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Siloviki

Posted on August 10, 2008 by MichaelW

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 | 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 | 6 Comments

How has Palestinan opinion evolved?

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Lance

Stealing from Harry’s Place we find these fairly encouraging results: Here’s the results of last November’s polling amongst Palestinians: Support or opposition to a peace settlement with Israel Support 72% Oppose 25.5% Support or opposition to the Palestinian participation in … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lance's Page | Tagged Abu Mazen, Fatah, Hamas, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle East, Palestine, PLO | Leave a comment

My Eyes Opened

Posted on July 25, 2006 by Lance

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 | 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 | 3 Comments

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