Flotsam and Jetsam
In a must-read piece, Richard Haass, a self-described “card carrying realist,” gives up on “engagement,” declares himself to be a neocon when it comes to Iran and supports regime change there: “The...
View ArticleAnnals of Disengagement
On Tuesday, Siemens, the German conglomerate, announced in its annual shareholders meeting that it has reduced its commercial ties with Iran. The next day, a company spokesman made that statement a bit...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
A Katrina-like abomination: “The United States has suspended its medical evacuations of critically injured Haitian earthquake victims until a dispute over who will pay for their care is settled,...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Democrats get fingered, again, as much less supportive of Israel than Republicans and Independents. Thankfully, however, overall support for Israel is up, “Which should be a comfort to supporters of...
View ArticleReality to Be Avoided at All Costs
You wonder how Ahmadinejad’s favorite duo of spinners, Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett, will spin this one: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday said that the existence of “the Zionist...
View ArticleGray Lady Foreign Policy PR Effort Falls Short
The New York Times’s Peter Baker reports — with plenty of fawning quotes from foreign policy establishment types — that there is an Obama Doctrine emerging. He explains it this way: If there is an...
View ArticleRichard Haass: Enough Peace Process
Richard Haass (who converted to the cause of regime change in Iran) writes again to criticize Obama, this time on his infatuation with the peace process: To be sure, peace between Israelis and...
View ArticleRealists Become Neocons
Richard Haass, the self-described “realist” who has come around to favor regime change in Iran and warned Obama to get over his obsession with the Middle East ”peace process,” reviews the list of...
View ArticleWhere Is Mahmoud Abbas’s Bir Zeit Speech?
As Jen notes, Elliott Abrams identified the critical issue in the “peace process” — the character of the Palestinian state, not simply its borders. Israel — having withdrawn completely from Lebanon and...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong with Obama’s Muslim Outreach
Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations has, of late, shown what those on the left like to say of conservative justices shifting their way – ”growth.” He has come out squarely in favor of...
View ArticleComing Apart at the Seams
As much as Obama’s aura has dimmed in the United States, his international standing is potentially in worse condition, and with more dire consequences. As this report explains, he’s finding it hard —...
View ArticleCut and Run Was No Strategy for Iraq and Isn’t One for Afghanistan
Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, has written in the Wall Street Journal that we should “un-surge” in Afghanistan. While arguing against total withdrawal, he says “the U.S....
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