yaacovlozowick.blogspot.com - 5/29/2009
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Such a nuisance, these democratic transfers of power. A fellow can work for the government for years, then someone loses an election and he's exiled to a think tank. While at the think tank he ponders and deliberates, and eventually puts his thoughts in writing, perhaps even in book form. (Books ...
haaretz.com - 5/27/2009
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haaretz.com —
Dennis Ross, the U.S. Secretary of State's special
adviser on Iran, says in a new book that...
the United States will not make progress toward peace in the Middle East with the Obama administration's new plan. The book, written with David Makovsky and ...
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Dennis Ross vs. Obama: No link between Iran, Mideast ...
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The Mother of All Myths
Winds of Change.NET —
... Dennis Ross, Special Advisor on Iran for the Secretary of State, has a book coming out next month that inconveniently takes issue with the Obama Administration’s thesis of “linkage.” “Of all the policy myths that have kept us from making real progress in the Middle East,” Ross writes in a chapter titled “The Mother of All Myths,” “one stands out for its impact and longevity: the idea that if only the Palestinian conflict were solved, all other Middle East conflicts would melt away.” Meanwhile, the Obama Administration – ...
Reality check: "The Mother of All Myths"
Hyscience —
... Dennis Ross, Special Advisor on Iran for the Secretary of State, has a book coming out next month that inconveniently takes issue with the Obama Administration’s thesis of “linkage.â€� “Of all the policy myths that have kept us from making real progress in the Middle East,â€� Ross writes in a chapter titled “The Mother of All Myths,â€� “one stands out for its impact and longevity: the idea that if only the Palestinian conflict were solved, all other Middle East conflicts would melt away.â€� Meanwhile, the Obama Administration â€" which Ross currently ...
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