[At-Large] IGP Blog : The US Commerce Dept position paper for the ICANN Board negotiations

Carlos Vera cveraq at gmail.com
Mon Jan 31 15:51:20 UTC 2011


Interested in history? See
Talons of the Eagle: Dynamics of U.S.-Latin American Relations (Peter H.
Smith) and try to understand the policy of "El destino manifiesto" Carlos
Vera



2011/1/31 Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels at gmail.com>

> Quick, somebody spell W-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s!
>
> I'd be lying if I were to tell you I'm surprised at all.  USG world view
> has
> never really  changed for 200 years, something quite understandable for
> those of us who study how power is exercised...and, the effects.
>
> If you are students of history, here are some quotes that might provide a
> reality check: 'he might be a son of a bitch..but he's our son of a bitch',
> this, the realpolitik surrounding the acceptance of the depredations of the
> elder Somoza of Nicaraguan infamy.  Ol'  Henry [Kissinger] is alleged to
> have channeled the best of the old imperialists in my Lord Palmerston when
> he was alleged to opine: 'we have no permanent enemies, we only have
> permanent interests'....or words to that effect.
>
> In matters surround principle and the 'great powers', it is always useful
> to
> remember that you are likely to feel the 'hand of Esau' even as you hear
> the
> 'voice of Jacob'.
>
> Carlton
>
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>
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh
> <admin at ttcsweb.org>wrote:
>
> > "IGP has obtained a copy of the US Commerce Department's position
> > paper for its February 28 negotiations with the ICANN Board over the
> > new top level domain program.  The "USG Submission to the GAC
> > Scorecard" shows that the U.S. Commerce Department's ICANN crew has
> > gone off the rails. It supports direct governmental veto power over
> > domains and demands that ICANN completely rewrite most of the
> > consensus policies developed over 4 years."
> >
> > Read full article :
> > http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/1/29/4737705.html
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