Posts Tagged ‘Middle East’
No gaffe: Clinton’s remarks make public a secret US-Israel understanding
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's ostensibly contradictory statement during her recent Middle East visit — declaring in Israel that "There has never been a pre-condition . It's always been an issue within the negotiations" while stating several days later during a visit to Morocco that there was no change in the American policy — is [...]
Oded Yinon’s “Strategy”: An Early Statement of Likudnik/Neocon Narrative and Strategy
As U.S. President Barack Obama struggles to hold back the Likudnik/Neocon pro-war lobby that holds both the Democratic and Republican parties hostage through its influence over the military-industrial-financial establishment and the media, this post reproduces (on Page 2 of the post) an early (1982) Israeli document that takes positions that are [...]
Critical Notes on Obama’s Cairo Speech: Imperialism with a Human Face
In pleasant contrast to his predecessor, Barack Obama is a cultured, sensitive, educated, well-mannered man and these personal qualities were on ample display and much appreciated in Cairo on Thursday. But the Muslim world on whom the government of the United States has declared a unilateral, indiscriminate, unconventional war of collective [...]
