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Tag Archives: Palestinians
Siloviki
How much of the Georgia/South Ossetia/Russian conflict can be laid at the hands of a corrupt cabal of former soviet ministers bent on lining their own pockets? Perhaps a great deal. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has handed his Russian counterpart, … Continue reading →
Posted in Foreign affairs, MichaelW's Page
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Tagged Anatoly Baranov, atlas, banditry, Caucasuses, defense, Dmitri Medvedev, Eduord Kokoity, energy, ethnic nationalism, Federal Security Service, gas pipelines, Georgia, Joshua Foust, KGB, Kokoity, Mikhail Mindzayev, Mikheil Saakashvili, Mordovia, Moscow, North Ossetia, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Palestinians, PLO, pro-Russian, refugee camps, Russia, security council, separatism, siloviki, South Ossetia, Tbilisi, Tskhinvali, United Nations, Yulia Latynina, Yuri Morozov
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Metternich would be proud
Obama makes his first effort at diplomacy with the Palestinians. The response: F- – – Washington, f- – – Obama and f- – – you. I feel encouraged, how about you?
Posted in Foreign affairs, Humor, Lance's Page
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Tagged Barack Obama, diplomacy, foreign policy, Humor, Palestinians
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My Eyes Opened
Late in the eighties I was taking a course in American history after 1945. One of my fellow students was a bright, interesting Palestinian. Continue reading →
Posted in Domestic Politics, Lance's Page
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Tagged 1945, 1948, academia, acquaintances, American history, Arab Israeli conflict, Arabs, atrocities, authority, brutality, CAIR, class period, class sympathies, Dinosaur Jr., Domestic Politics, dominance, Education, embarrassment, fanaticism, genocide, good faith, Hank Williams Sr., Hezbollah, Hussein Massawi, IDF, international conflict, intifada, islam, islamism, Israeli Defense Forces, Israeli national suicide, Israelis, Lebanese, Lebanon, Middle East, monologues, Muslims, National Defense, national resistance, nationalism, negotiations, Omar Ahmad, Palestine, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Palestinians, PLO, PLO executive committee, religion, students, Syria, Syrians, tactics, The Dixie Chicks, The Minutemen, The Rolling Stones, The Volcano Suns, Zahir Muhsein, zionism
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Analogues
Juan Cole suggests that Israeli treatment of the Palestinians represents “a condition analogous to slavery.” It would seem that on this matter Juan Cole has a condition analogous to Hamas. (via CampusWatch via Commentary). Also, if you missed it, check … Continue reading →