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May 15, 2008

About That ‘New’ Middle East…

Aggregated from: Rootless Cosmopolitan

Could there be a more perfect image of the catastrophic self-inflicted rout suffered by U.S. Middle East policy under President George W. Bush? This week, the President will party with Israel’s leaders celebrating their country’s 60th anniversary — and champion a phony peace process whose expl...

Lebanon: Iran Smart, US Dumb?

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

“Two veteran American commentators who have spent time in Beirut and who are sometimes referred to as the “Liberal Neocons”, have seen what happened in Lebanon and reached similar conclusions” - that Iran is smart and the US is dumb - writes Beirut Spring from Lebanon. ...

May 14, 2008

Lebanon was always a democracy

Aggregated from: Egyptian chronicles

Reuters published an interesting analysis essay regarding what happened to Lebanon from a victory to Hezollah and allies , describing it as another blow to Bush administration,it is very interesting but I want to clear something because I hate this wrong information Here is the link : http://www.ale...

April 24, 2008

Sign Proves Obama is “Islamic”

Aggregated from: Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead » USA

A pastor makes a thought-provoking statement about Obama being a Muslim: “Obama, Osama, humm, are they brothers?” Church signUploaded by luvnews Share This ...

April 17, 2008

Barack Obama and Israel, Part 1

Aggregated from: Blogs of Zion

During his three years in the U.S. Senate, Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s voting record and statements have generally been quite supportive of Israel. In an op-ed piece which appeared in the New York Times on February 11, Roger Cohen quotes Obama and seeks to reassure Jewish voters...

April 9, 2008

The Audacity of Hype

Aggregated from: Jeha's Nail

As one watches the unfolding of the world’s single most important election, one feels as if we live in increasingly “interesting times”. The Real Contest Ever since we have come under the increased attention of those in authority, the United States have been directly involved in our litt...

April 8, 2008

The Next President and The Middle East

Aggregated from: Prospects for Peace

Some policy pointers: Get out of Iraq. Work with (some) Islamists. Create the Palestinian state. Thereby, undercut al-Qaeda. This is a piece from the March edition of The American Prospect Magazine. Listen carefully when a new president is inaugurated next January for the sigh of relief coming...

April 5, 2008

Study Finds Clinton Related To Jolie And Obama To Pitt Angelina Jolie

Aggregated from: Welcome to My Dream

The historical genealogica society of New England (NEHGS) to Boston the Wednesday has approved of a study in which it has followed the presidential trees of family of all and the three candidates in order to find it all famous the relatives had, or died that alive. It has found senator Barack Obama ...

Iranian and American Propaganda Wars

Aggregated from: Ramblings of a Lebanese Hopeful

I will expand further on this sooner than later, but I took these pictures with my camera phone a few weeks ago (unfortunately, the quality is not spectacular) and thought I should share. It is hardly news that Lebanon is the local neighborhood theater for the regional and global conflict du jour...

April 4, 2008

Hilary = Rocky?!

Aggregated from: Ramblings of a Lebanese Hopeful

Why do high-profile politicians, not to mention White House contendors, set themselves up for this shit? Did Hilary think that comparing herself to Rocky Balboa would resonate well with a potbelly, beer-drinking, Playstation 3-playing middle America? Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says she has...