Category: Foreign Policy

A ploy to remain relevant

Bachmann defends her witch hunt By Alex Seitz-Wald, Monday, Jul 16, 2012 04:07 PM CDT   Rep. Michele Bachmann defended her attempt to root out “deep penetration” by the Muslim Brotherhood into the U.S. government Friday, writing a 16-page letter explaining and expanding on her initial charges against Huma Abedin and others of being terrorist …

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Delusions of grandeur, coupled with paranoia

Confronting Pamela Geller By Harris Zafar, 07/13/2012  7:14 am   “As a Jew, I am offended to my core. Muslims have no right to invoke Moses and Abraham. This is a delegitimization of Judaism. It is offensive and vile. And while Jesus is not my guy, the same thing goes for him. It is a …

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Extreme global fantasy, with consequences

The Military Solution By Tom Engelhardt, 9:51AM, July 05, 2012   Americans may feel more distant from war than at any time since World War II began.  Certainly, a smaller percentage of us — less than 1% — serves in the military in this all-volunteer era of ours and, on the  face of it, Washington’s constant …

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Let’s be honest for a change

Encountering Peace: Is my Zionist dream dead? By Gershon Baskin, 07/02/2012 21:13   I am really quite concerned. I see a great disaster about to unfold. I simply  cannot understand why people are not shouting “don’t let this happen!” Where is  the prime minister? Where are all of the Zionist leaders? Where is the world  …

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Thinking like Shamir

It was Zionism itself that Israel buried this week. Let it go. By Bradley Burston, Jul.03, 2012 1:36 PM   It’s time to take a lesson from the successful. It’s time to begin thinking like Yitzhak Shamir. When he died this week, the first several people I spoke with, knowledgeable people who closely follow politics …

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Love requires a response

Reborn on the 4th of July By Logan Mehl-Laituri, 07/04/2012  8:18 am   Today marks my sixth rebirthday. In 2006, I was baptized and became a Christian in Honolulu, Hawaii. One week later, I would be told that my actions, as an active duty soldier facing a second deployment to Iraq, aided the enemies of …

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A terrifying possibility

Why Is Sheldon Adelson Donating Millions to Romney? NYT: “His Disgust for a Two-state Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” By David Harris-Gershon, June 25th, 2012   During the height of Newt Gingrich’s 2012 presidential campaign, the Sheldon-Adelson-backed Republican candidate caused waves when he called the Palestinians an “invented people” and declared that the Palestinian Authority was …

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