[Debatewise RRT] Re: weekend debates
- From: nadia siddiqi <nadshi@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:15:39 +0200
I'll take Obama one year in. I got the trophy today , it's really nice :)
NADIA
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 2:54 AM, Victoria Hilliard <
victoria.hilliard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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Work done with anxiety about results is far inferior to work done without
such anxiety, in the calm of self-surrender. Seek refuge in the knowledge of
Brahman. They who work selfishly for results are miserable. --"Bhagavad
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