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Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Another Attempt to Get Russia Into NATO?

September 13, 2010 6:36 PM

For those of you interested in this type of thing, the Russia Profile site has a symposium that examines Russian's relationship with NATO. Most of you will remember that NATO was used to declare war on Serbia (the first time America went to war with an ally; the first time American troops were placed under foreign command) under the Clinton administration. Carl F. Henry, the late Evangelical theologian and a good thinker, remarked at the time (this was the period where discussions on how Clinton's White House infidelities would affect his "legacy") that Clinton's legacy might well turn out to be establishing a Muslim state in the heart of Europe. The author of the piece below is Srdja Trifkovic, an incisive writer who understands and can can explain the relationships and inter-dependencies between culture and politics. He's worth reading. Source: Russia Profile Dr. Srdja Trifkovic, former Foreign Affairs Editor of Chronicles Magazine, former Director, Rockford Institute … [Read more...]

Obamakis and Bidenopoulos

November 13, 2008 8:33 AM

Political candidates follow a time-honored campaign strategy of reaching out to ethnic groups and religious communities, and Orthodox Christians have been courted this way for years. It works both ways, of course. Now, little more than a week after the election, we're getting a good look at how politicians and political operatives of Greek descent -- many of them prominent in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese -- have been working for years to promote President-elect Barack Obama and running mate Sen. Joseph Biden. The Greeks for Obama group, for example, developed this catchy slogan: "If you are Greek and love Obama, clap your hands." On Nov. 5, the National Coordinated Effort of Hellenes told supporters that it had raised $500,000 for Obama's campaign just weeks before the election. (full message appended at bottom of post). Andy Manatos, a public relations executive who also chaired last summer's GOA Clergy-Laity Congress, led the effort for this group. "Moving the huge American … [Read more...]