The Perils of Complacency
From the Blog mp213 - The Perils of Complacency November 10th, 2010 I suppose it could be argued (and has been in dozens of articles) that creative writing programs can "ruin" a writer’s work, by putting something up to endless analysis, it can make things like ‘form’, ‘narrative style’, the deployment of ‘metaphor and imagery’ and the over all technique, more important than the content itself. There is very much an underlying fear that I have not completely been Beautiful Minds
Gulf States $120 billion create 600,000 US jobs
From the Blog pakistanledger - Gulf States $120 billion create 600,000 US jobs November 10th, 2010 While the US was spending $200 million per day taking 3000 people to Delhi, the Guld States announced that they would be spending $120 billion on US arms. By the same math, this would create 600,000 US jobs. However no presidential visits are planned for any of the Gulf states. In fact the Arabs get no credit for creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. Why no credit for Arabs and a lot of credit for India? Image via Wikipedia RIYADH , Saudi Arabia , Oct. 19: — As the U.S. Congress mulls the administration’s plans to sell Saudi Arabia advanced F-15S strike jets and other weapons worth some $60 billion, Riyadh’s Persian Gulf partners are also looking at new combat aircraft to counter Iran. Kuwait has expressed an interest in becoming one of the first operators of the Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle , Jane’s Defense Weekly says. The emirate has no F-15s in its combat aircraft inventory, which consists of two squadrons of Boeing F/A-18C/D Hornets, a total of 39 aircraft. Jane’s says that any Kuwaiti acquisition of F-15s would augment its existing combat force, which may soon be upgraded, rather than replace the old jets. The F-15 would provide a longer-range attack capability with heavier weapons, such as the air-to-ground AGM-164 Joint Standoff Weapon manufactured by Raytheon/Texas Instruments. That seems to be a prime consideration in the gulf Arab states’ current procurement strategies for countering Iranian military power. This is concentrated primarily in Iran’s growing missile arsenal, which is capable of launching large numbers of projectiles across the gulf at key oil installations of the Arab states and U.S. bases along the western shore. “Kuwaiti interest in the Silent Eagle may indicate that long-held plans to acquire the French Dassault Rafale have finally been abandoned,” JDW observed. Discussions with France for 14-28 Rafales began in February 2008, but there has been parliamentary opposition to such a purchase on technical grounds and it remains unclear whether the emirate is still interested in the multi-purpose jet. Rafales completed 15 hours of flight testing in Kuwaiti air space in mid-July but defense officials there said another 20 hours were required before decision could be made. Bolstering Kuwait’s apparent drive for long-range air capability are reported plans to acquire aerial tankers for in-flight refueling, considerably extending the range of strike aircraft. Only Saudi Arabia possesses a tanker fleet among the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which also groups Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates , Qatar, Oman and Bahrain. In May, Kuwait signed a $245 million Foreign Military Sales deal with Washington for the delivery of three Lockheed Martin KC-130J tanker aircraft by late 2013. JDW reported that on July 15 the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the possible sale of eight KC-130 tankers to Kuwait for an estimated $1.8 billion. The sultanate of Oman , strategically located on the western shore of the chokepoint Strait of Hormuz at the southern end of the Persian Gulf, is reported to be seeking either a new batch of Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Fighting Falcons or the Eurofighter Typhoon . Oman currently has 12 F-16C/Ds. Jane’s reported in August that British efforts to sell the sultanate 24 Typhoons for an estimated $2.3 billion appeared to be in doubt following the DSCA notification of the pending $3.5 billion sale of 18 multirole F-16C/D Block 50/52 jets. However, BAE Systems, which is part of the European consortium that builds the Typhoon, says that Oman may buy both aircraft, although it isn’t clear in what numbers. The Typhoons on offer would likely come from 24 surplus Tranche 1 Block 5 Typhoons with the British air force. That would allow the British government to reduce its Typhoon inventory under planned defense cutbacks. All told, the GCC states are expected to spend some $120 billion on weapons procurement over the next few years to bolster defense capabilities to counter Iran. But there are doubts about whether such massive expenditure is warranted since the GCC states have failed to forge close military coordination and cooperation despite decades of declaring a common defense policy to be a key objective. (UPI) . Read Full Post
Bari Mushkil Say Hota Hay Chaman Main Deeda War Paida
From the Blog ibitians - Bari Mushkil Say Hota Hay Chaman Main Deeda War Paida November 10th, 2010 . Read Full Post
Shehr-e-Iqbal Main-1
From the Blog ibitians - Shehr-e-Iqbal Main-1 November 10th, 2010 . Read Full Post
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