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Breaking: Ross not envoy to Iran « niacINsight — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:41:55 +0000

[...] that to the barrage of criticism Ross has received in the media and the blogosphere for his hardline stance on [...]

By: scott

scott — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:46:55 +0000

Juno, all you have is hope beyond hope. As we used to say, “Poop in one hand and hope with the other, and see which hand fills up first.”

By: juno

juno — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:52:59 +0000

Perhaps, just perhaps the idea is to put those people who would most oppose the direction Obama wants to go, to put them right under his nose where he can direct and steer them towards the conclusions he desires. It may be a brilliant move intended to completely disarm the opposition.

By: Jon Harrison

Jon Harrison — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:34:02 +0000

Exactly. Why not co-opt some of those who would otherwise oppose you?Why must we conclude that nothing will change with this administration, based on a couple of appointments? Mind you, I’ve never thought that Obama would do the things necessary to rearrange our Mideast policy along rational lines. No doubt about it, the Lobby remains powerful; we aren’t yet at a point where a majority of Americans see the light. And we may never get there. But let’s not despair when the new administration hasn’t even taken office.

Amazing how the story of the Liberty has been buried all these years. Bamford’s book has the best, most comprehensive account, but how many people have read it? And of course the NYT reviewer made a point of taking issue with this one aspect of the book, while praising the rest of it. I wrote about the Liberty in passing last year, and sure enough indignant readers wrote in to the magazine protesting that I was slandering Israel.

By: trisha

trisha — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:25:01 +0000

Aw, come on! When the economy is crashing at home, start another war!

By: mark hearne

mark hearne — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:24:43 +0000

Unfortunately the Germans didnt stop being Nazis until their leaders were hanged. I fear the Isreali Nazis will have same end but not before lots more people are murdered.

I think the whole world is waiting to see which way Obama will jump. We hope and pray he restores Americas standing in the world by really addressing human rights issues and democracy and not become a complete nutjob continuing failed and foolish policies. Charges should be issued against all violations and violators of human rights and unfortunatly for Obama this means arresting a few senior Isrealis for war crimes.

With all their surveillance kit – supplied by the US it should be relatively easy to get convictions.

By: LeaNder

LeaNder — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:47:24 +0000

Dear fellow Jim Lobe friends: Much resentment here? If “the Lobby” is as powerful as all of you seem to agree, wouldn’t it be necessary to act extra carefully? Wouldn’t you need to first appease them, so they do not use their power against everything you do?

I decided to side with the cockeyed optimist, completely against my usual pessimist strain: The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Mind you only a small move away from Bush & his court, would completely satisfy me. I didn’t expect more. A state is a sluggish machinery, resistant to fast change, I guess. Remembering the vicious anti-Obama campaign, again: He better is very, very careful.

Kraut

By: LeaNder

LeaNder — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:14:56 +0000

So Kurtzer could be hindered the way it happened before, if I remember correctly? It's Daniel C. Kurtzer and you heard it here first

By: gordon

gordon — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:14:24 +0000

Amazing times : like watching history in slow motion. When the precursors of the neocons took over Russia, in the guise of communism, they ran it into the ground before the final looting just before it collapsed.

Currently we have the Wall Street looting going on quite blatantly while any discernible foreign “policy” has been handed over to the neocons who appear to be going for shit or bust – as though there is nothing to lose from being hated by the rest of the world. And perhaps from some perspectives there is nothing to lose. Certainly the money wasted on new ever-expanding wars will be lent by Wall Street and, if of sufficient scale, it should replenish their coffers nicely.

Who knows the end result. It will not be pleasant. But since none of it will be reported in the mainstream press the American public will remain unaware until the bitter end.

By: William Fuller

William Fuller — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:04:36 +0000

The cowardice of the American Congress is disgraceful and shameful. Never have so many self-serving, cowardly, lick-spittle traitors surrendered their country, so readily, to so small, so pernicious, so arrogantly self-centered a dependent country. It pains me to say this, but Israel is a pariah country, a brutal, self-satisfied country ruled by religious fanatics far more dangerous than and any Muslim extremist.
William