Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Public Apathy May Enable Leaders to Ignore Voters

What actually had happened on September 4, 2009 near Kunduz in Afghanistan, and when and how the German Government, lawmakers and the public were informed about the numerous civilian casualties after bombarding the two fuel tanks which had been hijacked by Taliban … Continue reading

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Containment

“Iran continues to develop a range of capabilities that could be applied to producing nuclear weapons, if a decision is made to do so.” This seems to be the current valid formulation about the country’s nuclear program. The rulers of … Continue reading

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The Children of Adam

In order to win the hearts of the Iranian people and the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Obama, in his last year’s video message on the occasion of Nowruz 1388, quoted from great Persian poet Sa’adi’s Gulistan … Continue reading

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Medical Isotopes

A couple of days before the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will again report on Iran’s nuclear program, the French, U.S. American and Russian Ambassadors to the IAEA have informed its new Director General Yukiya Amano in a remarkable letter (since Russia … Continue reading

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Rheinischer Frohsinn

While not really a friend of German ‘Karneval’, I noticed that our Brazilian PhD student has been missing these days in our department. Well, I suppose, he was celebrating Carnival in the Arctic. In Germany, Rose Monday parades and Mardi … Continue reading

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