"Powerful countries can and do carry out foreign policies that fail, making them less prosperous, less respected, and, ultimately, less powerful. In each of the books, the prime example of the dangers of power, the equivalent of the lottery winners destroyed by riches, is the United States during the George W. Bush administration. For all three authors, the essence of what Christopher Preble calls "the power problem" is that the United States has too much of it."
The part about Russia and Putin is pretty interesting.
Here comes a great song for those who don't care about foreign policy. Róisín Murphy was the soloist of the band Moloko. You may remember the songs like Sing It Back, Fun for Me and The Time Is Now from Moloko.
I'm from the other side of town Out of bounds To anybody who don't live around I never learned to share Or how to care I never had no teachings About being fair
Depression is part of my mind The sun never shines On the other side of town The need here is always for more There's nothing good in store On the other side of town
It's hard to do right In this filthy night Just plain simple comfort Is completely out of sight My little sister she hungry For bread to eat My brother's hand me down shoes Are now showing his feet
Ghetto blues showed on the news All is aware But what the hell do they care You across the track Completely relaxed You take a warning fact Don't you never come back
"Yazmasaydim olecektim" demis ya Sait Faik, ben olmezdim muhtemelen. Yasamaya devam ederdim buna yasamak denirse. Ama tabi yazmanin da bazi faydalari olacagina inaniyorum.
Inanmaktan ziyade bir merak meselesi bu; acaba baslayip da devamini getirmedigim birsuru mesgaleden birisi mi olacak bu modern gunluk tutma meselesi? Yoksa? Malesef "yoksa"si yok.
Yazdikca farkediyorum da, yazmasaydim da olurmus aslinda. Dunyaya birseyler katmak, ne bileyim, ilginc konulara parmak basmak gibi bir derdim falan da yokmus; yazarken farkettim. Noktalama isaretleri nasil kullaniliyor unutmusum, onu da farkettim.
Ne bileyim iste, maksat sakalar komiklikler falan. Hayattan fazla bir beklentim kalmamisken kiytirik bir gunlugumsuden nasil bir beklentim olabilir ki.
Neyse, Kazim abimiz soylesin biz dinleyelim: Iste Gidiyorum