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The Forward: Mainstream Jewish Organizations Will Not Oppose Hagel Nod

By matttbastard, on January 8th, 2013

Apparently the contracted services of Lanny Davis and apocalyptic clownshoes agit-prop of Billy Kristol and co. are the tip of a spear with no shaft. As Nathan Guttman of the JD Forward reports, organized Jewish opposition to President Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretary evaporated following yesterday’s announcement:

Most Jewish groups have made [...]

January 8th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Iran, Israel and Palestine, USA: Armed Forces, USA: Foreign Relations, USA: Presidency | Leave a comment

Hugh White: “When Major Powers Clash, The Small Issues Can Become The Sparks For Big Conflicts”

By matttbastard, on November 27th, 2012

Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Hugh White, author of The China Choice: Why America Should Share Power, talks Asian-Pacific geopolitics with Anatol Lieven:

November 27th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: China, Global Politics and Culture, Histories, USA: Foreign Relations, Video | Leave a comment

Mittens Compounded Initial Benghazi Fail Because NEOCONS

By matttbastard, on November 7th, 2012

WaPo on the internal response to Mittens’ hasty, ill-conceived late night Libya presser:

By sunrise the next day, it was clear to Romney that they had acted too quickly. The campaign learned that four Americans had been killed in an attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. Even to [...]

November 7th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: USA: Campaign 2012 | Leave a comment

The Banality of ‘Butbutbut LIBYA!1′

By matttbastard, on October 12th, 2012

Greg Scoblete is rather underwhelmed by GOP attacks on Obama’s Libya record:

[W]hile Republicans have every right to seize on the administration’s dissembling, it’s very hard for me to find a foreign policy criticism here, outside of banal ones (i.e. that U.S. facilities overseas need better security and that public officials shouldn’t lie). Many Republicans [...]

October 12th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Libya, USA: Campaign 2012 | 2 comments