The United States can’t compensate for the ineffectiveness of sanctions against Iran by bombing it instead.
Iran Sanctions a Slap in the Face to Other Countries Too
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Middle East: What’s Hot — North, What’s Not — South
Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the United States’ old allies in the Mid-East’s southern are likely to wield less influence in the future than the northern tier, which includes Turkey, Iran, and Syria.
Africa: No Butter, But Lots of Guns
In its 2011 budget, the White House asked for over $80 million in military programs for Africa, while freezing or reducing aid packages aimed at civilians.
Costa Rica’s Love-Hate Relationship With Heavy US Military Footprint
Costa Ricans are both frightened and reassured by the 46 U.S. warships and 7,000 U.S. Marines patrolling its shores.
Sri Lankan Minister’s Sad Parody of Satyagraha
Sri Lankan minister huger strike against UN human rights investigation perverts turns civil disobedience inside out.
It’s Not an “Anthropology of Afghanistan” We Need, But of Us
Our intervention in Afghanistan should evoke a national soul-searching, as we thought we did after Vietnam.
What Barry Should Say to Bibi
The blank check Israel has enjoyed from the US all these years is about to be torn up.
Picture Obama Authorizing a Nuclear Attack
When it comes to who to retaliate against and how, a nuclear-terror attack presents an almost insoluble dilemma.
The Red Mosque Was Pakistan’s Waco
You wouldn’t be surprised that the Ghazi force, and not the Taliban, are behind recent attacks in Pakistan’s capital city if you knew the story of the Red Mosque and its late leader.
Friday Fun: Imams Gone Wild
The breast-feeding fatwa may have made a laughingstock of the sheik who issued it. But it’s indicative of the strange ways in which the minds of male theologians of all religions work.