Category: Foreign Policy

Some kind of personality disorder

What’s wrong with Mitt Romney? By Joan Walsh, Friday, Jul 27, 2012 07:00 AM CDT   I have an idea for Mitt Romney: Release your tax returns today. Your coverage can’t get any worse than it’s been in the last 48 hours or so, and with any luck, your tax issues will distract the global …

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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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