Archive for June, 2008
No Misunderstanding of a Changing Taliban Front
A reply by Con George-Kotzabasis to:
Understanding a Changing Taliban Front
Post Global, June 23, 2008
By Dr. Ali Ettefagh
In an apocalyptic religious cult as the Taliban criminality has no separate existence as all means of warfare are justifiable in the eyes of fanatics. A “conditional amnesty” follows the rudimentary stage of defeat of the Taliban in the [...]
Who Has the Right to Declare War?
Reply by Con George-Kotzabasis to:
Now to Say Never Again
By George Williams
On Line Opinion June 18, 2008
Professor Williams with the typical lawyer’s chicanery and the arrogance of historical and political ignorance argues that Parliamentary approval should be the prerequisite for the declaration of war. To do so however is to deprive the sagacious right of statesmen [...]
Diplomacy’s Endgame with Iran
A reply by Con George-Kotzabasis to:
Steven Clemons
Cheney Winning the Inside Battles Again
Washington Note, June 09, 2008
Diplomacy is eminently the best way to resolve conflicts. But beyond a certain point the art of Talleyrand becomes completely ineffective and to continue it with an irreconcilable determined enemy is not only a barren exercise but also extremely dangerous, [...]
WILL HUMAN GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS NEGATE ECO-BALANCING FORCE OF NATURE?
A short reply by Con George-Kotzabasis to:
A Cool Look at Professor Aitkin’s Global Warming Scepticism By Dr. Geoff Davies
On Line Opinion, May 16, 2008
It would be impertinently impetuous and stupid for a layperson like me to argue with an expert in the field as Dr. Davies is. I am however a skeptic. It might well [...]
