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View ArticleStaying in Afghanistan Is a Recipe for More Terrorism
Barack Obama is daring the terrorists. He’s standing in their front yard. He’s calling them out. Of course, that’s not how it’s reported. “U.S. ‘nowhere near’ decision to pull all troops out of...
View ArticleThe Myth of the Lazy Poor
On his recent trip to Israel, Mitt Romney attributed the poverty of the Palestinians to their “culture,” citing the work of economic historians David Landes and Jared Diamond. Middle East experts have...
View ArticleRomney’s Energy Plans Don’t Bode Well for the Future
Mitt Romney has officially given up on the future. At least, that’s the way it looks from the energy plan he released last month. The future is in peril for a number of reasons. Climate change is...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: Stephen M. Walt
If you’re one of those people who still thinks it would be a good idea to attack Iran, you might spend a moment or two reflecting on the past week of events in the Middle East. If a stupid and...
View ArticlePalestine/Israel: A Modest Proposal
by Reese Schonfeld The cleverest man I have met in the last two years (he had been recruited by the NSA or CIA or DARPA after 9/11 as an “Imagineering” genius), told me that America will never succeed...
View ArticleStaying in Afghanistan Is a Recipe for More Terrorism
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