I am glad President Bush is joining forces with President Clinton to marshal American resources to help earthquake-stricken Haiti. Clearly, he has a different crowd of followers than Bill Clinton who may be motivated by his “just send your cash” appeal complete with grin (?).
Senator Carl Levin, just back from a trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan which he took with Senator Al Franken, sees significant gains in America’s position in Afghanistan.
The threat by Google to pull out of China because of Chinese espionage efforts to hack into the gmail accounts of human rights activists has captured enormous attention. Of course, anyone who has paid any consistent attention to China and its massive growth would know that the Google revelations are really nothing new.
Gregory Craig — deal maker on Ted Kennedy’s endorsement of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, key architect of Obama’s “engage everyone — even the bad guys” position in the campaign, and the conscience of the the national security staff in Obama’s White House who said that the public really needed to know that American officials waterboarded…
This week I chatted with Arab American Institute President James Zogby on his program Viewpoint about Pat Robertson’s hateful comments about Haitians in the aftermath of staggering tragedy. To remind, Robertson said that Haiti was a cursed nations because Haitian slaves rebelling against their slaveholders and French control did a deal with the devil.
Tom Kutsch is a research associate at the New America Foundation/Middle East Task Force.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Last night, I had a good chat with Rachel Maddow on the mechanics of smart power in the context of the Haiti disaster. A lot of our conversation focused on the role of the U.S.
Steve Clemons will be on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show tonight at about 9:25 pm EST talking with her about America’s foreign policy institutions, smart power, and state building.
When I was last in Haiti, I learned how ignorant I was of some of the missing building blocks for national wealth creation in that poor island country.
