Sunday, April 10, 2011

Iceland Shows America How Capitalism Works

Iceland Again Rejects Debt Deal - NYTimes.com
Iceland faces more economic uncertainty and a drawn-out European court case after its voters rejected for a second time a plan to repay $5 billion to Britain and the Netherlands from a bank crash.

Anti-US sentiment is 'rife' in Afghanistan and Pakistan

BBC News - Anti-US sentiment is 'rife' in Afghanistan and Pakistan
The deaths of 25 Afghans after nearly a week of anti-American rioting in a dozen cities across the country - coupled with a steady stream of anti-American demonstrations across Pakistan over several issues - signal new challenges for the US-led Western alliance as it tries to stabilise the region and pull its forces out of Afghanistan.

Is this really making us "safer?"