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Comment on The Tribal Path – Commanding the Prime Battle Space – A More Hopeful Strategy for Afghanistan by Productive battlespace | Johannashope

Productive battlespace | Johannashope — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:16:28 +0000

[...] Afghanistan: The Tribal Path-Commanding the Prime Battle Space …The Pushtun belt is the prime battle space in the war against the Taliban. If the Taliban lose the ….. legitimate government, extremely counter-productive. [3] Tribal … [...]

Comment on Uighurs in Guantanamo Bay Prison: Innocents or Terrorists? by jthk

jthk — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:54:32 +0000

In this global era of interdependence and interconnectedness, there is no people or nation which can really enjoy any real freedom and independence. The actuality is that even the Uyghurs of Xinjiang is independent from China, they can only survive by seeking protection from either Russia or the America. The Uyghurs can never enjoy and real peace and independence. It is more dangerous and troublesome to be torn between a military superpower, an ex-superpower, and a transnational caliphate. China is middle of the road, it appears to be more able to offer peace or less dangerous to the Uyghur people when we carefully weigh the pros and cons.
Besides, when most of the terrorist acts and separatist agitations are organized by Uyghur expatriate nationals, these free Uyghurs are enjoying political, financial and other real benefits where they are inhabiting, they do not need to pay the price of the struggle in their home country, China. It is unethical and irresponsible to fuel the Uyghur separatism from overseas. There are more peaceful way to solve problem rather than resorting to conflict and violence. I cannot see any fruitful outcome through violence because it is the actuality that all sovereign states have the monoply of coercive forces, legislation, appropriation of national resources, and many other things. Demands can be met more easily through peaceful means. Hong Kong and Macao are two good examples.

Comment on Uighurs in Guantanamo Bay Prison: Innocents or Terrorists? by jthk

jthk — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:29:18 +0000

If it is a fair legal judgement that the Uyghurs are not convicted due to the reason that the prosecution fails to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, these Uyghurs should be innocent to the accusation. However, which is insufficient to prove the fact that these Uyghurs have not been linked up in any sense to terrorism or just simply serving the al Qaeda without knowing it themselves. Why the US refused to let these Uyghurs settled in the American soil to compensate their 8 years of torture in the Guantalamon Bay? Why the US persuades other states to keep these Uyghurs? Let’s hope that the US has not replaced a visible structure of a prison with an invisible control of these Uyghurs by the invisible hands of the CIA. We have to remember that the US global strategy of the Cold War and US Middle East foreign policy have fuelled terrorism and which have already led to the 9/11 attacks. Manipulation of any kind whether religious belief, nationalism, or ethnicity, with the aim to destabilize independent state is not ethical and it should never be adopted as policy of a great nation.

Comment on The Legal Entitlement of a Future Palestinian State to Territory by Partition and The Law - Page 2 - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum

Partition and The Law - Page 2 - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:45:08 +0000

[...] In addressing the question of the future governance of Mandate Palestine, the General Assembly adopted resolution 181 (II) (29 November 1947) which recommended the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab States, which would form an economic union, and that Jerusalem should be internationalised. This resolution was not mandatory: on the whole, the General Assembly possesses powers of recommendation only which member States are bound to consider in good faith, but which they are not obliged to implement. Resolution 181 requested the Security Council to take the necessary measures to implement the Partition Plan, but it failed to do so. Although the Jewish Agency accepted the terms of the Partition Plan, it was rejected by the Arab Higher Committee which represented the Arab population of Palestine and opposed by Arab States. By resolution 186 (S-2) (14 May 1948), the General Assembly effectively abandoned the Partition Plan The Legal Entitlementof a Future Palestinian State to Territory | The Beacon [...]

Comment on The Legal Entitlement of a Future Palestinian State to Territory by admin

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:09:18 +0000

This message is confusing since U.N. Resolution 181 of the General Assembly was passed by the General Assembly with 33 countries agreeing to it; 13 against it and 10 countries abstaining. The General Assembly only has the power to make recommendations. It is the Security Council which holds the power. Here, Resolution 181 was the recommendation made by the General Assembly to the Security Council. General Assembly Resolution 181 passed but It was never carried further by the Security Council. If it had been, it would have been noted as a Security Council resolution.
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