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OBAMA KNOWS WHAT CHAOS HE HAS UNLEASHED

AMERICAN THINKER February 05, 2011 By Victor Sharpe Not content with creating havoc in the U.S. economy, setting Americans against each other, and forcing through a health reform act which has nothing to do with health but everything to do with the redistribution of wealth and an immense increase in governmental interference, our president has

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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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STABILITY’S END

FEBRUARY 3, 2011 Technologies with goofy names like Twitter and Facebook are replacing political stability with a state of permanent instability. By DANIEL HENNINGER ‘Stability” has been the goal of civilized foreign policy since the dawn of the Cold War and arguably since the Congress of Vienna, which posited a framework for international relations in

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EGYPT TURMOIL AND OUR ENERGY SUPPLY: THE BIG PICTURE

Egypt Turmoil and Our Energy Supply: The Big Picture by Steve Maley (more by this author) Posted 02/03/2011 ET Egypt’s turmoil looms large over the world’s energy markets, but not for the reasons you might think.  Egypt currently produces about 750 thousand barrels per day (BPD) of crude oil, which barely covers the country’s growing internal

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WHERE SHOULD EGYPT GO FROM HERE?

FEBRUARY 2, 2011 Protests in Egypt have rocked the country’s political order, and last night President Hosni Mubarak announced he would not run in the September presidential election. Four experts—Francis Fukuyama, Ryan Crocker, Maajid Nawaz and Amr Bargisi—weigh in on where Egypt should go from here. Editor’s Note: Protests in Egypt have rocked the country’s

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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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