China Courts Saudi Arabia

Elaine Meinel Supkis

March 29, 2006

As America flounders in a sea of blood, trying to make deals with some Middle Eastern Muslim countries while killing other Muslims, China shows how pure merchantile business can reap great rewards without killing anyone. Countries can do business without shooting people, you know. And we are not winning the industrial wars which, in the end, are much more important than the bombing wars.

South Korea Joins China In Attacking Revisionist Japanese Text Books

Elaine Meinel Supkis

 

March 30, 2006
After causing huge riots in China and lots of ill will in both Koreas, Japan shrugged off a revisionist history text last year. Now they are extending it to all their history books. Both China and now, South Korea are very angry about this and protesting. Meanwhile, the USA, still thinking we won WWII, try to negotiate a troop rearrangement with Japan only this collapses into a mess, too.

Al-Sistani, Top Shi’ite Cleric, Shuns Bush Totally

Elaine Meinel Supkis

Bush sent a personal letter to Sistani, ordering him to force the Shi’ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari should step down or else. Sistani, to show his anger and distain for Bush’s meddling, refused to look at the letter. This is similar to the Chinese last week, refusing to take calls from Aso, the new Japanese foreign minister.