Category Archives: Situation Report

Toasting God’s Terrorism and Other Passover Themes

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Tony

1. Passover is About Liberation; Not Simply About Jews In that hungry eternity of singing and praying in an alien tongue that spanned from your first taste of haroset on matzoh to the arrival of the matzoh ball soup, you … Continue reading →

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Nationalism vs. Globalization in the Jihadist Camp

Posted on April 3, 2006 by Tony

Not the face of Iraq’s insurgency The news, if it proves true, that Musab al-Zarqawi has been forced to step down as the leader of a coalition of Jihadi groups in Iraq underscores a point made here last November: That … Continue reading →

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Iraq is the 51st State

Posted on March 22, 2006 by Tony

1. It’s Official: Iraq is the 51st State Amid all the Bush dissembling that marked the third anniversary of his Iraq invasion, it might be easy to forget that we got into this mess because the Democrats and the media … Continue reading →

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A Self-Defeating Iran Strategy

Posted on March 16, 2006 by Tony

The boundaries between the U.S. and Israeli flags literally blur in the backdrop as Cheney threatens Iran from the podium of the America Israel Political Action Committe Last September, I noted that “the Bush administration appears not to have gamed … Continue reading →

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Will Arab-Baiting Get Dems Re-elected?

Posted on March 10, 2006 by Tony

“We now smell the scent of victory.” That was how Charles Schumer, the demagogic Senator from New York responded to the announcement that Dubai Ports World, the international shipping company that had bought the British firm P&O and thereby acquired … Continue reading →

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Game Over for Bush’s War of Ideas

Posted on February 16, 2006 by Tony

The media loves to wring its collective hands over each new droning video sermon released by Osama bin Laden or Ayman Zawahiri, but it is the release — to unprecedented box office success — of the Turkish movie “Valley of … Continue reading →

Posted in Annals of Globalization, Situation Report | 24 Comments

Time for U.S. to Get Real on Hamas

Posted on February 2, 2006 by Tony

When it comes to cutting through the thicket of nonsense that’s been written and spoken about Hamas winning the Palestinian election, it’s hard to know where to begin. The Bush administration tosses out vacuous denials and equally vacuous threats that … Continue reading →

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Victor Jara is Smiling In Heaven

Posted on January 16, 2006 by Tony

Just a quick Sunday night note to salute my Chilean peeps, you know who you are, and share their joy at the election of President Michelle Bachelet, who the media likes to remind us is a “left wing single mother,” … Continue reading →

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The Resistable Rise of Ariel Sharon

Posted on January 9, 2006 by Tony

Sharon’s defeat of the Palestinians was sealed in Washington: Not only did he tear up Oslo; he tore up U.S. Middle East policy and got the administration to thank him for it 1. Arafat Gone, His Rival Patriarch Leaves the … Continue reading →

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Bush and the Republican Mutiny

Posted on January 3, 2006 by Tony

Huggy-Bear McCain has proved a more nettlesome opponent to Bush than the Dems A little over a year ago, my then-weekly appearance on CNN International happened to coincide with President Bush’s inauguration, so I found myself in the unusual position … Continue reading →

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