via National Peace Foundation, circa 2006 The article Obama was hoping someone would write: Some in Arab World Wary of Clinton. There is possibly no person President-elect Barack Obama considered for secretary of state who is more reliably pro-Israel than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), the woman to whom he appears likely to give the [...]
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On Hillary at State
“On track” for Secretary of State. With Clinton at State, reports saying she’s accepted, which I frankly never doubted, the choice of Gen. Jim Jones for national security advisor adds more strength, but one that will likely cause caterwauling. The pieces of the national security puzzle are fitting slowly into place revealing that President-elect Obama [...]
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MIDDLE EAST: You Don’t Pick Your Parents Edition
You also can’t always keep them quiet. Rahm Emanuel has got to be ready to give a loud holler out about now. His father, Benjamin Emanuel, has really stepped in it. As President-elect Obama begins to assemble his White House staff, Rahm as chief of staff has gotten a lot of attention from the wingnuts, [...]
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Beyond Obama, As The World Turns
–updated– Putin is stirring open conversation, helped along by his man Medvedev: [...] Alexander Rahr, a Russia expert at the German Council on Foreign Relations, said the notion of Mr. Putin’s return had been discussed openly, with some theorizing that Mr. Putin had wanted to stay on without amending the Constitution himself. If Mr. Medvedev [...]
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Rahm Says Yes
From the Jerusalem Post: In an interview with Ma’ariv, Emanuel’s father, Dr. Benjamin Emanuel, said he was convinced that his son’s appointment would be good for Israel. “Obviously he will influence the president to be pro-Israel,” he was quoted as saying. “Why wouldn’t he be? What is he, an Arab? He’s not going to clean [...]
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The Rashid Khalidi, Iran, Anti Israel Bogeymen
updated Let’s start with Juan Cole‘s “McCain Racism, Hypocrisy on Khalidi Issue.” He gives an explanation that is continually ignored no matter how many people point it out. The rightwing American way of speaking about these issues is bizarre from a Middle Eastern point of view. Lots of real living Israelis have close ties to [...]
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The Chicken Little Card
Waiting for this one to drop for a while. Via Haaretz: Senior Tehran officials are recommending a preemptive strike against Israel to prevent an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear reactors, a senior Islamic Republic official told foreign diplomats two weeks ago in London. The official, Dr. Seyed G. Safavi, said recent threats by Israeli authorities [...]
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A Foreign Policy Vote for Barack and Joe
100,000 in my home town of St. Louis come to hear Barack Today I cast an enthusiastic vote for O-Biden. It didn’t start out that way. But today I was very proud of my vote. Let me start by borrowing some words from the Chicago Tribune endorsement yesterday, personalizing them just a bit: Many Americans [...]
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WHO IS MORE PRO ISRAEL? Jesse Jackson Talks to Amir Taheri
Here we go. Playing the Israel card. No doubt the McCain-Palin mob loves this. It’s like a red flag in front of a bull. That Taheri’s piece was in the New York Post says it all. McCain’s team jumped on it: The McCain campaign is targeting Barack Obama over recent comments from the Rev. Jesse [...]
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Palin Supports Israel… and Hamas
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, Sarah Palin does it yet again. With the bailout bust, this isn’t getting as much attention, but it should. Jeffrey Goldberg at the Atlantic Monthly posted it early today. The URL says it all: Sarah Palin’s Terrifying Ignorance. It’s yet another edition of American politicians’ favorite [...]
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Bill Kristol Uses the Israel Card Against Obama
via Think Progress For all the talk about Bill Kristol on Fox “News,” and there’s been a lot of it, the nucleus of Kristol’s neoconservative wingnuttery revolves around that old standard: Who is more pro Israel? “…I think Israel is worried though. I mean, what signal goes to Ahmadinejad if Obama wins on a platform [...]
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Honest Brokers are Anti Semites
If you want to know why our Middle East foreign policy is, um, well… er.. (How to say this?) … .. Give me a moment. … Ah hell, screwed up, read TNR today. Like Jimmy Carter, Mearsheimer and Walt condemn Israel for behaving in an un-Christian manner. “Christian Zionists may believe that biblical prophecy justifies [...]
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Hoping for the Worst
Being prepared for anything is one thing, but the neocons are just gnashing their teeth for more war, not to mention nudging it along. As for the presidential candidates, no one is willing to go out on a limb and criticize Israel on anything, but Rudy is positively nuts if he thinks his ideas are [...]
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Our Nukes are Better than Yours
Israeli fighter jetIDF-Reuters It’s the wingnut philosophy on nuclear proliferation. It’s why we have a modern arms race right now. That’s also why the US had better start harking back to the Bush Doctrine on terror-supporting states. Israel has the right idea, and if we don’t stop nuclear arms from getting to terrorists, it won’t [...]
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Middle East McCarthyism
Zbigniew Brzezinski is under fire. What better time than the Jewish New Year to discuss it? It’s The Book brouhaha, take two (and counting). … Second degree McCarthyism! Obama didn’t do anything. Brzezinski didn’t do anything. But Walt and Mearsheimer wrote a book the lobby does not like and so Brzezinski must go down for [...]
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