Category Archives: AJ Layon, MD

June 2006 to 27 June 2007

SECTION 9.5 JUNE 2006 TO 27 JUNE 2007 Contents Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………..2 June 2006 ……………………………………………………………………………… …………………..2 July 2006 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………11 August 2006 ……………………………………………………………………………………………….24 September 2006 ………………………………………………………………………………………….30 October 2006 ………………………………………………………………………………………………41 November 2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………..49 December 2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………..60 January 2007 ………………………………………………………………………………………………69 February 2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………….99 March … Continue reading

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Will there be a Korean war under Trump’s presidency?

Gentle Reader – In the context of the previous piece, this may be the place where the war begins. When the President-elect’s economic plans fail, when he is reviled by the very people who voted for him, when his tax … Continue reading

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The Drums of War

Gentle Reader – This is frightening enough, yet not written to frighten. Rather to steel one’s mind as to the work we have to do to salvage our world from the likes of Trump, Erdogan, Putin, Dutarte, al Asad, Netanyahu, … Continue reading

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27 June 2007 to April 2008

SECTION 9.6 27 JUNE 2007 TO APRIL 2008 Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………..182 June 2007: The Brown Government …………………………………………………………………182 July 2007 ………………………………………………………………………………………………….185 August 2007 ……………………………………………………………………………………………..212 September 2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………235 October 2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………….266 November 2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………287 December 2007 ………………………………………………………………………………………….301 January 2008 ……………………………………………………………………………………………..316 February 2008 … Continue reading

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May 2008 to October 2009

SECTION 9.7 MAY 2008 TO OCTOBER 2009 Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………382 May 2008………………………………………………………………………………………………….382 June 2008………………………………………………………………………………………………….391 July 2008…………………………………………………………………………………………………..398 August 2008………………………………………………………………………………………………408 September 2008………………………………………………………………………………………….411 October 2008……………………………………………………………………………………………..417 November 2008………………………………………………………………………………………….421 December 2008………………………………………………………………………………………….424 January 2009……………………………………………………………………………………………..434 February 2009……………………………………………………………………………………………437 March 2009………………………………………………………………………………………………443 April 2009………………………………………………………………………………………………..448 May 2009…………………………………………………………………………………………………450 June 2009…………………………………………………………………………………………………455 July 2009…………………………………………………………………………………………………457 August … Continue reading

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Conclusions: The Post-Conflict Period

SECTION 9.8 CONCLUSIONS: THE POST-CONFLICT PERIOD The Report of the Iraq Inquiry 470 Introduction and key findings 1. This Section addresses conclusions in relation to evidence of the UK’s role after the conflict in Iraq, including: • the development of … Continue reading

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NYTimes: How Letting Bankers Off the Hook May Have Tipped the Election

Gentle Reader – This, I fear is what happens when we “look forward, not back”, as President Obama so generously stated at the beginning of his first term. But by not dealing with the criminality that was perpetrated by our … Continue reading

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Owning our Shit (or: Hilary Didn’t Let Us Down, We Failed Her)

Gentle Reader – Adrian says what I have been thinking better than I. How could we ? Stay home ? Not vote ? Carp about Hilary’s flaws ? Complain about her changing positions ? (don’t serious people change their positions … Continue reading

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‘You Deserve to Be Gassed’: Hate Crimes Skyrocket After Trump’s Win

Gentle Reader – Is this what our fellow citizens who voted for the President-elect wanted ? If not, speak up. Words have power, my friends. The President-elect’s words are there for all to see. To paraphrase Maya Angelou: When people … Continue reading

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Reconstruction: March 2003 to June 2004

SECTION 10.1 RECONSTRUCTION: MARCH 2003 TO JUNE 2004 Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………3 UK post-conflict objectives and planning assumption……………………………………………4 Humanitarian assistance…………………………………………………………………………………7 Coalition-building……………………………………………………………………………………….18 Post-conflict reconstruction and ORHA……………………………………………………………..22 Responsibility for reconstruction…………………………………………………………………….22 UK concerns over participation in ORHA…………………………………………………………28 Decisions to increase UK support for ORHA…………………………………………………….43 Reconstruction … Continue reading

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