VIDEO – REAGAN ON THE OVERTHROW OF THE SHAH OF IRAN
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EGYPT’S DANGEROUS ROAD AHEAD – KRAUTHAMMER
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Egypt’s dangerous road ahead: The Muslim Brotherhood’s a force, ElBaradei’s a useful idiot Charles Krauthammer Friday, February 4th 2011, Who doesn’t love a democratic revolution? Who is not moved by the renunciation of fear and the reclamation of dignity in the streets of Cairo and Alexandria? The worldwide euphoria that has
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THE ROCHE RECORD – BLOWBACK: THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
February 2, 2011 by Frank Roche Chalmers Johnson’s book, “Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire” was published in 2000. Johnson tells us the title referred to a term adopted by the CIA to refer to “…the unintended consequences of American policies.” Johnson cites examples of “Blowback” in the book including Okinawa, North & South Korea, Iran, Iraq,
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LESSONS ON EGYPT FROM CARTER AND THE SHAH
February 1, 2011 The fate of Iran after the U.S. abandoned its ally shows where events this week could lead. By RONEN BERGMAN The White House’s reaction to the rioting in Egypt is shortsighted—and typical of what is wrong with the Obama administration’s Middle East policy. Only days ago, President Hosni Mubarak was a longstanding
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THE ROCHE RECORD – CAN WE GET SERIOUS PLEASE, OUR GREAT COUNTRY IS AT RISK
CAN WE GET SERIOUS PLEASE, OUR GREAT COUNTRY IS AT RISK by Frank Roche, Economist Throughout American history, in good times and bad, policy makers have always faced difficult challenges, choices, and final decisions. American policy makers in 2011 face their own difficult challenges, choices, and final decisions. What I sense is missing today among policy makers is a sufficient degree of seriousness,
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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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REAGAN’S CLARITY, 30 YEARS LATER
JANUARY 20, 2011 When the former B-movie actor took the oath of office on January 20, 1981, he encountered a barrage of intellectual snobbery from Europe. By DAVID DAVIS Today marks the 30th anniversary of the inauguration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. One wonders how the man who, by sheer force of belief, ended the
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THE LIMITS OF STUXNET
JANUARY 18, 2011 A neat computer trick won’t stop Iran from getting the bomb. By BRET STEPHENS Long before there was the Stuxnet computer worm there was the “Farewell” spy dossier. In 1980, a KGB officer named Vladimir Vetrov began passing secrets to French intelligence. Vetrov was in a position to know the names of
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U.S., ISRAEL LINKED TO ANTI-NUKE STUXNET WORM
NEWS & OBSERVER, Raleigh Jan 16, 2011 The Dimona complex in the Negev desert is famous as the heavily guarded heart of Israel’s never-acknowledged nuclear arms program, where rows of factories make atomic fuel for the arsenal. Over the past two years, according to experts familiar with its operations, Dimona has taken on a new, equally
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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