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nytimes.com - 3/2/2009

Op-Ed Columnist: Iran, the Jews and Germany

— nytimes.com — Behind the Jewish issue in Iran lies a critical one — the U.S. propensity to demonize a... country through a one-dimensional lens. > (more) Op-Ed Columnist: Iran, the Jews and Germany

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latimes.com - 3/3/2009

Clinton says U.S. diplomacy unlikely to end Iran nuclear program - Los Angeles Times

— latimes.com — Reporting from Sharm El Sheik, Egypt -- The Obama administration has already concluded that a diplomatic overture... to Iran, one of the central promises of the president's election campaign, is unlikely to persuade Tehran to give up its nuclear ... (more) Clinton says U.S. diplomacy unlikely to end Iran nuclear ...

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commentarymagazine.com - 3/4/2009

The Syria Temptation—and Why Obama Must Resist It

— commentarymagazine.com — Footnotes 1 The notable exception to these disappointments, cited by Miller, was the “shuttle diplomacy” between Jerusalem... and Damascus of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger following the 1973 Yom Kippur war. In his book, The Much Too Promised Land ... (more) The Syria Temptation—and Why Obama Must Resist It

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Hillary Offers Handshake Of Friendship To Syria
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Times Online: It was a brief but significant gesture: in the hubbub of the Gaza donor’s conference on Egypt’s Red Sea coast, Hillary Clinton shook hands and exchanged a few words today with her Syrian counterpart, Walid Mouallem. In the Middle East, where even the slightest gesture is closely scrutinised, the brief encounter was seen as a sign that Washington was prepared to mend fences with Syria, whose leader Bashir al-Assad was treated as a pariah by the Bush Administration. Mr Mouallem said afterwards that the meeting “was ...

Gates of Vienna News Feed 3/2/2009
Gates of Vienna — ... Hillary Clinton Offers Handshake of Friendship to Syria It was a brief but significant gesture: in the hubbub of the Gaza donor’s conference on Egypt’s Red Sea coast, Hillary Clinton shook hands and exchanged a few words today with her Syrian counterpart, Walid Mouallem. In the Middle East, where even the slightest gesture is closely scrutinised, the brief encounter was seen as a sign that Washington was prepared to mend fences with Syria, whose leader Bashir al-Assad was treated as a pariah by the Bush ...

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Belmont Club — ... sphere is open to question. It is far more likely that Teheran and Moscow agree to cooperate from time to time when they want to discomfit the United States. The proposal is obviously driven by the idea that Russia can be “peeled away” from Teheran by buying it off with concessions. During my recent trip to Lebanon, it was often bruited about that Obama would try to “peel off” Syria from Iran by offering it some unspecified goody.  This endeavor is now apparently in high gear. The Times Online reports that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is offering Syria the Hand of ...