Friday News Roundup - International
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-07-27/friday-news-roundup-international
The European Central Bank president vowed to “do whatever it takes” to protect the euro. His promise quickly sent global markets soaring. Syrian rebels say government forces continue a ground and air assault on the nation’s largest city. The Egyptian president chose an American-educated prime minister, not a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. North Korea introduces its new first lady. The wife of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai faces a possible death sentence in the murder of a British businessman. And bells peal across Britain as the Olympic Games get underway. Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson of NPR, Warren Strobel of Reuters and Elise Labott of CNN join Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.
Guests
Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
foreign correspondent for NPR.
Warren Strobel
editor in charge, U.S. foreign policy and national security for Reuters.
Elise Labott
CNN foreign affairs reporter.
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What's the story on the cave people of Palestine?
"The Sun ran a cover this morning rechristening Romney as “Mitt the Twit,” and even U.S. politicians are decrying Romney’s international performance - Sen. Harry Reid said it’s “not good for us as a country” to have somebody that is “nominated by one of the political parties to go over and insult everybody"..............................................................
Instead of running Bain,Mr. Romney is taking credit for running the Winter Olympics in Utah. (In the middle of nowhere). There he outsourced the manufacturing of Team U.S.A. uniforms to Burma. At least he is consistent in outsourcing,downsizing,and taking credit for the work and successes of the employees,or athletes.
You guys shot down the Netanyahu nuclear trigger smuggling question before it could be asked. Since nobody had heard of it, here are the links.
Israel National News
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/157571
Israel's equivalent to the "Wall Street Journal"
http://www.themarker.com/wallstreet/1.1750637
Richard Silverstein
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2012/07/21/fbi-documents-co...
Antiwar.com
http://original.antiwar.com/smith-grant/2012/07/03/netanyahu-worked-insi...
And the FBI documents:
http://www.irmep.org/ila/krytons/06272012_milco_mdr.pdf
Diane needs to do a show on Israeli nuclear weapons, and invite some analysts who know enough about this (ongoing) issue to respond knowledgeably.
The conflicting parties in Syria depend on outside help. The regime seems to have enough domestic support to defeat the rebels if it were not for external support; arms, logistics, public relations, finance, diplomacy.
The regime seems to have weakened. Will it collapse if it is deprived of adequate external support? It seems that Russia is the country that will tip the balance for the regime by vigorously supporting it, or against the regime by holding back.
http://theoriginalamed.blogspot.com/2012/07/russia-will-be-tested.html
I wish there was a better discussion of the possible reasons Israel won't aid the Syrian refugees. I can think of three (though there can be more, of course):
1) Any such aid would be viewed as Israeli interference, and would be used by Assad to discredit the uprising against him.
2) There is the danger that terrorists might use this as an opportunity to easily get into Israel.
3) Israel doesn't want to be "stuck" with the burden of caring for the refugees, or left with no option but to "pen" them up in camps. (Which, of course, would be a public relations nightmare for Israel, not to mention a human catastrophe.)
But I can also think of a way to help that avoids most of this: let Israel be a "way out" for the refugees, but only as a transit location. If arranged properly, other nations could agree to take the refugees in from Israel, and would have to give public and written assurances they would do so. Then Israel could "let it" the refugees provided boats were docked in her harbors to take the refugees to their "new homes".
Alas, this is probably too idealistic for the world we live in. Still, I'd like to know the reason for Israel's refusal, rather than be forced to speculate.
It seems that reality is slowly settling in. What many suspected is happening. The faces have changed, but the Elitists are still in charge. I was amazed initially when I learned that the average Egyptian actually believed that the elimination of Mubarrak would improve their lives. He was just the "throne". The "power behind the throne" is still in place.
The more things change, the more they remain the same. It's highly likely that, once the dust settles in Syria, the people will find themselves still in a similar situation; trading one despot for another.