There’s a lot of talk out there about the death of the Sykes-Picot agreement in the Mideast. There may be a lot of truth in that, but in any case, it does not mean the US and the West in general has no responsibility to help fix the mess they’ve made of the region. I expound this week in Souciant.
Posts Tagged ‘George W. Bush’
Exporting American Democracy
Posted in Middle East, tagged Balfour Declaration, Barack Obama, Cold War, George W. Bush, Hussein bin Ali, Hussein-McMahon, Israel, League of Nations, Margaret Thatcher, Middle east, Palestine, Patrick Buchanan, Ronald Reagan, Sharif of Mecca, Sir Henry McMahon, Sykes-Picot Agreement, Syria, United States, USSR, World War I, World War II on May 31, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Kerry’s Latest Mideast Trip Doomed Before It Starts
Posted in Israel, Palestine, United States, tagged AIPAC, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bill Clinton, diplomacy, European Union, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Iran, Iran nuclear, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli Settlements, James Baker, John Kerry, Palestine, settlement freeze, Syria, Tzipi Livni, Yitzhak Shamir on May 22, 2013 | 1 Comment »
John Kerry’s charade in Israel and Palestine is growing exceedingly tiresome. As I explain in Lobelog today, Israelis are laughing at him, other US diplomats are sneering and Palestinians, as usual, are just frustrated.
America’s Impotent Left
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American Enterprise Institute, Americans for Prosperity, anti-capitalism, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Dwight Eisenhower, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Freedom Works, George Soros, George W. Bush, GOP, Jimmy Carter, Koch Brothers, Libertarian, Moral Majority, New York Times, Newt Gingrich, Occupy Wall Street, Republican Party, Richard Nixon, Robert Reich, Sarah Palin, Tea Party on February 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
In Souciant this week, I examine the weakness of the Left in the US despite numbers that should mean it is much stronger. In times of economic stress like these, the left should be able to provide alternatives, and make them actionable. While liberals fight to hold the center and Tea Partiers push the country to a radical and self-destructive right, the left continues to eat itself. It need not be.
What Obama can do in Israel-Palestine
Posted in Barack Obama, tagged Abbas, Barack Obama, BDS, Bill Clinton, Clinton Parameters, Gaza, George W. Bush, Hamas, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jerusalem, Jewish State, Jewish Voice for Peace, Middle east, Occupation, Oslo, Palestine, Right of Return, Settlements, Sharon, Stephen Walt, Two-state solution, West Bank on February 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
My piece today in LobeLog offers one suggestion for something Obama can do even if there’s no diplomatic opening in the Israel-Palestine conflict. he can at least try to undo some of the damage his predecessor, George W. Bush did and maybe even build on the better but very flawed of Bill Clinton as well.
Making Europe Responsible
Posted in Europe, tagged AIPAC, Anti-Semitism, Ariel Sharon, Avigdor Lieberman, Barack Obama, Catherine Ashton, CUFI, Czech Republic, Daniel Levy, E-1, EU, Europe, European Union, George W. Bush, Israel, Kadima, Labor Party, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine, Peter beinart, The Holocaust, United Nations, World War II on December 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The United States may be easing up its customary pressure on Europe to go along with it in its blanket protection of Israel no matter how far Israel pushes the envelope. Early indications are that Europe just doesn’t need the pressure, they’re not going to pressure Israel anyway, despite the recent arrogant comments by both Bibi Netanyahu and Yvet Lieberman. But in the long term, maybe there’s a little more hope down the European road than the US one. I explore this in this week’s piece at Souciant.
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