Though force may be the only language that Afghanistan’s spoiler groups understand, they can only survive as long as they have a fountain of discontent to draw support from. Remove this support base, and these groups will succumb to pressure and fade away
UFPJ Talking Points #7: It threatens our Constitution, isolates our country, threatens Americans, and will be devastating for Iraq and Iraqis.
UFPJ Talking Points #6: The US has abandoned diplomacy in favor of choosing an elective war.
In 2003 U.S. policy toward Africa will be driven almost exclusively by geopolitical considerations related to Washington’s war plans against Iraq, and by its geostrategic interests in African oil.
The internationally supported reconstruction and nation-building effort in Afghanistan can boast many successes in the period since the Taliban’s collapse in November 2001.
UFPJ Talking Points #5: Colin Powell’s presentation at the UN Security Council on Wednesday is likely to be strong on quantity and weak on quality.
U.S. prepares for potential use of force against North Korea, its commitment to full diplomatic engagement would reassure Asian allies of the U.S. desire to solve the Korean crisis short of military action.
UFPJ Talking Points #4: We must maintain unrelenting pressure on the basis of “the world says ‘NO’ to war.”
UFPJ Talking Points #3: Despite the very dangerous troop build-up in the region, we still have the capacity to stop the Iraq war.
UFPJ Talking Points #2: International support for war is lower than ever.
UFPJ Talking Points #1: The U.S. currently has more than 60,000 troops in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and elsewhere in the region surrounding Iraq; war seems imminent.
An overview of World Bank fossil fuel financing from 1992-97