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sábado, 25 de julio de 2009
Harry Patch, el último soldado británico que había luchado en las trincheras de la Primera Guerra Mundial, ha muerto. En 1917 un proyectil estuvo apunto de matarle pero sobrevivió. Años más tarde participaría, también, en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Ya empiezan a quedar sólo los museos y la memoria escrita de otros... aquí va una muestra
domingo, 7 de junio de 2009
Un español clave en el día D
Obama recuerda a los fallecidos en Normandía en el 65 aniversario del día que "cambió el destino del siglo XX"
Y un español, Juan Pujol alias Garbo, lo hizo posible.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Pujol_(Garbo)
Publicado por nafets giewz en 10:42 0 comentarios
sábado, 8 de noviembre de 2008
Hace ya 90 años...
El 8 de Noviembre de 1918, una delegación alemana se reunió con el Mariscal Ferdinand Foch, Comandante Supremos del Mando Aliado, en el bosque de Compiègne (65 km al noreste de París). El armisticio se firmó el 11 de Noviembre en el vagón de tren del Mando Aliado, el mismo que utilizaría Hitler en 1940 cuando, con ánimo de revancha, obligó a Francia a pasar por el mismo trago.
March Bloch lo cuenta estupendamente.
Publicado por nafets giewz en 12:13 0 comentarios
Etiquetas: guerra
miércoles, 1 de octubre de 2008
Guerra en Afganistán
Al hilo de la probable connivencia de los servicios secretos pakistaníes con los talibanes afganos, por favor, lean este libro:
No dejará de sorprenderles y entenderán algunas cuestiones esenciales...
Publicado por nafets giewz en 23:23 0 comentarios
Etiquetas: afganistán, Estados Unidos, guerra
jueves, 11 de septiembre de 2008
EN EL SÉPTIMO AÑO...
El artículo publicado en el NYT de hoy por Roger Cohen es muy recomendable por ser sintético, claro y rico en ideas. Además, su trascendencia "bíblica" encaja con los modos de los hacedores actuales de este mundo. Ni en el séptimo año descansan...
In the Seventh Year
By ROGER COHEN
And in the seventh year after the fall, the dust and debris of the towers cleared. And it became plain at last what had been wrought.
For the wreckage begat greed; and it came to pass that while America’s young men and women fought, other Americans enriched themselves. Beguiling the innocent, they did backdate options, and they did package toxic mortgage securities and they did reprice risk on the basis that it no more existed than famine in a fertile land.
Thereby did the masters of the universe prosper, with gold, with silver shekels, with land rich in cattle and fowl, with illegal manservants and maids, with jewels and silk, and with Gulfstream V business jets; yet the whole land did not prosper with them. And it came to pass, when the housing bubble burst, that Main Street had to pay for the Wall Street party.
For Bush ruled over the whole nation and so sure was he of his righteousness that he did neglect husbandry.
And he took his nation into desert wars and mountain wars, but, lo, he thought not to impose taxation, not one heifer nor sheep nor ox did Bush demand of the rich. And it came to pass that the nation fell into debt as boundless as the wickedness of Sodom. For everyone, Lehman not least, was maxed out.
So heavy was the burden of war, and of bailing out Fannie and Freddie, and of financing debt with China, that not one silver shekel remained to build bridges, nor airports, nor high-speed trains, nor even to take care of wounded vets; and the warriors returning unto their homes from distant combat thought a blight had fallen on the land.
So it was in the seventh year after the fall of the towers. And still Bush did raise his hands to the Lord and proclaim: “I will be proved right in the end!”
And around the whole earth, which had stood with America, there arose a great trouble, for it seemed to peoples abroad that a great nation, rich in flocks and herds and land and water, had been cast among thorns and Philistines; its promise betrayed, its light dimmed, its armies stretched, its budget broken, its principles compromised, its dollar diminished.
And it came to pass that this profligate nation, drinking oil with insatiable thirst, could not cure itself of this addiction, and so its wealth was transferred to other nations that did not always wish it well.
Wherefore the balance of power in the world was altered in grievous ways, and new centers of authority arose, and they were no more persuaded by democracy than was the Pharaoh.
