The U.S. reaction to the spreading democratic uprisings in the Middle East has been notably selective. The latest state to join the movement, United Arab Emirates, has no political parties and no free elections.
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Reading Netanyahu the Riot Act Would Have Done More to Halt Terrorism Than Killing bin Laden
President Obama would have achieved more concrete results internationally by taking out Netanyahu politically than by eliminating Bin Laden physically.
Was Bin Laden Killed Because U.S. Feared He Might Be Found Innocent in Court?
Why the haste to kill Osama bin Laden when we might better have been served by his capture?
Bin Laden May Be Dead But His Grievances Live On
The grievances expressed in bin Laden’s manifestoes, such as U.S. military presence in the Middle East and support for Israel, will be enough to replenish the ranks of Al-Qaeda and like-minded groups as long as the United States continues to pursue those policies.
Jihadi Butch Cassidy
We have, once again, played right into Osama bin Laden’s hands. This might seem like an odd assertion, since the al-Qaeda mastermind is finally dead at the hands of U.S. Special Forces, most heads of state have voiced their congratulations, and practically the entire U.S. citizenry is unified in celebration. But Osama bin Laden always understood that the weak use the weapons of the powerful against them, such as U.S. airplanes against U.S. skyscrapers.
WikiLeaks: U.S. Is Just All Right to Jihadists Fighting With Libyan Rebels
It’s becoming more and more difficult to dispute that jihadists see a window of opportunity in the Libyan civil war.
Bin Laden: If Ever We Wanted to Bring ‘Em Back Alive
According to a recent WikiLeaks dump, if harm came to bin Laden, the West would be subjected to a “nuclear hellstorm.”
The Internet: Tool of Revolution — or Repression?
The Internet and social networks are not only less responsible for the Arab Spring than old-fashioned activism, they’re vulnerable to abuse by the states against which Middle-Eastern protesters have been resisting.
WikiLeaks: Double Agent Bin Hamlili Double-Crossed the Taliban and the West
WikiLeaks reveals that not only was the murderous Adil Bin Hamlili a double agent for the Taliban and the West, but he double-crossed them.
Palestine, the Arab Spring, and the Middle East Lobby
During the upheavals sweeping the Arab world, a common refrain among hawkish supporters of Israel has been that the Arab street is indifferent to the plight of the Palestinians, and thus the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not at the heart of Middle East troubles. I