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Sunday, June 29, 2008 Democracy in the Middle EastDemocracy in the Middle East, says the conventional American wisdom, will promote peace and freedom. Despite failures in Iraq and elsewhere, this policy seems to still have quite a following and is still the basis of officially declared American policy. [more] by Moderator @ 06:46 PM CST [Link] Sunday, June 22, 2008 Is US Middle East policy hopeless?
Please bear with me while I present the following bits of wisdom: "The United States can be most effective when it pools and leverages resources with the many with whom it shares objectives in the region." No, the above are not part of a joke email entitled "Corporate Bullshit Bingo," though the now faded "leverage" cliche is there.
by Moderator @ 01:56 AM CST [Link]
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Contact in the Middle East is thriving. Negotiations, in one form or another, are underway on five fronts: between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Israel and Hamas, Fatah and Hamas, Israel and Syria, and Israel and Hezbollah. In each case, hope must be tempered by caution: complexities abound and considerable obstacles lie in the way of success.
by Moderator @ 02:07 PM CST [Link]
Last night I had the strangest dream, I never dreamed before;
For all of us who are used to Middle East wars and war scares, bellicose statements and intractable conflicts, some of the recent headlines seem like a euphoric vision resulting from an exceptionally beneficent psychedelic drug. At least, they are very strange. Suddenly, it appears as though there is agreement and harmony on almost every front, between the most ferocious enemies. If it is all coming together, it is really wonderful, isn't it? [more]
by Moderator @ 01:56 PM CST [Link]
Thursday, June 12, 2008
To inhabitants of the Middle East, the oddity of American Middle East policy is perhaps exceeded only by the even odder nature of commentary about the Middle East, and the fantastic gyrations and contortions of candidates for the U.S. Presidency on the subject of the Middle East. [more]
by Moderator @ 01:08 PM CST [Link]
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