Posted on 06 February 2012
It’s not every day that someone like the U.S. secretary of defense forecasts an ally’s move but this just happened when Leon Panetta said that he believes, in the paraphrase of a Washington Post reporter, that “there is a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June.” Thoughts on this unusual statement:
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Posted on 19 January 2012
A stealth form of Palestinian “right of return” is undermining the Jewish nature of Israel.
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Posted on 06 January 2012
A successful South Sudan could eventually become a regional power and a stalwart ally not just of Israel but of the West.
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Posted on 29 December 2011
What is it about Muslims and history? Too many of them hate not only what is non-Islamic but even their own heritage.
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Posted on 28 December 2011
Military relations have been at the core of the Ankara-Jerusalem entente.
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Posted on 26 December 2011
Khamene’i and Obama can both make trouble for the other. If they do, Iran and Iraq would play outsized roles in the presidential contest, continuing in their unique thirty-year role as the tar babies of American politics.
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Posted on 20 December 2011
A year ago, Officer Fadiya Hamdi slapped fruit vendor Mohammed Bouazizi across the face in the small Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, setting off upheavals that caused three seeming Arab dictators-for-life to lose power.
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Posted on 13 December 2011
Everyone from the PLO to a Mitt Romney spokesman jumped on Gingrich for this assertion, but he happens to be absolutely correct.
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Posted on 09 December 2011
According to Egypt’s elections committee, the Muslim Brotherhood won 37 percent of the vote of the first round of voting in Egypt; and the Salafis, who promote a yet more extreme Islamist program, won 24 percent, giving them together a jaw-dropping 61 percent of the vote. This stunning result prompts two questions: Is this a legitimate or rigged outcome?
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Posted on 29 November 2011
On the one hand, as a Leftist, Obama despises the United States and sees it as a force for ill in the world. On the other, as president, is judged by how well the country fares during his tenure.
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