Category: Foreign Policy
Interesting poem by Sean O’Brien, written in response to the latest phase of conflict between Israel and Hamas: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/02/katyusha-gaza-israel-poem-sean-obrien …about the poem: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/02/poet-sean-obrien-writes-gaza-poem And, in an op-ed piece titled “Inheriting Bush’s blinkers” by Ali Abunimah (co-founder of “The Electronic Intifada” and author of “One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse”), the writer suggests …
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Posted 1/1/2009 3:59:06 PM in response to “Hard Truths About the Conflict” by Robert J. Lieber, a professor of government and international affairs at Georgetown University, is most recently the author of “The American Era: Power and Strategy for the 21st Century.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/31/AR2008123102773.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 Such precision! The splattered brains and entrails of only 1 in 5 …
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Here’s a good overview of what’s going on in Gaza: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/27/israelandthepalestinians-terrorism My only beef with the article is that it doesn’t discuss the inside-Israel, wag-the-dog political dimensions of this latest round of US-sanctioned death and misery for Palestinians. Is this just pre-election posturing to show Israelis that the current regime is as macho/muscular as Faux …
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A dear Palestinian friend (ooh, he has Palestinian friends?!) responded with this: —–Original Message—– Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 10:19 AM Subject: RE: Does anyone remember Guernica? The Palestinian conflict under Bush is like two bookends: It started out with his buddy Sharon bombing the hell out of Palestinians, and is ending in the same manner. …
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If anyone is wondering how much damage a lame-duck administration can manage on its way to historical infamy (or at best, oblivion), here’s what our Secretary of State had to say in response to the IAF attacks on Gaza (reminiscent, to this poor student of history, of the Stuka dive-bomber attacks on civilian populations in Spain …
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From Ray Close: Eddy and the Mideast Joseph C. Goulden OP-ED: Middle East veterans of a certain era – the World War II era into the 1950s – speak with respectful awe of William A. Eddy. Soldier, scholar, statesman, spy, Arabist – of him a colleague said, “Bill Eddy was probably the nearest thing that …
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Maureen Dowd’s column today calls her a “Trophy Vice.” If anyone harbors the fantasy that Sarah Palin is a self-made political success, they need to read a piece in the NYT titled “Palin’s Start in Alaska: Not Politics as Usual.” Perhaps I’m guilty of seeing a Rovian/Gingrichian conspiracy behind every rising Republican star, but it …
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