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PEACE THROUGH WEAKNESS PROVING DANGEROUS FOR U.S.

Peace Despite Weakness? Center for Security Policy | Jan 11, 2011 By Frank Gaffney, Jr. Two recent episodes offer an insight into a world in which the United States deliberately adopts a policy of pursuing international peace despite weakness, rather than practice what Ronald Reagan called “peace through strength.” First, prior to and during Secretary of

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LEBANON VOTE ELEVATES HEZBOLLAH

JANUARY 26, 2011 Lebanon Vote Elevates Hezbollah Election of Premier Sets Pro-Iran Party As the Country’s Pre-eminent Power By FARNAZ FASSIHI BEIRUT—Lebanon’s parliament appointed billionaire businessman Najib Mikati as prime minister, choosing the candidate backed by Hezbollah and confirming the movement as the country’s most powerful military and political force. The vote spurred occasionally violent

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RIOTERS JOLT EGYPTIAN REGIME

JANUARY 26, 2011 By MATT BRADLEY CAIRO—Tens of thousands of protesters clashed with police in cities across Egypt on Tuesday to demand the ouster of the president, as shock waves from Tunisia’s successful revolt against its leader two weeks ago continued to rumble through the Middle East. WSJ’s Matt Bradley reports from Cairo on the

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A WORLD IN CRISIS

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A World in Crisis What the thirties tell us about today. Matthew Continetti January 3 – January 10, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 16 On December 13, 1931, there was a traffic accident in New York City. A man exited a cab on the Upper East Side and was crossing

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CLINTON RIPS ARABS ON LACK OF REFORM

MIDDLE EAST NEWS JANUARY 14, 2011 By JAY SOLOMON DOHA, Qatar—Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, adopting a tone reminiscent of the Bush administration, blasted Arab governments for stalled political change, warning that extremists were exploiting a lack of democracy to promote radical agendas across the Middle East. Mrs. Clinton, addressing a conference on democracy as she

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CHINA HUMILIATES GATES, OBAMA

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) On eve of presidential summit in Washington. Dan Blumenthal January 12, 2011 4:00 PM What if you could prepare for a state visit in Washington that boosts your public image while at the same time humiliating your rival and intimidating your neighbors? If you are Chinese President Hu Jintao,

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SO MUCH FOR CUBAN ECONOMIC REFORM

JANUARY 10, 2011 The Communist Party affirms that ‘central planning and not the market will be supreme.’ By JOSé AZEL With his characteristic intellectual wit, Cuban writer Carlos Alberto Montaner defines communism as “the time countries waste between capitalism and capitalism.” By this account, the Cuban government is now in its 52nd year of wasted

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NORTH KOREA: NOT THE TIME FOR TALKS – JOHN BOLTON

JANUARY 3, 2011 North Korea: Not the Time for Talks Restarting negotiations after the recent deadly attack on South Korea will be seen as a sign of weakness. By JOHN BOLTON President Obama’s North Korea policy has come to an entirely predictable dead end. Having for two years correctly resisted resuming the six party talks

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ON THE LIGHTER SIDE – DAVE BARRY’S 2010 YEAR IN REVIEW

Posted on Sat, Jan. 01, 2011 Dave Barry’s 2010 Year in Review By Dave Barry Jack Ohman / MCT Let’s put things into perspective: 2010 was not the worst year ever. There have been MUCH worse years. For example, toward the end of the Cretaceous Period, the Earth was struck by an asteroid that wiped

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