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Dumb: GOP Rep. Peter King Says U.S. Must Shoot Cruise Missiles At Syria Or Iran “Won’t Take Us Seriously”… This is his rationale for wanting to intervene militarily on behalf of an al Qaeda-infested insurgency? The above is from Weasel...
- The Bush Administration Wanted Israel To Attack Syria
This, if true, confirms what I thought was going on in the Hizbollah/Israel War. It seemed to me obvious that Bush was doing everything he could to publicly signal to Israel that they had our absolute support in attacking Syria, and possibly even Iran....
- Sobering Analysis From Stratfor - War A Total Calamity
Sub req, excerpted - Geopolitical Diary: Revisiting Core Assumptions The world's focus right now is on the cease-fire deal in the Middle East. We think that's the incorrect focus. The real focus should be on an earthquake that has shaken the region:...
- A Pandora's Box Opened By Ineptitude
From Youssef Ibrahim, in the New York Sun: The balance of power and terror that shaped the Middle East landscape until the latest Arab-Israeli war has shifted profoundly in favor of radical forces, to the detriment of Arabs and Jews alike — as well...
- Stratfor On Hezballah <> Iranian Connections
Red Alert: Hezbollah's Iranian Connection Sub Req excerpted ... Prior to the rise of the Shia in Iraq, Hezbollah -- as a radical Shiite Islamist organization -- was Iran's main asset in the Arab world. In fact, it likely will continue to be used...
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Aren't critics grand?
David Ignatius in Real Clear Politics and the WaPo tells us :
We Can't Save the Mideast
OK so? His Rx? 1) The sickness must end.
2) Syria has an opportunity to leave behind its drab Cold War trench coat and become a modern, prosperous Mediterranean nation; Hezbollah, the militia that represents Lebanon's dispossessed Shiite population, has a chance to lead its followers into political power and prosperity.
3) The Middle East needs the rule of law
4) Now the United Nations must find a way to make the rule of law realThe idea that America is going to save the Arab world from itself is seductive, but it's wrong.
The hard work of building a new Middle East will be done by the Arabs, or it won't happen.
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Dumb: GOP Rep. Peter King Says U.S. Must Shoot Cruise Missiles At Syria Or Iran “Won’t Take Us Seriously”… This is his rationale for wanting to intervene militarily on behalf of an al Qaeda-infested insurgency? The above is from Weasel...
- The Bush Administration Wanted Israel To Attack Syria
This, if true, confirms what I thought was going on in the Hizbollah/Israel War. It seemed to me obvious that Bush was doing everything he could to publicly signal to Israel that they had our absolute support in attacking Syria, and possibly even Iran....
- Sobering Analysis From Stratfor - War A Total Calamity
Sub req, excerpted - Geopolitical Diary: Revisiting Core Assumptions The world's focus right now is on the cease-fire deal in the Middle East. We think that's the incorrect focus. The real focus should be on an earthquake that has shaken the region:...
- A Pandora's Box Opened By Ineptitude
From Youssef Ibrahim, in the New York Sun: The balance of power and terror that shaped the Middle East landscape until the latest Arab-Israeli war has shifted profoundly in favor of radical forces, to the detriment of Arabs and Jews alike — as well...
- Stratfor On Hezballah <> Iranian Connections
Red Alert: Hezbollah's Iranian Connection Sub Req excerpted ... Prior to the rise of the Shia in Iraq, Hezbollah -- as a radical Shiite Islamist organization -- was Iran's main asset in the Arab world. In fact, it likely will continue to be used...