A crisis averted in Iraq?
I wrote here about the disturbing prospect that the disqualification of hundreds of Sunni candidates in the unpcoming Iraqi elections would degrade those elections and perhaps prompt a surge of sectarian violence. But now, as Max Boot reports based on statements by General Petraeus, it appears that, not for the first [...]
If less is less, that’s still an improvement
The Obama administration appears to be facing up to reality in the Middle East:
With the Palestinians refusing to return to the negotiations, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu not calling for a complete settlement freeze and the Arab world declining to make any gestures to Israel, the current sense in Jerusalem is that the U.S. is scaling [...]
At Least He’s Consistent
We have criticized President Obama because, like several of his predecessors, he has pressured Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians in the forlorn hope that the Palestinians might reciprocate. Give up something for nothing, in other words–a strategy that no statesman concerned with the security of his own country would pursue.
A few minutes [...]
PJM: Alleged Discovery of ‘Real’ Mt. Sinai Could Change the Middle East Forever
Ryan Mauro writes that it may be the biggest archaeological discovery to date (very interesting - be sure to read both pages).
Related article: “The Exodus Conspiracy”
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Qaeda tells Obama conditional truce offer stands - Washington Post
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Qaeda tells Obama conditional truce offer standsWashington Post… offered to the last US administration was still on the table, but President Barack Obama must withdraw troops from Muslim lands and meet other demands. …Deputy says bin-Laden truce offers still validThe Associated PressObama deceiving Middle East - al-QaedaThe AustralianZawahri: Israel must be wiped off mapJerusalem [...]
Did Iraqi Democracy Influence Iran?
Is it possible that the Iraqi election experience had something to do with Iranian expectations of an election? If critics of the war can for just a moment move beyond their own deeply held opinions about the invasion of Iraq — that this was a war of choice fought on false premises to lower gas [...]
