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Today our friend and fellow blogger Frank Staheli, with a little help from HBO, reminded me of something important– what used to be the foundation stone of American foreign policy, in fact. Frank coined a term, “the Radical Islamic Monster,” in an attempt to somehow explain who our nation is supposed to be fighting [...]

During his current tour of the Middle East, President Bush contradicted his own policies so many times I began to wonder if the speech writers were out to get him. His cognitive dissonance confounded everybody back home in the USA and in the host countries (Israel, Palestine, Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi [...]

From Juan Cole:
Bush Turns Iraq into Israel/Palestine;
Gaffe endangers US Troops
Bush said in a speech on Thursday that he hopes Iraq will be like Israel, a democracy that faces terrorist violence but manages to retain its democratic character:
‘ In Israel, Bush said, “terrorists have taken innocent human life for years in suicide attacks. The difference is [...]

Again today, dear reader, Thomas Friedman is wawahing over the lamentable state of endemic violence and the chaos and blood that is created:”Gaza is turning into Mogadishu. Hamas is shelling Israel, Israel is retaliating”. (Retaliating? After what Israel has done to all the Arab lands it now occupies, the question of who is attacking [...]

The Daily Show
Thanks again to Norm at OneGoodMove.

The Isareli newspaper Haaretz reports that President Bush told French President Jacques Chirac several weeks ago that Israel might carry out a strike against Iran’s nuclear installations.
Bush also said that if such an attack were to take place, he would understand it. According to European diplomats who later met with [Condoleezza] Rice, the secretary of [...]

According to previous Salt Lake Tribune polls a majority of Utahns ardently support President Bush and his claims about bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq. It appears however, that they do not support democratic values, at least, here at home. >A poll released Monday by the Salt Lake Tribune showed that a whopping 45% of [...]

The dialogue about the US Support of Israel against Hezbolla is drawing much condemnation from many highly respected academics and experts in foreign policy.
It has been suggested that the US unreserved support of Israel’s actions in Lebanon, has given Iran and Syria more permission than ever to pursue their goals in Iran. It has [...]

I offer this unedited personal e-mail of today from my Israeli cousin Jacques for whatever perspective it may provide. Thank you Jacques- Love Cliff - 8.14.2006

Dear family and friends,
It has been some time since we communicated with you last.
Today is the first day of the cease-fire on the Lebanese front. After over a month of [...]

It’s minimally heartening to see that even Condolezza has a “sell-out” limit. Not that it is forgivable, but it is understandable that a black women might decide to compromise her principles and training and develop a certain capacity for selling-out in order to succeed in a white man’s world.
Stolen from here. Secretary of State [...]

This is recent video of rockets being delivered and launched from civilain homes in Kana and Kafe in Southern Lebanon. For obvious reasons, we are concerned that this kind of information is not delivered by your US media. These terrorists are experts after many years in manipulating American media, and your media are [...]

Jacques and Elisha. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) seem to be moving far beyond attacking Hezbollah. As much as I am an ardent Zionist, it is becoming difficult to difficult to defend their actions. I hope you can help me understand the justification for the destruction of infrastructure etc.
Help! Cliff