Al Mariam’s Commentaries Archive
While Part V of my commentary below stands on its own merits, I recommend first reading Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV to gain a comprehensive understanding of my analysis and arguments. A “Revolution of Dignity” or a New Pax (Peace)/Pact Americana? USAID Administrator Samantha Power in her “major foreign policy address” of June 7, 2022
While Part IV of the commentary below stands on its own merits, I recommend first reading Part I, Part II and Part III to gain a comprehensive understanding of my analysis and arguments. The Queen is naked! There is an old morality tale of the “Emperor’s New Clothes.” Two con artist tailors promised to make the
While Part IV of the commentary below stands on its own merits, I recommend first reading Part I, Part II and Part III to gain a comprehensive understanding of my analysis and arguments. The Queen is naked! There is an old morality tale of the “Emperor’s New Clothes.” Two con artist tailors promised to make the
Congresswoman Young Kim (R-CA) is a South Korean-born congresswoman representing the 39th District of (Southern) California. Kim was the District Representative/Director of Asian Affairs for Republican Congressman Ed Royce who retired in 2018 (more on him later). In 2020, Kim was handpicked by Royce to replace him. Since her election, Kim has been riding her
While Part III of the commentary below stands on its own merits, I recommend first reading Part I and then Part II to gain a comprehensive understanding of my analysis and arguments Fighting global corruption and kleptocracy Samantha Power’s “major foreign policy speech” has two principal objectives. The first is to spread American liberal democracy
Senator Thom Tillis, the junior senator from North Carolina, is a piece of work. Tillis is one of the triad of co-sponsors of S.3199, “Ethiopia Peace and Democracy Promotion Act.” The other two co-sponsors are Senator Chris Coons, D-DE and Jim Risch, R-ID. S.3199 is not-so-affectionately known as the “crippling sanctions against Ethiopia” bill. S.3199
[Author’s Note] While Part II of this commentary stands on its own merits, I recommend reading Part I first. Power’s Call to arms for the start of an ideological Cold War to save the Obama/Biden New World Order (O/B NWO) The opening lines of the Communist Manifesto reads, A specter is haunting Europe—the specter of
Senator Booker sheds crocodile tears for victims of human rights violations in Africa. But what has he done to deal with human rights violations of African Americans in New Jersey? “Booker’s New Jersey has an incarceration rate of 341 per 100,000 people and locks up a higher percentage of its people than almost any
Author’s Note: In Part I of this commentary, I examine the context, thrust and orientation of USAID Administrator Samantha Power’s “Foreign Policy Address” of June 7, 2022 and her possible reason for delivering the speech. In Part II et seq, I focus on various substantive issues raised in her speech. A “major foreign policy” address
Edward Markey is one of those immortal creatures in the putrefied swamp of beltway Washington politics. Markey was the U.S. representative for Massachusetts’s 7th congressional district from 1976 to 2013, when he was elected to the U.S. Senate. For well over 4 decades, as the Washington swamp drained time and again, Markey survived with crocodilian