Musings

I got it - today I got a call, that my SonyEricsson P800 was waiting for me…. What a nice phone! I’m playing around with it and trying to get it to sync all my adresses and calendar items. I managed to get my addresses over from Outlook, but no go on the calendar front. Also some program complains all the time that Outlook is not the default mail client - by god - NO of course not. Now I’m in the process of moving my adresses and calendar entries to Lotus Notes - the adresses synced perfectly - let’s see how the calendar goes. ...

My old mobile phone is starting to break down - time for a new one. After some thoughts, I decided to buy the SonyEricsson P800 which got a good review on Geek.com and not too many complaints on the Usenet. All going well, I should have it tomorrow (but then, most of the time, things don’t go well…) What I like about the P800, is that it’s possible to develop your own apps - I’m planning to take a look at doing some Java coding on it… (time permitting). ...

I haven’t had a chance to read until just now - and I’m deeply impressed how Robin Cook expressed his views on the war, on Britains role and on some of the background. Read the speech, at BBC’s site. Ironically, it is only because Iraq's military forces are so weak that we can even contemplate its invasion. Some advocates of conflict claim that Saddam's forces are so weak, so demoralised and so badly equipped that the war will be over in a few days. We cannot base our military strategy on the assumption that Saddam is weak and at the same time justify pre-emptive action on the claim that he is a threat. ...

No - you and I don’t have to agree with all they write, but I feel that there is more meat here in the virtual spaces of the internet, than what we get served on TV: Outside The Beltway Agonist The Command Post

Jetzt ist es also passiert: Die ersten Bilder von toten und gefangenen Amerikanern tauchen auf. Klar, dass die amerikanische Öffentlichkeit solch grausiges nicht sehen darf. Klar, dass ein Aufschrei des Entsetzens losgeht und sich Herr Rumsfeld auf die Genfer Konvention beruft, die es einzuhalten gilt. Wann wurde die Genfer Konvention eingehalten, als in Guantanamo Gefangene gemacht wurden? Ach ja - das waren ja keine Kriegsgefangene - stupid me. Wieso erlauben es sich die USA sich moralisch darüber zu entrüsten, dass man ihre Soldaten tötet und gefangennimmt? Behandelt sie die irakischen Soldaten besser? Und die Zivilbevölkerung? Im ersten Golfkrieg wurde die Wasserversorgung gezielt zerstört. Entsprechen Genozide denn dem Völkerrecht? ...