telegraph.co.uk - 3/3/2009
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Hillary Clinton is sending two senior US officials for talks in Syria in a sign of thawing relations between the countries.
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 3/7/2009
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com —
Jon Chait argues that the opposition to Chas
Freeman is largely about the rigidity of his realism,...
his connections with Saudi Arabia, and his brutal realpolitik with respect to China. And he has argued against the notion that this contretemps was ...
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A Freeman Time-Line
commentarymagazine.com - 3/4/2009
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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 ...
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The Syria Temptation—and Why Obama Must Resist It
haaretz.com - 3/4/2009
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haaretz.com —
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on
Wednesday blasted Israel's plans to demolisg Palestinian homes in...
East Jerusalem as a violation of its international obligations and "unhelpful" to Middle East peace efforts. "Clearly this kind of ...
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Clinton: Israeli demolition of East Jerusalem homes ...
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Hillary Clinton sends US envoys to Syria
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... the indirect peace talks they held under Turkish mediation last year but which were halted after Israel's military offensive in Gaza. Among other issues, the two countries dispute ownership of the Golan Heights. Though hopes of instant progress are not high, Mrs Clinton's announcement reflected an emerging consensus in Washington that a peace deal between Israel and Syria remains a stronger prospect than a permanent agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/sy...
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... Hillary Clinton sends US envoys to Syria. If the silly cow thiks that sucking up to Syria will work she is in for a big shock. ...
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