Well, that must’ve been awkward. Today, Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of Israel, met with President Obama. Ordinary state visit between allies, right? Well, yesterday, President Obama gave his anticipated “Arab Spring” speech, and it definitely ruffled some feathers. For decades, any thought of the U.S. wavering in its commitment to the preservation of Israel in…
The three men pictured below, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran, Ex-President of Tunisia Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, and the Middle Eastern dictator du jour, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt represent a colossal failure of US foreign policy over the past thirty years. In the case of the first two dictators, decades of autocratic rule…
[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=News&iid=8967183" src="d/4/7/f/Palestinians_Protest_against_c247.JPG?adImageId=13057270&imageId=8967183" width="500" height="317" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Well this is a mess for anyone who was hoping for the latest attempt at peace between Israel and the Palestinians. In case you haven’t heard about it by now, early this morning, Israel intercepted the “Freedom Flotilla”, an attempt by human-rights activists to…
[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=News&iid=8445054" src="0/5/1/9/Clinton_Gates_And_75d2.jpg?adImageId=12194679&imageId=8445054" width="500" height="333" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Peace in the Middle East; it has been a dream shared by millions throughout the last several decades, and it may finally be time for it to be achieved. Of course, there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical about this possibility, but this…
With the latest response to the IAEA essentially a rebuke to all progress made this year, I get the sneaking suspicion that Iran is up to no good. In fact, it may become another North Korea at this rate if things do not change.
Remember the secret nuclear facility in Iran that was discovered two months ago? The IAEA has released its report, and it is not good. They are very doubtful as to whether Iran is truly honest. Just what is Iran up to, and what should our next steps be?
There are many different options for what to do in Afghanistan, most of which involve sending more troops. How many should we send, and when can we start bringing them home?
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan is set to sail through to a second term now that his chief rival has dropped out of the race. Why are we still supporting this guy?
Iran made two major concessions relating to their nuclear program at today's summit in Geneva, Switzerland. Are they bluffing, or is this for-real?
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