Martin Rivers
Illuminating and original commentary on the life-changing work the UN is doing in Liberia
Blog Detail
The Blog Formerly Known as Barry's Baghdad Blog
http://1petertwofifteen.blogspot.com/
This blog has information about police mission work I do - right now I will be going to Libera, before I was in Iraq
- Added on: Apr 5th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Barry
- Listed in: International Affairs Personal
- Tags: iraq un liberia police missions overseas work civilian police
Recent Posts
World Toilet Day (Belated)
I apologize for the tardiness of this post. However, I just learned that World Toilet Day was yesterday 19 November.I guess I missed out on "the big Squat."As this seems funny to read about - it is a good cause and a serious issue in many countries ...
Soldiers Shot at Ft Hood and Hezbollah Does Not Get it\'s Arms
I was shocked to see the story about the psychiatrist that went "postal" at Ft. Hood. Then again, whay would anyone send this guy on deployment to Afghanistan when you look at his history.The "Big Guy" aka BO really messed up with his speech about i...
Barack Obama - Again
OK, so tell me what I am missing. We have a president who has done nothing to change any situation in any war, managed to push the economy to worsen and now he gets the Nobel Peace Prize for what he may do. Actually the prize should go to his telep...
Obama and NASCAR
Well Obama "honored" NASCAR drivers and the sport the other day at the White House. No, there was no burn out on the White House lawn or anything like that. He did say that the "Big 3" auto makers belonged in "Nazz-car" (as the Big Guy likes to say...
Timothy Geithner Cannot Seel His House!
OK, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is supposed to be the "man with the plan" to get us out of the economic mess. Which, despite all the positive talk, is declining rather than getting better. So the guy that is trying to fix our economic mess ca...
US Plans on Increasing UN Peacekeepers
The U.S. plans to increase peacekeepers to the UN. The U.S. currently does not provide troops for peacekeeping forces. According to U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice:But Rice said the United States "is willing to consider directly contributing more mi...
Comments & Reviews
This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 4 comments.
Albert
I really enjoy your posts about Liberia and the great commentary about other current events.
Anne
I think the blog title is too funny, kind of like "Prince". Good writing, interesting stuff - lots of "life" - just what a blog should be!
A vital and importance corrective to the lopsided focus on the military and security aspects of foreign policy.
We need more voices like this in the foreign policy debate.
A richly entertaining, heartwarming blog.
Add it to your favourites. You won't regret it.
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