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Iran: Chronicle of a War Foretold?
In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s masterpiece Chronicle of Death Foretold, a murder is committed in defense of family honor because nobody does anything to stop two brothers carrying it out, even though they actually want to be stopped. And the careless … Continue reading
Posted in Situation Report, Unholy War
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Only Iran Can End U.S. Iraq Nightmare
Absent a grand bargain with Iran, talks between U.S. and Iranian ambassadors in Baghdad are just going through the motion As I wrote on TIME.com last week, Bush is in no position to bring the Iraq war to a satisfactory … Continue reading
Posted in Situation Report, Unholy War
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Mearsheimer, Walt and the Erudite Hysteria of David Remnick
First, an illustrative anecdote: A little over a year ago, Iraq’s prime minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Washington and addressed Congress. The event was supposed to be a booster for the elected Iraqi leadership, showing U.S. support for the new … Continue reading
Posted in Could Die Laughing, Situation Report, Unholy War
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Maliki’s Fate and America’s
Another Bush-Maliki videoconference There’s no surprise in the rising chorus of demands in Washington that Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki be replaced. After all, the U.S. public discussion of Iraq has been fixated on the notion of a troop surge … Continue reading
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The Wrong Questions on Iran
Imagine, for a moment, that U.S. troops invading Iraq had, as they neared Baghdad, been fired on by an artillery unit using shells filled VX nerve gas — an attack that would have lasted minutes before a U.S. aircrew had … Continue reading
Posted in Featured Analysis, Situation Report, Unholy War
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The Debka Made ‘Em Do It
Driving down the West Side Highway heading back to Brooklyn on a sunny Saturday morning, I’m suddenly flagged down by one of dozens of policemen, and pulled over. I know what this is about. Earlier, NPR had broadcast that New … Continue reading
Posted in New York Moments, Situation Report
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Permit Sharon a Comatose Smile…
You don’t hear much about Ariel Sharon, these days, quietly passing his days on a life-support machine with no indication of when or how his coma will end. But were Sharon capable of comprehending and appreciating his legacy, right now … Continue reading
Posted in Situation Report, Unholy War
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Why Oblivion Looms for Abbas
Guest Column: Mark Perry offers 10 reasons why Hamas, rather than Abu Mazen and his U.S. backers will prevail in the struggle for Palestinian hearts and minds. The Islamists today represent the Palestinian mainstream, while Fatah is broken from top … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Columns, Situation Report
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European Hypocrisy: A Palestinian View
It is with great pleasure that I welcome back Saifedean Ammous, one of my favorite Rootless Cosmopolitan readers and correspondents — he really is a far better political analyst than he is at predicting football results! Saifedean, currently completing a … Continue reading
Posted in Featured Analysis, Guest Columns, Situation Report
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Yes, Bush is Naked, What of It?
Eloquent Image: There’s nothing on the table I posted this piece last week on TomDispatch: President Bush’s announcement of a new Middle East summit is being dutifully reported as a move to “revive” the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, designed to culminate … Continue reading
Posted in Situation Report, Unholy War
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