The U.S. is supporting a U.N. Security Council statement condemning Israeli settlements.
New U.S. Rebuke of Settlements a Product of Egypt Protests?
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Last Thing Washington Needs Is to Share Blame if Egypt Becomes Another Pakistan
Washington’s optimal position may be as a concerned bystander to developments in post-revolutionary Egypt.
What Would End-Timers Do Without the Threat of Nuclear Annihilation?
Nuclear war makes Armageddon even more dramatic than, say, an asteroid colliding with the earth.
A Middle East Deja Vu
Hundreds of thousands of protestors took to the streets, fueled by poverty, hunger, and anger at their repressive government. Egypt? No, Iran, 1951, before the election of Prime Minister Mossadeq.
Before There Was a Curveball There Was “Saddam’s Bombmaker”
Even before the Bush administration, there were those who believed — or pretended to — that Iraq possessed nuclear weapons.
A War Israel Is Ill Equipped to Fight
Israel is not confronting Arab armies or guerrilla movements, but an explosion of Arab democracy. It’s a “war” that it’s ill equipped to fight.
“I’m Taking You Out With a Drone to Save You From Torture”
Which is worse: drone strikes or torture?
Is Egypt’s New Military Leadership Just Coup d’Etat Light?
The pro-democracy movement must choose leaders with a clear commitment to democracy and should declare that no country interfere in the process of revolution.
Egypt Has Already Experienced Islamic Rule — and Found It Wanting
To curry favor with Egyptians, President Mubarak adopted the social conservatism of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Egyptian Protesters Dared to Stand on the “Edge of Chaos”
What if, facing a hyper-speed revolution in Egypt, Secretary of State Clinton and her advisors had sat together examining fractal structures, nonlinear dynamical systems, and models of self-organization? Say what?