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Archive for November, 2008

  • On Clinton as SecState
    Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

    Assuming for the sake of argument that Obama and Clinton are not as far apart on substantive policy issues, such as Iraq and Iran, as both candidates suggested during the primary campaign, I still believe Hillary’s appointment will prove a serious strategic error on Obama’s part, particularly if, as reported, she is given the authority [...]

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  • On Rahm Emanuel
    Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

    There’s been a lot of speculation about the foreign-policy implications of Rep. Rahm Emanuel serving as Barack Obama’s White House chief of staff, much of which, of course, is …speculation. Below are two of the less fevered and somewhat more reassuring analyses of Emanuel and his views on the Middle East — one by Jim [...]

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  • New Evidence Linking Aish HaTorah to Obsession
    Monday, November 10th, 2008

    A Guest Post by Eli Clifton:
    The September and October mass distribution of the anti-Muslim documentary, Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West, paid for by the mysterious Clarion Fund, has numerous links to the Orthodox Jewish organization Aish HaTorah. In September, Ali Gharib and I wrote:
    The Clarion Fund and Aish Hatorah are headed by [...]

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  • A Rebuttal to “Obsession”
    Monday, November 3rd, 2008

    A Guest Post by Eli Clifton:
    We have followed the campaign behind Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West since it first emerged in 2005. IPS has published two articles on its producers and distribution here and here. This new rebuttal by JewsOnFirst is one of the most comprehensive attempts to dismantle the arguments [...]

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