Monday, March 30th, 2009
Mid East Message To Stephen Harper, Stockwell Day et al
Ten Senior American security advisors (a mix of Democrats and Republicans) have now advised the new President in a letter as well as in a Report, which they all signed:
The 10 signatories — of both the four-page letter and the report — include Paul Volcker, former national security advisers Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski, former Senator Chuck Hagel, former World Bank President James Wolfensohn, former U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills, former Congressman Lee Hamilton and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Pickering. (more…)
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Scary Stuff in Sunday's NYT
President Obama has been without a pastor or a home church ever since he cut his ties to the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. in the heat of the presidential campaign. But he has quietly cultivated a handful of evangelical pastors for private prayer sessions on the telephone and for discussions on the role of religion in politics.
Plus ca change…..
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Thursday, March 12th, 2009
There’s an interesting post on Blue Gal’s Blog this morning about the demographic dilemma confronting Israel. She talks about the threat posed by “Palestinian Octomoms” to the Israeli State.
It’s a real threat that has not been acknowledged by Israeli lobbyists in the United States, which includes men like Joseph Lieberman and Charles Schumer.
Her post causes one to think about the Israel Lobby in America and reminded me of something I wrote ages ago called
“It’s The Lobby Stupid”, which I wrote because so many people were asking me why the U.S. never criticised Israel.
(more…)
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Monday, March 9th, 2009
The best news on the Middle East in the past few days, is Britain ’s decision to reach out to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
High Time.
The U.K. sees the writing on the wall and Prime Minister Brown has finally decided to ditch Bush and get real. Here’s how a British spokesman put it- (more…)
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