Sanctions That Nibble
At AIPAC this week, Hillary Clinton promised not “crippling” sanctions against Iran but rather sanctions that would “bite.” That appears to be an overstatement. This report explains: The U.S. has...
View ArticleObami Pushing Israel to Act Unilaterally?
The Obami are promising another round of sanctions aimed at Iran. This will be the fourth round, and we should not, judging from press reports, expect them to be “crippling.” As Bill Kristol noted on...
View ArticleRE: RE: Imposed Arrogance
Bibi’s response to the Obami’s imposed peace-deal trial balloon? No way. This should come as no surprise: Israel will not accept a Middle East peace agreement that is forced on it by external forces,...
View ArticleHow Do You Impose Peace?
This report explains the latest Palestinian celebration of terrorism: The future Palestinian Authority presidential compound will be built along a street named for an infamous Hamas arch-terrorist,...
View ArticleThe Worst Brit PM: Loser of the Colonies or Appeaser of Hitler?
As we await the results of today’s British elections, it’s hard to work up much enthusiasm about the outcome, given the dismal choices facing the voters there. David Cameron, the not-very-conservative...
View ArticleCan Americans Count on the New Brit Coalition?
While one of the hallmarks of Barack Obama’s foreign policy has been the trashing of the formerly “special” relationship between the United States and Britain, it is interesting to speculate what would...
View ArticleIt’s the Security Arrangements, Stupid
If U.S. envoy George Mitchell is truly “frustrated” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to give “clear answers on the borders of the future Palestinian state,” as Haaretz reported...
View ArticleDismantling Joe Klein
Correcting the errors in logic and fact by Joe Klein is more than a full-time job, and I usually have better things to do. But once in a while, he writes a piece that deserves to be examined and...
View ArticleChristopher Hitchens Talks to Charlie Rose
Christopher Hitchens gave a fascinating, wide-ranging, and at times affecting interview to Charlie Rose. He spoke about his new memoir (Hitch-22), his struggle with cancer, and religious faith; Barack...
View ArticleBlair: Use Military Force on Iran If Neccessary
An experienced Middle East hand directs me to Tony Blair’s comments yesterday: “I am saying that I think it is wholly unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapons capability and I think we have got...
View ArticleObama’s Middle East Policy: Incompetence Continues
The Obami have, on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at virtually every turn, made the wrong decision and then botched the execution of that decision. Beginning with the decision to focus on the...
View ArticleLessons from Tony Blair’s Memoir
In his excellent memoir, A Journey: My Political Life, Tony Blair writes about his electoral victory in 1997: We were very quickly appreciating the daunting revelation of the gap between saying and...
View ArticleInterviews with Tony Blair
If you’re a fan of Tony Blair, as I certainly am, then you’ll be interested in watching two interviews with him. The first, with PBS’s Charlie Rose, can be found here. The second, a conversation with...
View ArticleBlair on Iran and Iraq
In a fascinating interview, former prime minister Tony Blair shares his thoughts on the Middle East. First, on Iraq: You know, the people who caused the difficulty in Iraq were al-Qaida on the one hand...
View ArticleBlair vs. Obama
In a world of moral equivalence, political correctness, and intentional obtuseness, Tony Blair stands apart. He has quickly become the most cogent and articulate defender of the West in the war against...
View ArticleBlair on Islamic Separatists
Former prime minister Tony Blair’s ability to debunk conventional wisdom and show disdain for political correctness has only grown since his departure from 10 Downing Street. His subject today is the...
View ArticleA Man Like Bush
At the New Yorker, George Packer has a harsh assessment of George Bush’s Decision Points, a book he predicts “will not endure.” Packer’s 3,300-word piece has only two sentences of praise, stuck in a...
View ArticleMorning Commentary
The Iraqi parliament finally approves a diverse new unity government, ending nine months of political stalemate and concern for the fledgling democracy: “Although Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds were...
View ArticleIranian-Funded Press TV’s British Bank Accounts Frozen
Press TV, the international news organization and propaganda arm of the Iranian government, has had its British bank account frozen, the Times of London reported today. The frozen account is thought to...
View ArticleFree Speech and Islamic Sensibilities
One of the most discouraging trends in international affairs is the way some Western nations have kowtowed to the calls of Muslim nations to treat “blasphemy” against Islam as a human rights offense....
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