Category: The Middle East

Just imagine

The Business of Kaboom By Raouf Halaby, July 23, 2012   While surfing the cable news channels during the post noon hours of July 19, 2012, to catch up on the sordid danse macabre that is unfolding in Syria, I accidentally caught the last 90 seconds of a CNN report on a US-funded “Weapons Fair” …

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Hobnobbing with the uber-rich

Ten reasons Mitt Romney’s Israel visit is in bad taste By Juan Cole, Monday 30 July 2012 07.00 EDT   The trip of US Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to Israel is in bad taste for lots of reasons.   He is holding a fundraiser at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. It is distasteful …

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Quelle horreur!

Syrian war of lies and hypocrisy By Robert Fisk, Sunday 29 July 2012   Has there ever been a Middle Eastern war of such hypocrisy? A war of such cowardice and such mean morality, of such false rhetoric and such public humiliation? I’m not talking about the physical victims of the Syrian tragedy. I’m referring …

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The red meat of military adventures

When soft power is hard By Richard Falk, 28 Jul 2012 10:17   There has been serious confusion associated with the widespread embrace of “soft power” as a preferred form of diplomacy for the 21st century. Joseph Nye introduced and popularised the concept, and later it was adopted and applied in a myriad of settings …

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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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