I don’t know which is worse: “human shields” or “humanitarian pause.” Neither serve the interests of the innocent lives caught in the middle of the belligerents, and both serve Netanyahu’s political interests to preserve his hold on power through war,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m not sure how I feel about this one. I’m horrified by the violence of Hamas that triggered the violence of Netanyahu’s government. But as the days have played out, watching people die and social media swap insults in a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Taking a break from watching and reading about the revolutionary activity in Egypt so I can, ya know, write about it. It’s called “processing.” Or vomiting, your pick. So the WaPo was the first Respectable Beltway News Organ to publish[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last week President Obama flew to India to sell them $5 billion for 10 Boeing C-17 cargo planes — the sixth biggest arms deal in U.S. history. As Jim Hightower points out, this deal doesn’t do much to boost American[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Iran is a threat because Washington says so. Certainly, WaPo accepts the charge at face value: Iran’s ambitions, which have cast a long shadow over the greater Middle East, may serve as a common bond keeping a frail peace process[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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