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Archives for April 2012

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Israeli Security Elite Slams Netanyahu, sidetracks War on Iran

Juan Cole

Not only are high officials and former officials of the Israeli security establishment pushing hard back against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s seeming rush to war with Iran, they appear actually to be attempting to unseat him, as it becomes possible that Israel may go to early elections in September. Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert […]

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He that would make his own liberty secure… (Tom Paine Poster)

He that would make his own liberty secure… (Tom Paine Poster)

Juan Cole

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Obama: Clark Kent at home, Imperial Superman Abroad (Engelhardt)

Juan Cole

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch: The Obama Contradiction Weakling at Home, Imperial President Abroad By Tom Engelhardt He has few constraints (except those he’s internalized). No one can stop him or countermand his orders. He has a bevy of lawyers at his beck and call to explain the “legality” of his actions. And if he […]

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Saudi-Egypt Crisis Points to Conflict between New Democracies, Old Autocracies

Juan Cole

The closure of the Saudi embassy and consulates in Egypt, and the continued demonstrations in Cairo in front of the Ministry of Interior, point to a coming crisis in the Arab world between the revolutionary states and the conservative ones. So far that potential conflict has not riven the Arab League, because there have not […]

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Obama Humor at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Obama Humor at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Juan Cole

This is C-Span’s video of President Barack Obama’s mostly tongue-in-cheek address at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “[Hillary] won’t stop drunk-texting me from Cartagena.” “It’s nice to be here in the Hilton Ballroom, or what Mitt Romney would call a ‘little fixer-uppper.’ ” “Jimmy [Kimmel] got his start on the Man Show. In Washington that […]

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Sultan Mosque Singapore (Photo)

Sultan Mosque Singapore (Photo)

Juan Cole

Photo by Juan Cole, June, 2009 Sultan Mosque, Singapore Constructed 1928 Architect: Denis Santry of Swan and Maclaren Replaced: Mosque of Sultan Hussein, 1824-1826

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“America Does not Go Abroad in Search of Monsters to Destroy” – John Quincy Adams (Poster)

“America Does not Go Abroad in Search of Monsters to Destroy” – John Quincy Adams (Poster)

Juan Cole

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Israeli Spy Chief Condemns Netanyahu for Iran Hype, Messianism

Juan Cole

Former head of Israeli domestic intelligence (Shin Bet), Yuval Diskin, said Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are misleading the public about Iran: “”They are misleading the public on the Iran issue. They tell the public that if Israel acts, Iran won’t have a nuclear bomb. This is misleading. […]

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Biden to Romney “Dude, you are so 1975” and “If you Plan war with Iran, tell us Now”

Juan Cole

Vice President Joe Biden attacked Mitt Romney’s foreign policy ideas on Thursday. Romney’s policies are to send tens of thousands of troops back into Iraq, and to antagonize Moscow. He had once said that he wouldn’t pay millions to kill or capture Bin Laden. Biden quipped that if Romney had been president the US auto […]

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