No doubt a bad week, but not that bad at all!
May 20, 2013
Benghazi “scandal” pales in comparison to the lies that dragged the US into the Iraq war. What matters to the press is the perception that they have created for themselves—that this is a “big story” revealing “dark truths” about the Obama administration ...
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Is this the last chance for war-ravaged Syria?
May 13, 2013
Make no mistake about it, Syria has become a proxy war, but neither the Americans nor the Russians are calling the shots. More significant roles are being played by competing regional groupings who are supporting, and even driving, their Syrian allies...
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Drone attacks and Rumsfeld's question
April 29, 2013
The experts can boast of the drone's efficiency and speak casually of 'limited collateral damage', but for the populations at the point of impact,Special to Times of Oman...
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American feelings for Egypt have soured
April 15, 2013
In the early months of the Arab Spring the images of peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators called to mind for many Americans their own civil rights movement or Eastern Europe's fall of the “Iron Curtain”...
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Obama and Kerry's Middle East visits
February 26, 2013
In a week, John Kerry travels to the Middle East and the Arab Gulf states for his first trip as Secretary of State. A few weeks later, President Barack Obama will make his first trip to Israel as President, followed by his first visits to Palestine and Jordan....
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It is unfair to blame the victim alone
February 19, 2013
In what can only be described as “chutzpah”, David Keyes, the Executive Director of a group calling itself “Advancing Human Rights”, penned “Palestine's Democracy Deficit” a column that appeared earlier this week in the New York Times. ...
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Obama, drones and unkept promises
February 12, 2013
I find deeply troubling the White House claim that their use of drones to assassinate suspected terrorists is “legal, ethical and wise”....
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A nation that has gone 'gun crazy'
January 22, 2013
Our problem is neither that our guns are too sophisticated for our own good or that we don't have enough of them. Our problem is simpler and deeper. It is our 'gun culture' and guns, period...
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Hagel nomination: Stakes are rather high
January 15, 2013
Republicans see the possibility of further weakening and distracting the President by "roughing up" his nominee and will in all likelihood subject Hagel to tough grilling when he finally appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for confirmation...
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