Название: While America Slept
Автор: Robert C. O'Brien
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Историческая литература
isbn: 9781594039041
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Still, it’s unlikely that the negative economic effects of Argentina’s Falklands embargo campaign will dissuade President Kirchner from continuing down this path. During her presidency and that of her late husband, the rule of law and market principles have been weakened dramatically, as was evidenced by the government’s seizure in 2008 of nearly $30 billion in private pension funds. Based on this record, it is hard to believe that any argument against Falklands aggression that appeals to Argentina’s economic self-interest would be well received by the Argentine government.
Whatever the outcome of the current crisis over the Falklands, the Obama administration’s failure to back America’s key ally, coupled with its policy of significantly cutting American defenses, sends the wrong message that will be heard far beyond the waters of the South Atlantic.
My thirteen-year-old son, who is far more interested in sports than politics, walked into the family room yesterday and said: “Dad, I saw on the news that the thing is starting when all the dictators come to America and give speeches about how bad we are.” His statement is one of the better descriptions of the United Nations General Assembly that I have ever heard.
For those who do not regularly follow the opening of the UN, here are some things you can expect to see this week.
Iranian President Mohammad Ahmadinejad will claim that there are no human rights abuses in Iran (stoning is merely an ancient method of execution that the United States is exaggerating to create propaganda against Iran), that the American hikers are spies, that Iran is developing nuclear power for peaceful purposes, and that he is definitely not anti-Semitic, all of which he told Christiane Amanpour on her Sunday program.
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