November 13, 2008
Dear Mr Obama: Tell me we haven’t been bamboozled. We need the change you promise, but something just doesn’t seem right. After eight years under a Bush administration that engendered misery at home and around the world, the United States had found itself distrusted, scorned and despised. ...
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November 6, 2008
In another signal to the Middle East that Obama may not be all the change he claims to be, the US president-elect has nominated an Israeli-American, Rahm Emanuel, as Chief of Staff.Emanuel, an Orthodox Jew, was an Israeli Army volunteer during the first Gulf War, while his father Benjamin M. Emanuel...
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If there is any sign that Israel is weary of Obama's election, Tzipi Livni gave it today.The Israeli Foreign Minister, and Prime Minister hopeful, sought to distance her country's approach to Iran from Obama's declared desire to open dialogue with Tehran.Livni's comments come as a veiled warning to ...
go to article »November 5, 2008
A centre-left wave is sweeping across America.Obama is, thus far, heading into a landslide victory. Consult the sources below to follow the coverage state-by-state.The Democrats are set to gain control of the US Senate, heading for the magic 60 Senate seats. Nancy Pelosi will become one of the most ...
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Despite the clear evidence provided by the Iraq adventure and its fallout of the limits of American power in the Middle East, the new president will assume control of the world’s only superpower, with the global ambitions and huge military budget to match. This ensures that American policy will co...
go to article »November 4, 2008
The American Southern Lebanese whose families were victims of the American bombs in the Lebanon July 2006 war are voting for Obama. Even the Christian Southern Lebanese Americans who are republicans will vote for Obama because they believe McCain will drag the world in to war Source : http://www.al...
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Let’s assume for a second that Barack Obama wins tomorrow’s election. I’m not going out on a limb with that one. But what kind of policy can we expect from him regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? That kind of prognostication gets into tougher territory. But before we ...
go to article »October 30, 2008
Author and former CIA case officer Robert Baer said in an interview published Wednesday that the main problem with Iran is not its nuclear project but its imperial aspirations. According to Baer, Iran has used an “anti-colonial” message to make itself more popular in the region. The Mull...
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