Archive for 'Israel'

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

War With Iran Is Immiment - Or Maybe Not

I’m late on highlighting this, but with the resignation of Admiral Fallon, top military man in the Middle East, last week, tongues started wagging again about our plans re:Iran. Widely quoted was this Terry Atlas U.S. News piece giving six reasons we may be going to war with Iran.
In the Washington Post, William Arkin […]

6 Comments » - Posted in Israel, Iran, Iraq, Foreign Affairs by Mark

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Sunday, November 25th, 2007

An Improving Iraq Forcing Dems To Reevaluate

Not even the Democratic presidential nominees can ignore the progress in Iraq any longer:
As violence declines in Baghdad, the leading Democratic presidential candidates are undertaking a new and challenging balancing act on Iraq: acknowledging that success, trying to shift the focus to the lack of political progress there, and highlighting more domestic concerns like health […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Iran, Israel, Elephants, Donkeys, Iraq, Election 2008 by Mark

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Thursday, October 25th, 2007

What’s The Rush?

Looks like SOMEBODY’s got a guilty conscience:
New commercial satellite photos show that a Syrian site believed to have been attacked by Israel last month no longer bears any obvious traces of what some analysts said appeared to have been a partly built nuclear reactor.
Two photos, taken Wednesday from space by rival companies, show the site […]

8 Comments » - Posted in Israel, North Korea, Radical Islam / GWOT by Mark

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Saturday, October 13th, 2007

The Syrian Target Was A Nuclear Reactor

I think we can finally lay this one to rest.  The NY Times becomes the latest media outlet to add to what by now appears to be all but official: Syria was seeking a nuclear program, backed by North Korea.
Israel’s air attack on Syria last month was directed against a site that Israeli and American […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Israel, Iran, North Korea, Radical Islam / GWOT by Mark

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Sunday, October 7th, 2007

A Welcome Sign…If You Read Between The Lines

Why is further confirmation from ABC News that the Israeli air strike on Syria was against a nuclear facility good news?  First, the excerpt:
The September Israeli airstrike on a suspected nuclear site in Syria had been in the works for months, ABC News has learned, and was delayed only at the strong urging of the […]

21 Comments » - Posted in Israel, Iran, North Korea, Radical Islam / GWOT by Mark

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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

A Message To Iran

This is the third posting I’ve done on the Israeli raid on Syria, and given my reduced blogging load, that’s quite a bit, but the story has the potential to be the biggest story of the year. I use the phrase ‘has the potential’ with all deliberateness, because it’s easy to go overboard on these […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Israel, Iran, North Korea, Radical Islam / GWOT, Foreign Affairs by Mark

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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Israel’s Raid On Syria Becoming Less Mysterious

A number of new articles have shed light on Israel’s air raid on Syria on September 6th, and it is becoming more and more probable that it was related to nuclear trade between Syria and North Korea:
Israel’s decision to attack Syria on Sept. 6, bombing a suspected nuclear site set up in apparent collaboration with […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Israel, Iran, North Korea, Radical Islam / GWOT, Foreign Affairs by Mark

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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Egads - Am I A Conspiracy Theorist, Too?

I sure hope not - nothing bothers me more than the ability of conspiracy theorists (exhibit A: 9/11 ‘Truthers’) to grab hold of every little scrap that suits their premises, and ignore the mountains of evidence that don’t - but in this case, there is precious little evidence either way.  I’m talking about that mysterious […]

13 Comments » - Posted in Israel, North Korea, Radical Islam / GWOT, Foreign Affairs by Mark

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Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

No Jimmy Carter, He!

In contrast to our increasingly embarrassing ex-President Jimmah, who advocates the strangest strategic position I have ever seen (the idea that it is wrong to choose sides - how novel! - and insipid), Rudy G. knows damn well that there is only one faction in the Palestinian territories that even offers a remote chance for […]

24 Comments » - Posted in Israel, Radical Islam / GWOT, Rudy Giuliani, Republican Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

The Best Damn Idea I’ve Heard In Quite Some Time…

…involves the soon-to-be-unemployed Tony Blair:
The Bush administration is laying the groundwork for an announcement of Tony Blair as special Middle East envoy for Palestinian governance and economic issues after he steps down as Britain’s prime minister, following two months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, according to U.S. officials.
Blair would report to the so-called Quartet overseeing Middle East […]

5 Comments » - Posted in Israel, Radical Islam / GWOT, Foreign Affairs by Mark

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Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Jimmy Carter, FOE (Friend Of Extremists)

