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The Russian Redux Hinges on NATO Expansion
Fri, 04/03/2009 - 6:45am | posted by Alina Stefanescu Coryell
The Russian government’s current bid for military hegemony in Asia and Europe has many hearts a-fluttering. In fact, the reporting on Russia seems more dramatic lately, and it is unclear whether this is a result of heightened threat perception in the US and Europe or increased aggressive posturing from Moscow.
Dr. Paul Talks About Gaza and the Banking Industry Bailout
Tue, 01/13/2009 - 3:03pm | posted by Shana Kluck
Dr. Paul discusses further developments with the disbursement of the bailout funds and the resolution supporting Israel over Palestine.
Ron Paul: We helped create Hamas
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 7:15pm | posted by Shana Kluck
Dr. Paul continues to try and educate his fellow Congressmen regarding Israel, Palestine, how Hamas came into being and why we should never have gotten involved in the first place.
One Small Round of Applause for Israel
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 7:00am | posted by Matt Wittlief
I’d like to echo the comments of my fellow contributors here at United Liberty in a call for a non-interventionist foreign policy on the part of the United States when it comes to the situation in Gaza. This conflict is complicated and poses no real threat to our national security. The U.S. should discontinue its foreign aid to Israel as well as Egypt, Jordan and all other countries receiving the largesse of the American taxpayer.
Independent of any opinion regarding who is “right” and who is “wrong” in this conflict (I think there is plenty of blame to go around on both sides), I do have to stand up and give Israel a small moment of applause for standing up to the United Nations. Israel is a sovereign nation and has the right to make its own military decisions. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert recently reacted to the UN Security Council’s recent resolution on the situation in Gaza:
Israel and Palestine: The Case for Non-intervention
Thu, 01/08/2009 - 6:21am | posted by Dr. Charles Kennedy
The recent Israeli military incursion into Gaza has been correctly termed an “invasion”, as put by Congressman Ron Paul. It shows the world, once again, that the policy of preemptive or “preventive” war carries the day with Israel and its policies towards its neighbors. In reality, this is an extension of the U.S. foreign policy of intervention into the internal affairs of other nations, having taken its latest form in the past five years as preemptive war with the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Many staunch (i.e., blind) supporters of the state of Israel somehow believe that the latest military strategy will somehow work in staving off the threats of rockets being fired by members and supporters of Hamas.
Can the GOP Come Back?
Sat, 11/15/2008 - 7:26am | posted by Dr. John Killian
Think about it! Four years ago, the Republican Party held the White House and both houses of Congress. Now, the Democrats have won the Presidency by a sizable margin, gained additional seats in the majority Democratic House, and could possibly hold a sixty-vote majority in the Senate—large enough to end any Republican initiated filibuster.
First of all, consider the magnitude of the Republican loss. What support shifted from four years ago?
Huckabee Bashes Obama On Foreign Soil
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 8:28am | posted by Doug Mataconis
It used to be the case that politics ended at the water’s edge, but no more:
JERUSALEM — Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee slammed President Barack Obama’s policies toward Israel on Monday in a visit here that underscored the tensions between the Obama administration and the Israeli government over Jewish settlements in what traditionally have been Palestinian areas.
Huckabee criticized the Obama administration’s calls for ending such settlements and said Obama’s position had only encouraged the Palestinian government not to negotiate with Israel.
The Gaza Conflict
Conflict in the Middle East has been part of mankind’s history for many millenia now, and it’s hard to imagine that peace will ever prevail in this tumultuous part of the world. The land occupied by the modern states of Israel and Palestine is arguably the most fought over piece of real estate on earth, with many groups claiming historical and religious precedence to its soil.
The current conflict between Israel’s government and Palestine’s Hamas has sparked the usual war of words between the spin-doctors of the warring countries, with political pundits across the globe chiming in with their take on the matter. Each group has a convincing argument, and most citizens of the world are decidedly on one side or the other.
While most American’s may wonder which side to take, advice from Founding Father Thomas Jefferson begs the question “Should we take any side at all?”
Israeli Party Campaigns for Pot for Holocaust Survivors
Sat, 01/31/2009 - 7:00pm | posted by Michael Orion Powell
This strange video is from Israel’s Green Leaf Party, which is campaigning to legalize marijuana in Israel and make the drug available to elderly Holocaust survivors. Best line: “For us, the Holocaust survivors, our moral obligation is to legalize it.”
Buchanan Talks Sense on Palestine
Sat, 01/17/2009 - 4:45pm | posted by Michael Orion Powell
Clifford May, the Israeli advocate in this video, appears to have little to no compassion for those killed by Israeli firepower. His rhetoric is a sad illustration of the dehumanization of the Palestinian people by belligerents, from his refusal to address Buchanan’s accusations that Israel is creating more enemies and that Hamas’ rocket attacks are cruel and dumb but pail in comparison to the actions of Israel to his unnerved nationalism.
