Category Archives: Middle East

Obama’s foreign policy: Pretty dumb power

Barack Obama is being reviled in Iran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attacked Barack Obama on Friday, saying the American president “doesn’t even know how to spell his own name properly.” During a visit to Bushehr ahead of a scheduled rally … Continue reading

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Obama’s final betrayal: Selling out Israel

Oil talks. Israel hasn’t got any. The Arab nations do. Though the fact that Israel is America’s truest ally in the Middle East, the fact that the IDF trained American soldiers in city combat to prepare them for Iraq, the … Continue reading

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Wednesday news round-up

Fleeing the sinking ship: The first wave of Egyptian refugees has reached Europe. Human rights organizations finally picking on someone besides Israel: I guess when you start hanging people whose only crime was protesting the despotic government, even HRW and … Continue reading

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Tuesday, briefly

Of course we are: Israel and the U.S. are behind the latest protests in Iran. Just ask the Iranian regime. Oh, and the Iranians are calling for the execution of the opposition leaders. Now that’s democracy! Woot! I am breathlessly … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Barry Rubin, the voice of sanity, on Egypt’s revolution: While a wave of attempts at popular revolution will spread, that doesn’t mean they will succeed. In large part, by the way, the world is under an illusion over Egypt. Mubarak … Continue reading

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Friday Egypt briefs

He’s in! He’s out! He’s in! He’s out! Does anyone know what’s going on in Egypt? Beats me, but you know who really doesn’t know what’s going on in Egypt? Our incredibly smart president, the one who everyone said was … Continue reading

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So…What if?

Let us for a moment ask, “What if the Muslim Brotherhood comes to control Egypt?” Let us in addition argue that this would not be in the form of an Iran-esque theocracy, but a Turkish style Islamist democracy. I wrote … Continue reading

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The utterly predictable AP anti-Israel narrative

I told you so. The AP ignored the rocket fire, and only wrote about it when Israel responded with force. Israeli air force strikes Gaza, 8 wounded Note the headline has no context. Those evil Israelis are just randomly bombing … Continue reading

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Watch Iranium for free

For a limited time, you can watch the movie Iran didn’t want Canadians to see. It’s quite frightening. Watch and learn.

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Tuesday newsday

Leave the narrative alone! Evil, baby-killing IDF soldiers… deliver and save a Palestinian baby. But wait: The Palestinian woman is happy and grateful Shirin is grateful for the care she was given and says she would like to meet the … Continue reading

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Friday, briefly

World’s smallest violin playing: Al Jazeera, the network that aided Hezbollah in its war against Israel had its Cairo office ransacked. All together now: Awwwwwww. Egyptians aren’t giving up: Change is coming, it seems. But I still think Mubarak is … Continue reading

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Irony alert: Hamas

Inspired by Egypt, thousands of Palestinians are going to protest Hamas rule next Friday (tomorrow? the article is not clear). Inspired by the recent uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, a Facebook group called “The Revolution of Honor – Gaza” has … Continue reading

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The when will this virus end? briefs

When you say “Mubarak supporters,” you really mean “police and army”: The AP does its usual job bringing you less than the news. Funny how suddenly 3,000 supporters of Hosni Mubarak just decided to go after the protesters in Tahrir … Continue reading

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The silver lining in the revolutionary cloud

Syrians are calling for freedom. BEIRUT – Syrians are organizing campaigns on Facebook and Twitter that call for a “day of rage” in Damascus this week, taking inspiration from Egypt and Tunisia in using social networking sites to rally their … Continue reading

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Friday revolutionary briefs

Oh, come on—you’re going against the narrative! The WaPo ends an article about Israel’s view of the Egyptian protests with this: To Israeli officials, the unrest across the region, with Israel on the sidelines, proves an assertion that has been … Continue reading

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