January 13, 2013 The Struggle for the Fertile Crescent Syria’s sectarian civil war has upended the political equation across the region, from Baghdad to Lebanon. By FOUAD AJAMI EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Perhaps things would not be as they are if the Obama administration had opted for a residual U.S. presence in Iraq that […]
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) SPECIAL EDITORIAL: There’s No Case for Hagel William Kristol January 4, 2013 10:20 AM EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The fact is, criticism of Hagel has been substantive—focused on his out of the mainstream votes and his distasteful quotations, as well as his general lack of distinction. And the critics have also
BOOK REVIEW: THE NATANZ DIRECTIVE
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Natanz Directive’ Reviewed By Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney – Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney is former assistant vice chief of staff for the U.S. Air Force, a former fighter pilot and currently a Fox News military analyst Special to The Washington Times Friday, November 30, 2012 THE NATANZ DIRECTIVE By Wayne
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MORSI – UNDERESTIMATING THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
November 26, 2012 Morsi as Master The West underestimates the Muslim Brotherhood. Yet again. By BRET STEPHENS You have to admire Mohammed Morsi’s sense of timing. Or, rather, his confident indifference to it. Early last week, the Egyptian president and Muslim Brother brokered a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas with the assistance of the
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KRAUTHAMMER – WHY WAS THERE WAR IN GAZA?
WASHINGTON POST Why was there war in Gaza? By Charles Krauthammer, Published: November 22 Why was there an Israel-Gaza war in the first place? Resistance to the occupation, say Hamas and many in the international media. What occupation? Seven years ago, in front of the world, Israel pulled out of Gaza. It dismantled every settlement,
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THERE’S TROUBLE ABROAD FOR OBAMA
Trouble abroad for Obama’s approach By Jackson Diehl – The Washington Post Jackson Diehl is deputy editorial page editor at The Washington Post. November 12, 2012 President Barack Obama spent his first term undoing what he saw as the excesses of U.S. post-Cold War foreign policy, from land wars in the Middle East to
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SIFTING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF THE ELECTION
NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE By George Weigel — George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of Washington’s Ethics and Public Policy Center, where he holds the William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies. November 8, 2012 4:00 A.M. The most inane insta-pundit commentary had it that the 2012 election “hadn’t really changed anything,” what with President Obama
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MOVIE REVIEW – ARGO (Escape From Tehran)
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.theweeklystandard.com) Escape from Tehran A good movie might have been great without the polemics. John Podhoretz October 29, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 07 The new Ben Affleck film—an efficiently told piece about a crazily brilliant CIA operation to get six Americans out of Iran during the hostage crisis more
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THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION ACCORDING TO BEN AFFLECK
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.theweeklystandard.com) Letting the Rabble Off Easy The Iranian Revolution, according to Ben Affleck. Kelly Jane Torrance October 29, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 07 Hollywood loves to think of itself as socially significant. But given how long it can take to finance a film—let alone make one—it’s exceedingly rare for
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