For Bush ruled over the whole nation, and so sure was he of his righteousness that he did neglect the costs of wanton consumption. And he believed that if the Lord created fossil fuel, fossil fuel must flow without end, as surely as the grape will yield wine.
Therefore, in the seventh year after the fall, with 1,126 of the slain still unidentified, their very beings rendered unto dust, their souls inhabiting the air of New York, it seemed that one nation had become two; and loss, far from unifying the people, had sundered the nation.
For the rich, granted tax breaks more generous than any blessing, grew richer, and incomes in the middle ceased to rise, and workers saw jobs leaving the land for that region called Asia. And some fought wars while others shopped; and some got foreclosed while others got clothes. And still Bush spake but few listened.
Behold, so it was in the seventh year, and it seemed that America was doubly smitten, from without and within.
And, lo, a strange thing did come to pass. For as surely as the seasons do alternate, so the ruler and party that have brought woe to a nation must give way to others who can lead their people to plenty. How can the weary, flogged ass bear honey and balm and almonds and myrrh?
Yet many Americans believed the exhausted beast could still provide bounty. They did hold that a people called the French was to blame. They did accuse a creation called the United Nations. They did curse the ungodly sophisticates of Gotham and Hollywood and sinful Chicago; and, lo, they proclaimed God was on their side, and carried a gun, and Darwin was bunk, and truth resided in Alaska.
For Bush ruled over the whole nation and so sure was he of his righteousness that he did foster division until it raged like a plague. Each tribe sent pestilence on the other.
And in the seventh year after the fall, the dust and debris of the towers cleared. And it became plain at last what had been wrought — but not how the damage would be undone.
By ROGER COHEN
And in the seventh year after the fall, the dust and debris of the towers cleared. And it became plain at last what had been wrought.
For the wreckage begat greed; and it came to pass that while America’s young men and women fought, other Americans enriched themselves. Beguiling the innocent, they did backdate options, and they did package toxic mortgage securities and they did reprice risk on the basis that it no more existed than famine in a fertile land.
Thereby did the masters of the universe prosper, with gold, with silver shekels, with land rich in cattle and fowl, with illegal manservants and maids, with jewels and silk, and with Gulfstream V business jets; yet the whole land did not prosper with them. And it came to pass, when the housing bubble burst, that Main Street had to pay for the Wall Street party.
For Bush ruled over the whole nation and so sure was he of his righteousness that he did neglect husbandry.
And he took his nation into desert wars and mountain wars, but, lo, he thought not to impose taxation, not one heifer nor sheep nor ox did Bush demand of the rich. And it came to pass that the nation fell into debt as boundless as the wickedness of Sodom. For everyone, Lehman not least, was maxed out.
So heavy was the burden of war, and of bailing out Fannie and Freddie, and of financing debt with China, that not one silver shekel remained to build bridges, nor airports, nor high-speed trains, nor even to take care of wounded vets; and the warriors returning unto their homes from distant combat thought a blight had fallen on the land.
So it was in the seventh year after the fall of the towers. And still Bush did raise his hands to the Lord and proclaim: “I will be proved right in the end!”
And around the whole earth, which had stood with America, there arose a great trouble, for it seemed to peoples abroad that a great nation, rich in flocks and herds and land and water, had been cast among thorns and Philistines; its promise betrayed, its light dimmed, its armies stretched, its budget broken, its principles compromised, its dollar diminished.
And it came to pass that this profligate nation, drinking oil with insatiable thirst, could not cure itself of this addiction, and so its wealth was transferred to other nations that did not always wish it well.
Wherefore the balance of power in the world was altered in grievous ways, and new centers of authority arose, and they were no more persuaded by democracy than was the Pharaoh.
For Bush ruled over the whole nation, and so sure was he of his righteousness that he did neglect the costs of wanton consumption. And he believed that if the Lord created fossil fuel, fossil fuel must flow without end, as surely as the grape will yield wine.
Therefore, in the seventh year after the fall, with 1,126 of the slain still unidentified, their very beings rendered unto dust, their souls inhabiting the air of New York, it seemed that one nation had become two; and loss, far from unifying the people, had sundered the nation.
