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Obama Administration : Growing Influence of the Neo-Cons
Cartoon By Baloo from Baloo Cartoons.White House foreign policy:Globalist/pragmatist hybrid While the political philosophy articulated or implied by President Obama is far from that of the neo-conservatives, [many of the] concrete policies that he has embraced do in fact resemble … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Harry Targ, Neocons, Obama Administration, Pragmatism
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Obama Presidency : One Term if by War, Two if by Peace
Barack Obama and the Afghanistan decision:One (term) if by war, two if by peace By Harvey Wasserman / November 17, 2009 As the world awaits Barack Obama’s decision on Afghanistan, a lethal myth has spread. It says that standing up … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Military, Obama Presidency, Peace
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Larry Ray : Echoes from Vietnam
Larry Ray in Cu Chi Vietnam, late summer 1966.Echoes from Vietnam: Dying again in Afghanistan Afghanistan is an even older and thornier problem [than Vietnam]. And one that cannot be bombed into submission. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, Journalism, Obama Administration, Sixties, Vietnam
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Steve Weissman : How Washington Learned to Love Nonviolence
The use of nonviolence for covert intervention Sharp was talking ‘about seizing political power or denying it to others,’ and doing it without having to break things or kill people. By Steve Weissman / The Rag Blog / September 29, … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Green Revolution, Imperialism, Iran, Nonviolence
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Dick Cheney Isn’t the Only One Who Planned Assassinations
When a person repeats precisely the same behaviour over and over again, but expects the result to be different, that is Einstein’s definition of insanity. Americans have been doing the same thing over and over again for 200 years, somehow … Continue reading
The Mexican Dilemma: Biofuel or Food?
Street vendor in Mexico City. Critics of biofuels say they push up the cost of food.Mexico’s gamble on biofuelsBy Alberto Najar / June 26, 2009 Mexican authorities intent on tackling the issues surrounding the production of biofuels are faced with … Continue reading
Beckett on the Two-State Solution
A Palestinian man sits next to a whimsical stenciling on Israel’sseparation barrier in the West Bank village of A-Ram.Too Late for Two-State? The Battle for the Future of Palestine and IsraelBy Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog / February 27, … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian Occupation, Paul Beckett
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Biden in Munich : America’s Eurasian Empire Takes Shape
Vice President Joe Biden addresses the participants of the International Conference on Security Policy in Munich, on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. Photo by Frank Augstein / AP. Biden was telling the waiting world that Washington would continue to pursue its … Continue reading
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Tagged Eastern Europe, Foreign Policy, Imperialism, Joe Biden
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Paul Craig Roberts : The War on Terror is a Hoax
War on Terror: The Board Game.‘The “war on terror” is a hoax that fronts for American control of oil pipelines, the profits of the military-security complex, the assault on civil liberty by fomenters of a police state, and Israel’s territorial … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Neocons, Terrorism, War on Terror
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Memo to Obama : We Must Rethink Afghanistan Policy
Afghani Taliban: closer ties with Al Qaeda. Americans need an open and full discussion of the grim situation in Afghanistan, and the Obama administration needs to set very limited objectives. The public needs to know that the situation in Afghanistan … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Taliban
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Paul Buhle : An ‘Obama Force’ (Swords into Plowshares)
“Beating Swords into Plowshares.” Photo by I Like.For an ‘Obama Force’(Aka a foreign policy note from the Left)By Paul Buhle / The Rag Blog / January 3, 2009 The blogosphere is now thick with foreign policy discussions about the impending … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Military, Obama Presidency, Progressives, The Left
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