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A PRESS CORPS FULL OF SNOWDENISTAS

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL A PRESS CORPS FULL OF SNOWDENISTAS By Edward Lucas   Mr. Lucas is a senior editor at the Economist and the author of “The Snowden Operation,” a Kindle Single available on Amazon   Jan. 29, 2014  EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  The Snowden story is full of puzzles and suspicious twists and turns.

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JFK: CASUALTY OF THE COLD WAR

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL JFK:  CASUALTY OF THE COLD WAR James Pierson   Mr. Piereson, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, is the author of “Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism” (Encounter, 2013). November 16, 2013 It has been 50 years since President John F.

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A LESSON FROM THE YOM KIPPUR WAR FOR A PERILOUS TIME

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL A Lesson From the Yom Kippur War for a Perilous Time Golda Meir didn’t strike pre-emptively in 1973 because she was ‘scared’ of angering the White House. By Yossi Klein Halevi   Mr. Halevi is a senior fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He is author of the book,

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U.S. ON ITS WAY TO ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

   October 3, 2013 U.S. Is Overtaking Russia as Largest Oil-and-Gas Producer The U.S. is overtaking Russia as the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas, a startling shift that is reshaping markets and eroding the clout of traditional energy-rich nations. U.S. energy output has been surging in recent years, a comeback fueled by

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PUTIN PLAYS CHESS, OBAMA PLAYS CHECKERS

  Ron Hart: Putin plays chess, Obama plays checkers By RON HART 2013-09-10 13:54:50 As Barack Obama and Congress publicly debate what engraving style to use on the “Save the Date” card they will send to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (fully telegraphing our unnecessary military action), Vladimir Putin chuckles. Bombing Syria was about Obama saving

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AMERICA, SYRIA AND THE WORLD

    WALL STREET JOURNAL – SEPTEMBER 14, 2013 AMERICA, SYRIA AND THE WORLD  – How is President  Obama’s  turnaround on Syria playing abroad?  Seven views from around the globe (Russia, Israel, Middle East, Turkey, Iran,  China and Europe)   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323595004579069452022413522.html#printMode

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THE ‘REAL’ VERSION OF PUTIN’S NYTIMES OP-ED – A PARODY

  NEW YORK POST  Opinion The ‘real’ version of Putin’s Times op-ed By Post Editorial Board September 12, 2013 | 8:25pm It’s not hard to tell that Vlad’s figured out how to handle President Obama. Photo: Pool photo Thursday’s New York Times carried an op-ed on Syria by Vladimir Putin. Below we run what we imagine

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A PLEA FOR CAUTION FROM RUSSIA

  September 11, 2013 A Plea for Caution From Russia By VLADIMIR V. PUTIN MOSCOW — RECENT events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies. Relations between us have passed through

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RECOGNIZING THE WRONG PEOPLE – SYRIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

  “Recognizing the Wrong People” by Clare M. Lopez    Clare M. Lopez is a strategic policy and intelligence expert with a focus on Middle East, national defense, WMD, and counterterrorism issues It is high time we stopped empowering those who wish us ill: not just to recognize a blood-soaked regime, but to keep on recognizing

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