Issues of Global Import

26 May 2003


UN Lifts Iraq Sanctions, Finally
The United Nations has finally bowed to reality and lifted the economic sanctions it imposed on the Ba'athist regime of Iraq at the end of Operation Desert Storm. The US and UK are recognized as occupying powers for international legal purposes, and the UN has a humanitarian role. In short, what Tony Blair and George Bush said would happen has happened. Click here to read Kensington's Opinion.

Europe Discusses Next Integration Step
The European Union is in the process of finding its next objective in the never-ending march to full integration. Like a bicyclist, European Unionists believe that they must keep moving forward or risk falling over. This is only true if the goal is to bind the peripheral countries ever tighter to the Paris-Berlin Axis. Otherwise, things are fine as they are. Click here for more.

Schroeder Changes Mission of Germany Army
German Chancellor Schroeder has managed to push his country into the final stage of rehabilitation from the nightmare of its Nazi interlude by getting a new mission and force structure ready for the army, the Bundeswehr. German troops acting in defense of Germany inside Germany was the sum total of German defense policy until Kosovo. Now, there will be German troops acting anywhere in the world, deployed quickly and prepared to fight. Any nervousness is the result of ideas that died in the last century. Click here to read why.