Check out Mitchell Plitnick and “Those We Can Talk To and Those We Cannot.” Exploring some new thinking in the American military and the important distinctions between Hezbollah, Hamas and al-Qaeda.
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Recommended Reading: Plitnick on differences between enemies
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged al-Qaeda, CENTCOM, foreign policy, Gaza, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Nasrallah, Occupation, Operation Cast Lead, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinians, qassam rockets, Terrorism on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Those We Can Talk To, and Those We Cannot
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged al-Qaeda, CENTCOM, foreign policy, Gaza, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Nasrallah, Occupation, Operation Cast Lead, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinians, qassam rockets, Terrorism on June 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »
A senior officer in the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that “Putting Hizballah, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and al Qaeda in the same sentence, as if they are all the same, is just stupid.” He was referring to a statement made by that prince of idiocy, Danny Ayalon, Israel’s perpetual embarrassment of a Deputy Foreign [...]
Israel's A Domestic Issue–That's the Problem
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan, AIPAC, B'nai Brith, Cheney, Chuck Schumer, Congress, CUFI, democracy, domino theory, George W. Bush, Iraq, Israel, Israel Lobby, J Street, Jewish State, Middle east, MJ Rosenberg, Neoconservatives, Netanyahu, Obama, Palestinians, Two-state solution, Vietnam on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the 21st century, Congress has demonstrated both incompetence in handling its limited responsibility in foreign policy, and how disastrous it is when it oversteps its bounds and tries to get more involved in foreign affairs than it should. Outside of those working actively in foreign policy, it still seems like Americans have not grasped [...]
Lobbies, pro and con
Posted in US-Israel Lobby, tagged AIPAC, American Jews, democracy, Israel, Israel Lobby, J Street, Moshe Yaroni, Peace Groups, pro-Israel on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Over at the Realistic Peace blog, Moshe Yaroni looks at the distasteful letters AIPAC directed members of Congress to send to the President. Just more evidence that politics comes ahead of national interests, but that’s one thing most people, on the left or the right, can agree upon. He also discusses the whole “Israel Lobby” question, [...]
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