How long can American leaders hold out? Yahoo’s top story at this hour is an Agence France-Presse story headlined “Gaza civilians bearing brunt of violence…” Another sign that the media are changing: Richard Engel on NBC Nightly News tonight said…
From an analysis in tomorrow’s Haaretz:: From Hamas’ perspective, the Sajaiyeh incident that left 3 IDF troops dead Monday is a significant first achievement. For the first time, Israeli TV broadcasts raised the question of whether it was worthwhile for…
and must be talked to, Tom Ricks reports in his new Foreign Policy blog. This is an Iraq war lesson. Imagine trying to destroy the Sunni militias… And Obama can’t open his mouth.
I need to file this datum before it leaves my gray matter for the shores of Tripoli. The other day on Hardball, they were talking about the biggest general election moments, and Howard Fineman of Newsweek said the biggest moment…
On Thursday at the University of Chicago, Norman Finkelstein, John Mearsheimer, and Ali Abunimah will talk about Gaza. What is remarkable about this is only that a realist, a Chomskyan and an Arab binational-state guy will be offering a range…
Reuters image from Sunday. Reuters does not identify shell as containing white phosphorus. But, from the Times of London: Israel is believed to be using controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday….
Frightening, nervy unequivocal analysis by ex-CIA analyst Michael Scheuer: [Israel’s] main goal is to ensure that Obama is tied as tight as Gulliver to the status quo of U.S. foreign policy in the Muslim world. In addition to hurting Hamas,…
From Israeli reservist and mouthpiece Michael Oren’s article in the New Republic this week: Irrespective of Israel’s goals, my unit’s job will be to afford the IDF the requisite time to achieve them by fostering a sympathetic press and, through…
Dan Drezner is the worst of the fresh-faces-for-a-fresh zeitgeist Foreign Policy bloggers. I believe he supported the Iraq war, and is an apologist for the Bush Administration. But he’s on the wagon when it comes to the good demon alcohol…