anyway, after they mentioned Allah several times, the comptroller arrived. He asked them for a ticket, after I showed him mine. He said That he is riding on my ticket. I said that I only got a student ticket and that I am not sure to have anybody accompany me. The comptroller said that it is not possible. He said he needs another ticket. The guy next to me produced some broken chip card. It looked like the thing they rip when you enter some expensive store and buy things and then the card is not valid. The comptroller said that it is also not valid. The comptroller said that the guys would normally need to pay 40 euros as a fine. He'd make an exception. The guy next to me then went on to threaten to kill me and waffled for 5 minutes something about revenge, for my ludacris attempt to irritate him. He said in front of the comptroller that I went of the toilet after I took drugs and that as a consequence I made the generous offer to carry him. Afterwards I changed seats and I took a cab.

anyway, greetings to Barrack in Seoul.Shit. How is formula 1 down there anyway.

riff raff

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

Democrats pressing Pelosi to step aside

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Obama Salutes US Troops, Condemns North Korea

Obama Salutes US Troops, Condemns North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (Nov. 10) -- Celebrating America's Veterans Day, President Barack Obama on Thursday saluted the bravery of U.S. troops who defended South Korea during its war with North Korea and condemned the communist north for continuing on a course that he says deepens its isolation from the rest of the world along with the poverty of its people.

Speaking at an Army garrison in a country where the U.S. keeps a presence of more than 28,000 troops, Obama said North Korea knows the path to prosperity and suggested its leaders take it.

"Because the Korean War ended where it began geographically, some used the phrase 'Die for a Tie' to describe the sacrifice of those who fought here," Obama said. "But as we look around at this thriving democracy and its grateful, hopeful citizens, one thing is clear: This was no tie. This was a victory.