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THE PRICE OF POWER – The Benefits of U.S. Defense Spending Far Outweigh the Costs

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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The benefits of U.S. defense spending far outweigh the costs Robert Kagan January 24, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 18 The looming battle over the defense budget could produce a useful national discussion about American foreign and defense policy. But we would need to begin by dispensing with the most […]

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FEAR THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Andrew C. McCarthy January 31, 2011 4:00 A.M. Fear the Muslim Brotherhood At the Daily Beast, Bruce Riedel has posted an essay called “Don’t fear Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” the classic, conventional-wisdom response to the crisis in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood is just fine, he’d have you believe, no need to worry.

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LESSONS ON EGYPT FROM CARTER AND THE SHAH

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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

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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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PEACE THROUGH WEAKNESS PROVING DANGEROUS FOR U.S.

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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

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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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BOOK REVIEW – THE NEXT DECADE

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THE NEXT DECADE    by George Friedman Published:   January 2011 Synopsis The author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Next 100 Years now focuses his geopolitical forecasting acumen on the next decade and the imminent events and challenges that will test America and the world, specifically addressing the skills that will be required

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REAGAN’S CLARITY, 30 YEARS LATER

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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

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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

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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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