Monday, August 4, 2025

CFR

Note on the news: Sunset for democracy- oil and gas 360

Note on the news: Sunset for democracy

(Oil & Gas 360) – A hallmark of democracy is that, after an election, the losing parties accept the results and become the “loyal opposition”.  As such, they accept the results and loyally support the government with alert scrutiny of its actions to guide their informed criticism expressed within customary procedures of civil discourse. Occasional heated expressions of unacceptable language do

Note on the news: Isolationist, no, populist, yes- oil and gas 360

Note on the news: Isolationist, no, populist, yes

(Oil & Gas 360) – After the fall of the Iron Curtain the Council for Foreign Relations (CFR) embraced the concept that the world would be run by a group of benign democracies forevermore as a basis for foreign policy.  It was a fantasy; the world did not work out that way – it is a dangerous place with wars