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Allenthalben hört man von der unendlichen Überlegenheit der USA, von ihrer ökonomischen Übermacht, ihrer waffentechnischen Einzigartigkeit, ihren unendlichen Ressourcen.

An einem beliebigen TV-Abend hört man dieses Mantra mindestens ein dutzendmal, teilweise drei- viermal kurz hintereinander. Im scharfen Kontrast zur angeblichen Allmacht der USA stand das Vorspiel zum Irak-Krieg im UN-Sicherheitsrat:

Die USA und Großbritannien standen allein.

Mexiko, Chile und Deutschland sagten nein, selbst politische und wirtschaftliche Zwerge wie Angola muckten auf und zum Schluss verweigerte gar die Türkei die Gefolgschaft.

Und auch jetzt geht das Gezerre in der UNO munter weiter. Zwei Fragen drängen sich auf:

Sind die USA wirklich so mächtig?
Braucht die Welt diese Macht überhaupt?

Weiter:
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/14587/1.html

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FALLEN SIE NICHT AUF KURSERHOLUNGEN HEREIN!

Die Baisse ist noch nicht mal halb vorüber, d.h., die Talfahrt an der Börse wird noch Jahre dauern! Aktien sind noch immer absolut überbewertet. Niemals zuvor hat der Staat, haben Unternehmen und Privatpersonen so hohe Schuldenberge aufgetürmt. Und die Zahl der Konkurse erreicht traurige Rekordhöhen!

Lesen Sie, warum die Pleitewelle bald auch die Großkonzerne erreichen und mindestens 5 Billionen Euro Anlegervermögen vernichten wird!


Weiter:
http://f23.parsimony.net/forum53379/messages/70405.htm

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U.S.: Arab states joining free trade zone must end Israel boycott
By News Agencies

Senior administration officials said Friday that implicit in President George W. Bush`s proposal to create a free trade zone in the Middle East is that participating Arab countries drop their economic boycott of Israel, CNN reported.

Earlier Friday, Bush promoted the Israeli-Palestinian peace process by dangling an attractive economic prize: the removal of U.S. trade barriers for countries in the Middle East within the next decade.

Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, due to arrive in Israel on Saturday evening, is expected to push both Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his newly-appointed Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to declare their unambiguous acceptance of the latest plan for Middle East peace.

In a commencement speech to 1,200 graduates at the University of South Carolina, the president said economic prosperity is critical to a lasting peace accord and that unrestricted U.S. trade with the Middle East could help the region prosper.

Stopping in Columbia, South Carolina, Bush said hatred must be replaced by new hope in the Middle East, and he pledged to work to get the parties to sign an accord.

By replacing corruption "with free markets and fair laws, the people of the Middle East will grow in prosperity and freedom," Bush said.

The combined gross national product of all Arab countries is smaller than that of Spain, the president said. The Arab world is missing out on the economic growth that other areas of the world have enjoyed.

"I propose the establishment of a Middle East free trade area" within 10 years, Bush said.

The U.S. also has such pacts with Canada and Mexico and, as of Wednesday, with Singapore.

Bush suggested that the U.S. would bring countries across the region into such a pact on a country-by-country basis, and said he had a vision of "two states, Israel and Palestine, side by side in prosperity and peace."

Senior official: Offer is open to any country that makes needed reforms
A senior Bush administration official said that the offer was open to any country in the region that is willing to make the necessary economic reforms.

The official, speaking on condition that he not be named, also said Middle East countries first must obtain membership in the World Trade Organization before the U.S. will consider talks on a bilateral free trade agreement.

In a conference call with reporters, a senior administration official said the initiative could be extended to Iran, Syria and Libya, which are currently subject to U.S. economic sanctions.

"Not all countries are ready today to participate in this kind of engagement. Our hope is obviously the whole region will eventually be not only ready, but ... able to achieve this kind of objective," he said.