Cian's Blog » International Relations http://www.cianboland.com A Critique of My Life and Other Miscellaneous Debris Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:55:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 “In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.” http://www.cianboland.com/2008/08/15/in-the-21st-century-nations-don%e2%80%99t-invade-other-nations/ http://www.cianboland.com/2008/08/15/in-the-21st-century-nations-don%e2%80%99t-invade-other-nations/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:54:31 +0000 Cian http://www.cianboland.com/?p=717 John McCain, staunch supporter of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, speaking out against Russia’s invasion of Georgia.

]]> http://www.cianboland.com/2008/08/15/in-the-21st-century-nations-don%e2%80%99t-invade-other-nations/feed/ 0 Bush, Democracy, and the Olympics http://www.cianboland.com/2008/04/08/bush-democracy-and-the-olympics/ http://www.cianboland.com/2008/04/08/bush-democracy-and-the-olympics/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:27:31 +0000 Cian http://www.cianboland.com/?p=556 W says he fully intends to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing, even if the Chinese flatly refuse to negotiate or even speak with the Dalai Lama. This doesn’t really come as much of a surprise, but it does underlying the extent to which his pro-democracy posturing in the last 7 long years has been nothing but empty pretence. If he cared about democracy, self-determination and human rights he wouldn’t be attending the opening ceremony, and instead he’d take a principled and courageous stand like Angela Merkel of Germany and embarrass the Chinese government for being such a collection of vile swine.

]]> http://www.cianboland.com/2008/04/08/bush-democracy-and-the-olympics/feed/ 2 Hurray for Nicolas Sarkozy http://www.cianboland.com/2008/03/26/hurray-for-nicolas-sarkozy/ http://www.cianboland.com/2008/03/26/hurray-for-nicolas-sarkozy/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:59:52 +0000 Cian http://www.cianboland.com/2008/03/26/hurray-for-nicolas-sarkozy/ He’s considering a French boycott of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Good for him. Here’s hoping more political leaders follow his example.

Lest we lose sight of the real issue, this is what Sarkozy is considering boycotting.

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Yes, he may be one of the worst US presidents ever, but he’s the first to have the courage to meet publicly with the Dalai Lama, and this at a time when Sino-American are of unprecedented importance. Of course, some people can’t resist taking shots at him even when he does something good:

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