For the rich, granted tax breaks more generous than any blessing, grew richer, and incomes in the middle ceased to rise, and workers saw jobs leaving the land for that region called Asia. And some fought wars while others shopped; and some got foreclosed while others got clothes. And still Bush spake but few listened.
Behold, so it was in the seventh year, and it seemed that America was doubly smitten, from without and within.
And, lo, a strange thing did come to pass. For as surely as the seasons do alternate, so the ruler and party that have brought woe to a nation must give way to others who can lead their people to plenty. How can the weary, flogged ass bear honey and balm and almonds and myrrh?
Yet many Americans believed the exhausted beast could still provide bounty. They did hold that a people called the French was to blame. They did accuse a creation called the United Nations. They did curse the ungodly sophisticates of Gotham and Hollywood and sinful Chicago; and, lo, they proclaimed God was on their side, and carried a gun, and Darwin was bunk, and truth resided in Alaska.
For Bush ruled over the whole nation and so sure was he of his righteousness that he did foster division until it raged like a plague. Each tribe sent pestilence on the other.
And in the seventh year after the fall, the dust and debris of the towers cleared. And it became plain at last what had been wrought — but not how the damage would be undone.
Publicado por nafets giewz en 11:12 0 comentarios
domingo, 7 de septiembre de 2008
Frente a tanta histeria, mejor leer
JUAN CARLOS I
REY DE ESPAÑA
A todos los que la presente vieren y entendieren.
Sabed: Que las Cortes Generales han aprobado y Yo
vengo en sancionar la siguiente ley.
EXPOSICIÓN DE MOTIVOS
El espíritu de reconciliación y concordia, y de respeto
al pluralismo y a la defensa pacífica de todas las ideas,
que guió la Transición, nos permitió dotarnos de una
Constitución, la de 1978, que tradujo jurídicamente esa
voluntad de reencuentro de los españoles, articulando un
Estado social y democrático de derecho con clara vocación
integradora.
El espíritu de la Transición da sentido al modelo constitucional
de convivencia más fecundo que hayamos disfrutado
nunca y explica las diversas medidas y derechos
que se han ido reconociendo, desde el origen mismo de
todo el período democrático, en favor de las personas
que, durante los decenios anteriores a la Constitución,
sufrieron las consecuencias de la guerra civil y del régimen
dictatorial que la sucedió.
Pese a ese esfuerzo legislativo, quedan aún iniciativas
por adoptar para dar cumplida y definitiva respuesta a las
demandas de esos ciudadanos, planteadas tanto en el
ámbito parlamentario como por distintas asociaciones
cívicas. Se trata de peticiones legítimas y justas, que
nuestra democracia, apelando de nuevo a su espíritu fundacional
de concordia, y en el marco de la Constitución,
no puede dejar de atender.
Para seguir leyendo... y entendiendo:
http://www.mpr.es/NR/rdonlyres/D03898BE-21B8-4CB8-BBD1-D1450E6FD7AD/85567/boememoria.pdf
REY DE ESPAÑA
A todos los que la presente vieren y entendieren.
Sabed: Que las Cortes Generales han aprobado y Yo
vengo en sancionar la siguiente ley.
EXPOSICIÓN DE MOTIVOS
El espíritu de reconciliación y concordia, y de respeto
al pluralismo y a la defensa pacífica de todas las ideas,
que guió la Transición, nos permitió dotarnos de una
Constitución, la de 1978, que tradujo jurídicamente esa
voluntad de reencuentro de los españoles, articulando un
Estado social y democrático de derecho con clara vocación
integradora.
El espíritu de la Transición da sentido al modelo constitucional
de convivencia más fecundo que hayamos disfrutado
nunca y explica las diversas medidas y derechos
que se han ido reconociendo, desde el origen mismo de
todo el período democrático, en favor de las personas
que, durante los decenios anteriores a la Constitución,
sufrieron las consecuencias de la guerra civil y del régimen
dictatorial que la sucedió.
