Israel Reacts

The Israeli government reacts: "'We believe that Egypt is going to overcome the current wave of demonstrations, but we have to look to the future,' says the minister in the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel enjoys diplomatic relations and...

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Neocons Love Mubarak

In the heyday of the War Party's triumphalism, when George W. Bush launched his war to "liberate" Iraq, the neocons were predicting a regional revolution in the Arab states that would overthrow anti-American governments from Iraq to Syria to Iran? Well, the...

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Egypt: The Pundits Were Wrong

Our narrow-minded and ineffably smug pundits have been wrong, wrong, wrong about the Egyptian upsurge. Yes, I know, you're shocked -- shocked! They said it couldn't and wouldn't be done, and this "conventional wisdom" was echoed by Hillary Clinton and her clueless...

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Joe Biden: A Ridiculous Man

Here's our Vice President, clueless as ever: "“Mubarak has been an ally of ours in a number of things. And he’s been very responsible on, relative to geopolitical interest in the region, the Middle East peace efforts; the actions Egypt has taken relative to...

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Friday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for January 28th, 2011: The Atlantic: Jeffrey Goldberg lists his observations on the ongoing events in Egypt and mentions that friends of his, like FDD fellow Reuel Marc Gerecht, advocate that democratically...

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Thursday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for January 26th, 2011: National Review Online: Foundation for Defense of Democracies President Clifford May writes about the controversy surrounding a scheduled screening of the Clarion Fund’s film,...

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Antiwar Radio Will Return Next Week

Host Scott Horton is recovering from a brief illness. The live daily show will return next week. Please see the blog for updates. The Friday KPFK version of Antiwar Radio show will continue as scheduled at 6:30pm Pacific. Antiwar Radio at KPFK can be heard here.

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Wednesday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for January 26th, 2011: The Washington Times: American Enterprise Institute fellow and former UN ambassador John Bolton denounces the EU and White House’s commitment to P5+1 negotiations with Iran,...

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Tuesday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for January 25th, 2011: The Washington Post: The Post’s editorial board says that “last weekend’s meetings in Istanbul between Iranian representatives and a six-nation coalition can only be seen as a...

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A History of Excuses: How Gitmo Stayed Open

McClatchy Newspapers are running a fascinating history entitled "How Congress helped thwart Obama's plan to close Guantanamo." The article cites heavily from WikiLeaks cables, showing how the "done deal" announcement by President Obama from January of 2009, promising...

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