Friday News Roundup - International
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-08-24/friday-news-roundup-international
President Barack Obama warned Syria on Monday that it could face American military intervention if there were signs it was moving chemical weapons for use. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon announced plans to attend the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran next week. And German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with French President Francois Hollande in Berlin about how to solve the euro zone financial crisis. David Sanger of The New York Times, Michele Kelemen of NPR and Abderrahim Foukara of Al Jazeera join Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.
Guests
David Sanger
chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times and author of the new book, "Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power."
Michele Kelemen
diplomatic correspondent, NPR.
Abderrahim Foukara
Washington bureau chief of Al Jazeera Arabic.
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The panelists discussed the remarks about civil war by the judge in Texas. Apparently, the Virginia Republican Newsletter has called for armed rebellion is Obama is re-elected in November.
This is shocking and appalling. If it's true, why has it been more widely reported by the media, and why hasn't the Republican Leadership condemned it - after all, it's far worse than what Aken said.
Please verify
Here is the link. http://www.politicususa.com/virginia-republicans-call-armed-revolution-o...
with a PDF of the newsletter dated March 19, 2012.
China's economy slowing significantly.
Fears of capital flight from the Eurozone.
If you're not going to talk abou the US economy, how about the global? It's where we live y'all.
As for the international hour, I felt the discussion about Israel and Iran was not balanced. There was no mention of why Israel would consider this option. Iran's leadership has been publicly declaring a desire to destroy the Jewish state and other explicitly harsh anti-semitic rhetoric for many years. That is the reason Israel would consider a military strike and for no other reason.
It was almost as if Israel just wanted to attack Iran for no reason whatsoever...
Israel has a strong economy and an otherwise relatively stable population. They have no interest in going to war. It is merely to defend its people from a very explicit and unimagined threat.
I believe it more appropriate and fair to discuss the urgency of the threat or how Israel should respond to the threat, but it is crucial to establish for the listeners that this threat exists, and that is why Israel is even considering a military option.
The show did not even mention that Iran has been threatening Israel for many years with Apocalyptic rhetoric and backing the rhetoric with substantial military build-up.
Thank you.
LonnyB