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Ron Paul On The Crisis In Egypt

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, February 3rd, 2011. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Middle East, Politicos & Pundits, Ron Paul

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Ron Paul On Egypt: More Meddling Is Exactly The Wrong Thing To Do

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, January 31st, 2011. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Middle East, Politicos & Pundits, Ron Paul

Thoughts On The Gaza Blockade

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 10th, 2010. Filed under Blogging, Foreign Affairs, Israel, Middle East, Outside The Beltway

That are likely to get me in trouble in some circles……
Over at OTB: What Does Snack Food Have To Do With Keeping Weapons Out Of Gaza ?

Rosie O’Donnell: Helen Thomas Was Right, Jews Should Leave Israel

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, June 9th, 2010. Filed under Celebrities, Dumbasses, Foreign Affairs, Israel, Middle East

Helen Thomas To Israeli Jews: Go Back To Germany And Poland

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 4th, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, Foreign Affairs, Israel, Middle East

Wow…………….just, wow:

Charles Krauthammer: Attacking Iran May Be Pointless

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 22nd, 2010. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Iran, Middle East

Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer injects some much needed sanity into the debate over what to do about Iran:

KRAUTHAMMER: Do we have enough intelligence? Do we know where their stuff is hidden? They have spoken about a second uranium enrichment place. Do they have others? And, also, how deeply buried and how [...]

Obama Logic: Civil Trials For Foreign Terrorist Leaders, Assassination For American Citizens

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 7th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Middle East, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, War On Terror

Today’s New York Times bring news that President Obama has given the go-ahead to mark an American citizen turned terrorist for death by CIA hit squad:
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has taken the extraordinary step of authorizing the targeted killing of an American citizen, the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who is believed to have [...]

Former Reagan And Bush Adviser Supports Obama On Foreign Policy

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, March 31st, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

James Baker who served as Chief of Staff, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State under Presidents Reagan and Bush 41 had some surprisingly supportive words for President Obama:
Former H.W. Bush Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff James Baker conveyed support for “the overwhelming majority of Barack Obama’s foreign policy agenda” [...]

Rand Paul: I Will Serve The Constitution & The Interests, & National Security Of The United States

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, March 29th, 2010. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Israel, Middle East, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul

Here’s Rand Paul giving an absolutely fabulous response to a voter’s question asking him to say that he will “always stand by Israel”:

Bravo, Dr. Paul

U.S. Preparing Containment Strategy For Iran

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Iran, Middle East

It appears that the West is quickly coming to the realization that preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons is a strategy that probably won’t work:
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is quietly laying the groundwork for long-range strategy that could be used to contain a nuclear-equipped Iran and deter its leaders from using atomic weapons.
U.S. officials [...]

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