Posts Tagged ‘ Middle East ’

A Line in the Sand

May 20, 2011
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A Line in the Sand

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...

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The Wrong Side of History

February 5, 2011
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The Wrong Side of History

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...

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Israel’s Quandary

June 1, 2010
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Israel’s Quandary

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...

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Is Mideast Peace Finally About to Happen?

April 8, 2010
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Is Mideast Peace Finally About to Happen?

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...

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A “Systemic Failure”

December 30, 2009
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A “Systemic Failure”

That is precisely what President Obama is calling the information sharing and U.S. intelligence services before the attempted terror attack aboard Northwest Airlines flight 253 on Christmas Day. According to the New York Times, our intelligence agencies knew about the impending attack long...

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