Everybody sing - all together now!
ALL WE ARE SAYING IS GIVE ISLAMIC EXTREMISM A CHANCE!
The most disgraceful of former presidents sinks even lower:

The United States, Israel and the European Union must end their policy of favoring Fatah over Hamas, or they will doom the Palestinian people to deepening conflict between the rival movements, former US […]

17 Comments » - Posted in Israel, POTUS, Radical Islam / GWOT, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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Thursday, June 14th, 2007

A Palestinian Civil War - And The Wrong Side Is Winning

Well, these are dark days indeed for Israel and its supporters, as Hamas is very close to pulling off a coup:
Fighters from the Islamic party Hamas claimed full control of Palestinian Authority security agencies in Gaza late Thursday as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas dissolved his unity government and declared a state of emergency.
Fighters loyal to […]

8 Comments » - Posted in Israel, Iran, Radical Islam / GWOT, Foreign Affairs by Mark

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Sunday, March 25th, 2007

I Take It All Back

Earlier today, I made the mistake of praising the UN indirectly because its new chief appears to be a far more reasonable man than Kofi Annan.  However, Secretary General Ban MUST speak out against the blatant anti-Semitism of the official Arab world:
Saudi Arabia has barred entry to a Washington-based Israeli journalist traveling with Secretary General […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Israel, Radical Islam / GWOT, UN/Oil-For-Food by Mark

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Sunday, March 25th, 2007

No Kofi Annan, He!

And that’s meant as high praise:
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, declaring the atmosphere “not fully ripe,” shunned officials from the Islamic militant Hamas group on Sunday, dealing a setback to the new Palestinian government’s efforts to win international recognition.
Ban’s comments came on a day of high-profile diplomacy, with the U.N. chief and U.S. Secretary of State […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Israel, Condoleezza Rice, Radical Islam / GWOT, UN/Oil-For-Food by Mark

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Thursday, March 1st, 2007

In Other News, Night Follows Day

Here’s the headline from the AP: Iran Blames U.S., Israel For World’s Problems. Hope you were sitting down…I know that comes as quite a shock. Alright, back to my little vacation…

No Comments » - Posted in Israel, Iran, Radical Islam / GWOT by Mark

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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

As Predictable As Sunrise

It didn’t take a genius to see that Russia and the E.U. would be falling all over themselves to find ways to weasel out of the Palestinian boycott, despite the fact that the unity government still doesn’t recognize Israel’s right to exist, a supposed precondition to such a lifting:
Fractures between the United States and Europe began […]

No Comments » - Posted in North Korea, Iran, Israel, POTUS, Radical Islam / GWOT, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, UN/Oil-For-Food by Mark

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Friday, February 16th, 2007

Jimmah Again Ducks Debate

Former President Jimmy Carter has, I regret to say (truly, as someone who holds the office of the President in great esteem), behaved in a simply shameful manner since his inflammatory anti-Israel book Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid was released. 
First, he refused to debate Alan Dershowitz, and now, he has refused an appearance with Dennis Ross, former […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Israel, Radical Islam / GWOT, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Rice On Palestinian Unity Government: No Dice

The Secretary of State, rightly, is sticking to her guns regarding the new Palestinian unity government: no recognition of Israel, no recognition from us.  Though, of course, she words it more diplomatically, seeing as how that is her vocation:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that the formation of a Palestinian unity government that includes […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Israel, Condoleezza Rice, Radical Islam / GWOT, Foreign Affairs, UN/Oil-For-Food by Mark

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Saturday, February 10th, 2007

The Last Man I’ll Take Advice From

The increasingly autocratic Vladimir Putin thinks he knows what’s best for the U.S.A.:
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that the United States’ increased use of military force is creating a new arms race, with smaller nations turning toward developing nuclear weapons.
Speaking at a conference of the world’s top security officials, including the Iranian nuclear negotiator […]

No Comments » - Posted in Israel, Iran, Radical Islam / GWOT, Foreign Affairs, UN/Oil-For-Food by Mark

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Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Palestinians Form Unity Government…

…and Hamas still doesn’t recognize Israel’s right to exist:
The deal calls for a new cabinet that includes members of both parties and independent politicians.
It says the new government will “respect” previous deals with Israel — a form of words chosen in a finely balanced compromise — and that the two parties pledged to end all […]

No Comments » - Posted in Israel, Radical Islam / GWOT, UN/Oil-For-Food by Mark

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