Monday, April 07, 2008

War And Peace: This May Mean Peace, This May Mean War

This May Mean Peace:

U.S.-Russia Strategic Framework Declaration Between Presidents Bush and Putin, April 6, 2008, Sochi, Russian Federation

The United States and the Russian Federation,

Recalling our Joint Statement of November 13, 2001 on a New Relationship

Between the United States and Russian and our Joint Declaration of May 24, 2002, we reaffirm that the era in which the United States and Russia considered one another an enemy or strategic threat has ended. We reject the zero-sum thinking of the Cold War when “what was good for Russia was bad for America” and vice versa. Rather, we are dedicated to working together and with other nations to address the global challenges of the 21st century, moving the U.S.-Russia relationship from one of strategic competition to strategic partnership. We intend to cooperate as partners to promote security, and to jointly counter the threats to peace we face, including international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. We are determined to build a lasting peace, both on a bilateral basis and in international fora, recognizing our shared responsibility to the people of our countries and the global community of nations to remain steadfast and united in pursuit of international security, and a peaceful, free world. Where we have differences, we will work to resolve them in a spirit of mutual respect.

Recognizing the importance of these issues, we affirm our commitment to respect the rule of law, international law, human rights, tolerance of diversity, political freedom, and a free market approach to economic policy and practices.

We agree that the foundation for the U.S. and Russian relationship should be based on the core principles of friendship, cooperation, openness, and predictability." ...

Source: The White House

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This May Mean War:

After programming absolutely none of the hundreds of American classical symphonies during its two-day "Symphony Weekend", Classical WETA-FM punches Pan Cogito in the gut by programming Frederick the Great of Prussia's Symphony in G Major two days in a row:

Sunday, April 6, 2008
11:49pm: Symphony G Major
Frederick the Great of Prussia

CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Hartmut Haenchen (conductor)
[Capriccio 10.064]
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Sunday, April 7, 2008
4:34pm: Symphony in D Major
Frederick the Great of Prussia

CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Hartmut Haenchen (conductor)
[Capriccio 10.064]
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Russian SS-25 and American Peacekeeper strategic nuclear missiles; Pine Cones

Photo credits: AerospaceWeb.org and GreenNet, Australia. With thanks.

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Satyagraha (Sanskrit: सत्याग्रह satyāgraha) is coming to the MET Opera and New York City; if not yet to Greater Washington.

Photo credit: (c) Catherine Ashmore, 2008. All rights reserved.

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