T. F. Kelley | October 1, 2009
A first brief meeting (September 30) between our diplomat William Burns and the Iranian official Saeed Jalili in Geneva marks a good time to review the troubled relationship between our two countries. With Iran, once valued as an ally and best friend we have gone from meddling to shunning, from friendship to hostility. Why, what [...]
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Tags: British, Burns, Cheney, Churchill, CIA, Eisenhower, ElBaradei, Iran, Jalili, Kissinger, MI6, Mossadegh, nuclear, Rumsfeld, Shah, WMD, Wolfowitz, Zinni
T. F. Kelley | April 7, 2009
The original May Day, known as International Workers May Day, marked the success of a decades-long campaign that began in the 1860s for the recognition of a standard eight-hour workday. Now it is celebrated in very few countries and here Labor Day took its place. Mayday, the international code word for distress is appropriate for [...]
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Tags: Blair, British, Bush, combat, Iraq, MayDay, MI6, operations, PrimeMinister, Straw, victory, WMD, workday
