Duly Noted: The Depressed Terrorist and the First Lady
From the desk of George Handlery on Sat, 2008-10-18 09:46
1. Historically, before the era of modern war – the military mutation of the industrial revolution – the tendency was to resort to war as an alternative to the search for non-violent solutions. Today the cultural preference for war yields to the West’s rejection of military responses. This does not always happen because better means than force are available. It is done due to doubts whether self-defense is practically or morally justified. The danger of the past had been the conditioned reflex of mindless militarism. The threat for us to fear now is an uncritical, and towards those daring to question its premises, aggressive dogmatic pacifism.
Moroccan Becomes Mayor of Rotterdam
From the desk of Thomas Landen on Sat, 2008-10-18 09:35
Ahmed Aboutaleb, a Moroccan-born Dutch politician holding dual citizenship – Dutch as well as Moroccan – has been appointed mayor of Rotterdam, the second largest city in the Netherlands. Aboutaleb, a member of the Dutch Labour party PvdA, is currently secretary of state (deputy minister) of social affairs, and an inhabitant of Amsterdam rather than Rotterdam.
Europe Opens Doors to Morocco
From the desk of Tiberge on Sat, 2008-10-18 09:33
Morocco has been granted an “advanced status” in preparation for a gradual integration into the European Union. The Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taïeb Fassi Fihri, welcomed the “advanced status” and stressed that Rabat would henceforth benefit from “all” the advantages of the EU, “except the institutions.”
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