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CIA Chief Resigns

The times are a chang’n.

 

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CIA chief Petraeus resigns over affair

By | The Ticket – 9 hrs ago

  • U.S. General David Petraeus gestures during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency on Capitol Hill in Washington in this June 23, 2011, file photo. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/FilesEnlarge Gallery

    U.S. General David Petraeus gestures during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency on Capitol… Continue reading

Is Waging Peace About Winning Or To Live In A Free Nation?

Until we come to an understanding that win/lose is a lose/lose for all we will continue to make mistakes.  The competitive mindset is the one where we must win at all costs.  It is a matter of honour, pride and self esteem.  In truth to play the game of win/win which is… Continue reading

Scott Ritter: A Critical Analysis of the War in Iraq, WMDs and Future Implications

When I was on radio in Melbourne many years ago I was invited to a speech given by Scott Ritter the former UN Weapons Inspector in Iraq.  It was an explosive lecture at the time and I aired it on radio.

I produced my own transcript as below. I met Scott Ritter the next… Continue reading

US Forces in Australia: Are We Waiting for the Next Big Thing?

Today I sent a poem to Foreign Minister Bob Carr regarding the US visit of Hiliary Clinton to Perth on 13th November.

My inner feeling was that Australia could take on a peacemaking role and be a mediator. We saw that cultivated by Gareth Evans when he was Foreign Minister.

US Forces are building up… Continue reading

Human Rights Watch: Somalia’s Child Soldiers

The children of the world are our children.  Each child deserves happiness and the innocence of childhood.  When adults use children to further their own needs they destroy the future through the next generation.  Children need love, security and peaceful families in order for them to create a stable society and peaceful… Continue reading

Human Rights Watch: Child Soldiers and Child Abuse in Syria

When is the moment when the world understands it has a responsibility to protect all children?  How long do people have to wait for the conscience of humanity to decide that violence destroys lives.  Each life is equal each have families, each have dreams.

I am waiting for a World fit for children.… Continue reading

Mohandas Gandhi

“Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong”

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