Why is U.S. and European policy toward the Middle East so off-base, and why do policymakers believe the strange things they think and… Continue reading
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s latest pronouncements are just plain horrifying. Consider what she said… Continue reading
Barack Obama, President of Israel’s best friend and ally, has picked the Muslim Brotherhood movement of the Middle East as his chosen partner… Continue reading
Remarks by U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton on the occasion of Israel’s 63rd Independence Day, praising the Jewish state’s… Continue reading
The Obama administration is presenting the successful Osama bin Laden hit as an epic American solo operation, unparalleled in… Continue reading
Here’s Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the Hamas-Palestinian Authority deal… Continue reading
Here’s an unavoidable question: Why is it that when a relatively moderate Middle East state is threatened by demonstrations… Continue reading
The U.S. won’t support any Fatah-Hamas government that includes Hamas unless the Islamist Jihadi group reforms… Continue reading
As so often happens, a peripheral issue has taken over the Western debate regarding the killing of Usama bin Laden… Continue reading
Ding-dong, bin-Ladin’s dead. The Wicked Terrorist of the West is no more. But there are plenty more around… Continue reading
The photos released of the fortified villa in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden died on Sunday night, show a… Continue reading
Yukiya Amano thanks the US for its support in getting him elected, and promises that under his leadership, the… Continue reading
The incoming head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assures the U.S. that he agrees with the U.S. on… Continue reading
Before I remark on the idiotic analysis of the day, I have to write a disclaimer. Up to now I usually don’t remark on… Continue reading
The most common question — or remark — that I get from readers is to say that I’m wrong to talk about how Western policymakers… Continue reading
One of my readers points out that last February I mockingly quoted the New York Times’ assurances that everything would be all right… Continue reading
As I predicted yesterday, the Syrian government has now started a full-scale violent crackdown against oppositionists… Continue reading
This interview with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deserves close analysis for a reason that… Continue reading
Today [April 23] Syria has entered its biggest internal crisis since 1970. The regime has come out to crush the… Continue reading
There are two major Arab satellite television networks… Continue reading
There is confusion on two points regarding the Israel-Palestinian “peace process”… Continue reading
There’s some controversy about President Barack Obama’s Passover message. The key passage is this… Continue reading
After giving up on US and Israel ever confronting Iran, Saudi Arabia has gone out on a limb against the Obama administration… Continue reading
How would you explain the Middle East to President Obama in one sentence? Here’s my take… Continue reading
In what may become a symbolic photo of the current Libyan intervention, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi was shown on… Continue reading
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Hello Mike, Thank you for your positive feedback to the article. I felt there wasn’t too much critical analysis of ...
Thanks for this considered and well constructed article. A follow up article on the manner in which the editorial contro...
THE CLUELESSNESS OF CLAIMING THAT OBAMA'S MIDDLE EAST POLICIES WERE A FAILURE CANNOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH, WHAT THE...
As long as Obama is the president of the usa do not trust the us government......
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