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October 12, 2008

Lebanon

Does the financial crisis spell the end of the American empire?

Aggregated from: Lebanese Chess

According to the article from The Age below, it does.My attention has been drawn from the natural instability and bombings in Lebanon and Syria to the global phenomenon emanating from Wall Street.America is collapsing.Bloggers, journalists, academics, politicians, diplomats, business leaders, jihadi...

Lebanon

‘Bastions of democracy' falling apart for US

Aggregated from: Lebanese Chess

First Afghanistan and Iraq, then the Palestinian Territories and Lebanon, and now Georgia. The Bush administration's goal to bring democracy to troubled regions has been torn to bits.Russia's ferocious drive to obliterate a US proxy in Georgia is the last pin pulled on Bush's democratic dream.Whethe...

Lebanon

McCain to discourage MidEast peace

Aggregated from: Lebanese Chess

Change? Where?The tight race for US president has mainly been dominated by the theme of change. The battle for the White House has now become a squabble between the two candidates for who will have the means and capacity to truly change the face of America.Indeed, having a black candidate for the fi...

October 10, 2008

Israel,
Lebanon

Policy lessons from the V-P debate

Aggregated from: A Diamond's Eye View of the World

Along with much of the population of Lebanon, not to mention Syria, Palestine, and probably a good chunk of Iran, we have been hooting at Joseph Biden’s inadvertent conflation of Hizbullah and Syria during last night’s vice-presidential debate. For those of you who missed it, here are his...

Lebanon,
Syria

Lebanon: ‘Kidnapped' Amercian Journalists Found in Syria Jail

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Tony Bey, from Lebanon, reports that two missing American journalists have been found - detained in Syria. ...

October 8, 2008

Global: “Obsession” Propaganda Film Incites Anger

Posted by Jillian York · 9:40 pm · Jordan · Lebanon · Morocco

Last week, many newspaper subscribers across the United States were surprised to discover a DVD inserted into their Sunday paper. The video, which can be viewed in its entirety on YouTube, is entitled Obsession: Radical Islam's War With the West and portends to compare the threat of radical Islamism with that of Nazi Germany prior to World War II. The DVD's release was timed to match the upcoming elections, and distribution of the DVD was almost entirely within swing states. 3 comments · read »

October 7, 2008

Egypt,
Israel,
Lebanon,
Palestine

Palin-Biden debate

Aggregated from: Egyptian chronicles

First of all I am waiting for SNL sketch on this “here it is” , be ready Tina Fey will play again Palin and guess what Queen Latifa is going to be the VP debate moderator Gwen Ifill. Second most if not all the Egyptian newspapers spoke about this debate more than the original debate of Obama-M...

October 2, 2008

Debate Watch: What is Sarah Palin Getting Into?

Posted by Hoa Quach · 5:05 pm · Israel · Lebanon · Morocco · Palestine

Just a few short hours until the 2008 Vice Presidential Debate and days away from Sarah Palin’s infamous interviews with Katie Couric. So, what’s expected of the Republican VP candidate tonight, as she proves to the world and American voters that she’s a superior choice to Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden? 3 comments · read »

September 14, 2008

Lebanon

Sarah Palin and McCain's good ol' basket

Aggregated from: From Beirut to Beltway

Watching Sarah Palin last night, I couldn't help but wonder how her family would have been be able to afford health care had she not been governor. A child with Down Syndrome and an unemployed and pregnant 17-year old daughter, would break any middle class family. For that, it was interesting to ...

Lebanon: America's Needs and the Elections

Posted by Nash Suleiman · 12:50 am · Lebanon

Lebanese Nash Suleiman reviews reactions from bloggers connected to Lebanon about the US elections, the presidential candidates and what they mean to Lebanon and the Middle East. 1 comments · read »