haaretz.com - 5/27/2009
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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 entitled "Myths, illusions, and Peace: Finding ...
in.reuters.com - 5/25/2009
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has sent six warships
to international waters, including the Gulf of Aden, to...
show its ability to confront any foreign threats, its naval commander said on Monday. Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, quoted by the ISNA news agency, ...
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Iran sends warships to Gulf of Aden - navy
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nytimes.com - 5/26/2009
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nytimes.com —
Washington PRESIDENT OBAMA’S Iran policy has, in all
likelihood, already failed. On its present course, the White...
House’s approach will not stop Tehran’s development of a nuclear fuel program or, as Iran’s successful test of a medium-range, ...
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Op-Ed Contributors - Have We Already Lost Iran?
commentarymagazine.com - 5/29/2009
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commentarymagazine.com —
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 ...
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The Mother of All Myths
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Dissension in Obama's house
Israel Matzav —
... A new book to be published next month by Dennis Ross, President Obama's special envoy to Iran, together with David Makovsky, belies President Obama's claim that the road to preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons runs through a ' Palestinian state .' The book, written with David Makovsky and entitled "Myths, illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East," opposes the Obama administration's concept of linkage. The book is to be published by Viking Press next month. Contrary to the position of the president and other advisers, Ross writes ...
Keep Your Friends Close, And Dennis Ross Closer
Wonk Room —
... Haaretz’s reports that Dennis Ross, Secretary of State Clinton’s special adviser on Iran, has written a new book in which he and co-author David Makovsky challenge a key component of the policy which Ross is ostensibly now working to implement: ...
Does Ross Support The President He Serves?
Wonk Room —
... Haaretz’s reports that Dennis Ross, Secretary of State Clinton’s special adviser on Iran, has written a new book in which he and co-author David Makovsky challenge a key component of the policy which Ross is ostensibly now working to implement: ...
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 – which Ross currently works for – is ...
Reality check: "The Mother of All Myths"
Hyscience —
Is the Obama administration falling for "The Mother of all Myths" in basing its Middle East policy on "linkage" between the Israeli-Palistinian conflict and peace in the Middle East? It surely appears so, just as administrations before him, although previous administrations have never embarked on "apology tours" in Europe and Latin America, and haven't told Muslims that America is a "Muslim country," as Obama has essentially done in Turkey and plans to do in Egypt, all which makes his following of the "linkage" myth all the more devastating for America and the West. His kowtowing to Muslims and demeaning ...
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