May 18 2011

And we better wake up

President’s fine words may not address the Middle East’s real needs

By Robert Fisk, Thursday, 19 May 2011 … OK, so here’s what President Barack Obama should say today about the Middle East. We will leave Afghanistan tomorrow. We will…  [more]

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May 16 2011

WWJD

http://www.clowncrack.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Forgiveness.jpg Monsieur d’Nalgar’s note — following are a few of the more interesting comments at Matthew Paul Turner’s blog Jesus needs new PR, where this image was posted today (May 16, 2011): This is the Jesus I know. Thanks…  [more]

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May 16 2011

The fundamental issue

A right to return

By Jody McIntyre, Monday, 16 May 2011 at 3:29 pm … No amount of time can make an injustice legitimate.  No amount of oppression can make a people forget. Sunday, May 15th 2011 marked the…  [more]

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May 15 2011

Islamophiliac?

 

Pamela Geller: American patriot or extremist firebrand?

By Robert Chalmers, Sunday, 15 May 2011 … Among the many new things I have learnt from the work of Pamela Geller is that President Obama reputedly used to knock around with a…  [more]

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May 15 2011

A short history of catastrophe

The Nakba: Catalyst for pan-Arabism

By Lamis Andoni, 13 Jul 2009 07:22 … One of the narratives often repeated in the West is that the Arab states sent their armies to crush the nascent state of Israel in 1948.…  [more]

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May 14 2011

Rejoice & shout!

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May 14 2011

Yes we apparently cannot

Obama’s Middle East Cluelessness

By Scott MacLeod, 05/13/11 02:55 PM ET … Friday’s announcement of George Mitchell’s planned resignation as the U.S. mediator in the Arab-Israeli conflict appears to be yet another sign of the disarray and failure in President…  [more]

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