[Debatewise RRT] Re: weekend debates
- From: Victoria Hilliard <victoria.hilliard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:54:26 +0000
Can I take the Karzai one?
Victoria
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Timothy Johnston <tjoh71@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'll take Abbas and re-election.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim
>
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Colin Helling <cohelling@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Evening all,
>>
>> Apologies for once again being very late, better than not getting the
>> debates out at all like last week though! It shows that we have been busy
>> that I have no idea what the main stories of the last week were - or perhaps
>> it may just show that it was a slow news week!
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> *The Afghan Government has to negotiate with the Taliban.*
>> It is becoming increasingly obvious that pouring more soldiers into
>> Afghanistan is not the solution to Afghanistan's conflict. At some point the
>> Afghan government will have to negotiate with parts of the Taliban if it is
>> to survive when NATO forces do finally concede defeat. Is it better that
>> negotiations begin soon or should the Karzai wait to try to gain more
>> victories on the ground and restore its legitimacy that, at least in western
>> eyes, it lost in the farcical election.
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/13/uk-karzai-negotiate-taliban
>>
>> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/karzai-already-in-talks-with-allies-of-former-taliban-leader-764796.html
>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21045198/ (to show its not new ;))
>> *
>> *
>> Does Mahmoud Abbas' decision not to seek re election threaten the peace
>> process?
>> The stalling of negotiations with Israel has prompted the moderate Fatah
>> leader of the Palestinian Authority to state that he will not seek re
>> election. As a moderate his decision both reinforces the impass in
>> negotiations by showing that he no longer thinks it likely that he can be
>> the one to bring peace and makes it more likely that someone more radical
>> will come to power in the PA which would make peace with Israel under
>> Benjamin Netanyahu much more difficult.
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8344687.stm
>> http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1126169.html
>>
>> http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1257417381662&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull
>>
>> *Obama one year in.*
>> Voters in the US have had their say for the first time since Obama was
>> elected, in several gubernatorial the democrats went down to defeat. Even in
>> New Jersey, normally core democrat territory the democrats were defeated.
>> While opinion of Obama may have plummeted this is no reason to write off his
>> first year. He has made little progress internationally but has made a start
>> on numerous big issues such as reducing nuclear weapons. He has been
>> concentrating on the economy and now the USA is pulling out of recession and
>> Healthcare has just passed the first hurdle in the House. So far success or
>> failure?
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/04/us/politics/obama-first-year.html?ref=politics
>>
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/02/AR2009110202451.html
>>
>> http://www.gallup.com/poll/123806/obama-quarterly-approval-average-slips-nine-points.aspx
>>
>>
>
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