Pese a ese esfuerzo legislativo, quedan aún iniciativas
por adoptar para dar cumplida y definitiva respuesta a las
demandas de esos ciudadanos, planteadas tanto en el
ámbito parlamentario como por distintas asociaciones
cívicas. Se trata de peticiones legítimas y justas, que
nuestra democracia, apelando de nuevo a su espíritu fundacional
de concordia, y en el marco de la Constitución,
no puede dejar de atender.
Para seguir leyendo... y entendiendo:
http://www.mpr.es/NR/rdonlyres/D03898BE-21B8-4CB8-BBD1-D1450E6FD7AD/85567/boememoria.pdf
Publicado por nafets giewz en 20:54 0 comentarios
Etiquetas: Constitución de 1978, España, guerra
miércoles, 5 de diciembre de 2007
Irak: El negocio de una ocupación
Ayer martes 4 de diciembre el programa Documentos TV de La 2 de TVE emitío un documental de los que ganan premios internacionales y pronto pasan al oscuro archivo del olvido. Brillantemente editado, el documental sintetiza en menos de una hora el transcurrir de la intrahistoria de la ocupación estadounidense de Irak.
La resolución 1483 aprobada por el Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas el 21 de mayo de 2003 establecía un Fondo para el Desarrollo de Iraq: "Resolution 1483 and the laws and usages of war, authorized the Coalition Provisional Authority as the administrator of the Fund. At the request of the CPA Administrator in May, 2003, the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of New York established the "Central Bank of Iraq-Development Fund for Iraq" account. The DFI is held on the books of the Central Bank of Iraq. The corpus of the DFI is held in the account at FRBNY for the Central Bank of Iraq. A portion of the fund has been transferred to Baghdad, Iraq and used to establish a DFI-Baghdad account at the Central Bank of Iraq, for the purpose of meeting cash payment requirements in country, for the benefit of the Iraqi people" . La realidad es que la CPA, amparada en la citada resolución, en la plena asunción de poderes soberanos bajo los designios del Pentagono y no del Departamento de Estado, y en las leyes y usos de la guerra (sic), hizo y deshizo a su antojo. La Reserva Federal Americana emitío 23.000 millones de dólares en billetes de 100$, los empaquetaron en cajas y fueron transportados por el ejército norteamericano desde la base aérea de Andrews (Washington DC) hasta Bagdad.
La oferta monetaria no fue utilizada de forma adecuada a los fines previstos (reconstrucción, reformas sanitarias, potenciación de red energética, etc.). De hecho hoy se produce menos energía que en 2003, menos petróleo que antes de la ocupación, los hospitales no han visto una renovación de su material y sus equipamientos (bebés prematuros mueren por no disponer de mascarillas de oxígeno), el acceso a agua potable se ha reducido a determinados núcleos urbanos y las enfermedades infecciosas recorren grandes áreas del país.
Irak no era un país idílico antes de la guerra. Saddam Hussein y su corte de lacayos asesinaron, violaron sistemáticamente derechos fundamentales de muchas personas y sembraron el pánico, la tortura y el silencio entre la población. Pero Irak no era un país subdesarrollado ni un estado "fallido". Tenía riqueza, cierta industria, comercio y servicios y, fundamentalmente potencial y recursos humanos preparados para, en condiciones de libertad y democracia, erigirse en el principal motor del país hacia la consolidación del desarrollo económico y social. La administración Bush, con la complacencia de sus socios, no permitió que ello sucediera. Se optó por nombrar gestores con experiencia en, por ejemplo, la gestión del sistema de salud del Estado de Michigan antes que por otorgar confianza a los gestores iraquíes que conocían bien su país, sus carencias y sus oportunidades. Éstos no eran leales. Peor todavía: al fiasco se unió el delito y de los 23.000 millones de dólares, al menos la mitad desaparecieron de sus sacas. Un enjambre de ávidos hombres de negocios fáciles se hicieron pronto con el botín y lo sacaron del país en avión, tal y como entró. Del desarrollo de Irak poco o nada se sabe. La CPA se disolvió y traspasó sus competencias a la Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Baghdad. Conmovedor.

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