Published on March 2nd, 2009 | by Jim Lobe
The more one looks into it, the more Elliott Abrams’ rendition of how Iran allegedly smuggles weapons to Hamas in Gaza via Somalia and Eritrea just gets weirder and weirder. Remember: he was Bush’s top Middle ... Read More →
Published on February 26th, 2009 | by Jim Lobe
The notion that Iran supplies arms to Hamas is something that has become conventional wisdom in the mainstream media. I’ve been agnostic on this issue myself, although the logistical challenges of a direct Mediterranean route, given ... Read More →
Published on February 23rd, 2009 | by Jim Lobe
Elliott Abrams just confirmed that he will be official mouthpiece of Bibi Netanyahu and his Likud Party at the Council on Foreign Relations and on the pages of The Weekly Standard (and probably in the Wall ... Read More →
Published on February 23rd, 2009 | by Jim Lobe
Dennis Ross’ appointment was finally announced today. This appeared as a “press release” on the State Department’s website late this afternoon: Appointment of Dennis Ross as Special Advisor for The Gulf and Southwest Asia Robert Wood ... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2009 | by Jim Lobe
As first reported by Laura Rozen and subsequently confirmed by Chris Nelson, it appears that Chas Freeman has been appointed chairman of the National Intelligence Council (NIC), the body that is charged by the Director of ... Read More →
Published on February 14th, 2009 | by Jim Lobe
If you still hope for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and are worried that last week’s elections in Israel are putting it beyond reach, you should definitely read former Israeli peace envoy Daniel Levy’s ... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2009 | by Jim Lobe
Just a brief note on Obama’s response to foreign-policy questions at his first press conference tonight. Give that he has been focused almost exclusively over the past week on getting his stimulus package through Congress, I ... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2009 | by Jim Lobe
Michael Ledeen, who 25 months ago announced to the world that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had died — he got this from such an exclusive source that not even Amir Taheri, another neo-con fantasist, ... Read More →
Published on February 7th, 2009 | by Jim Lobe
I hate to agree with Bill Kristol, but he’s right about Vice President Joe Biden’s speech at the ongoing Munich security conference when he writes that “the administration chose not to use the occasion to say ... Read More →
Published on February 6th, 2009 | by Jim Lobe
As he makes clear in this post, The Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan has finally come to the conclusion that the democracy claptrap that neo-conservatives have spouted since 9/11 has been a facade for their core foreign-policy worldview ... Read More →
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