meforum.org - 12/5/2008
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Daniel Pipes - Director Daniel Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum, and a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. A former official in the U.S. Department of State, he has taught at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, the U.S. Naval War College, and ...
westernfrontamerica.com - 12/1/2008
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westernfrontamerica.com —
U.S. policy since the days of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt has been support for Saudi Arabia and the
Gulf States, providing protection of the sea lanes that transport oil and, in the case of Iraq, protecting the Saudi kingdom against attack.
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Rethinking the Middle East
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Michael Rubin: The Blogs Are Being Mean To Me!
Wonk Room —
... debate. In an August op-ed in the Washington Post, Rubin called Joe Biden “Tehran’s favorite senator” by way of blaming Biden for the Bush administration’s lack of a coherent Iran policy.
In October, Rubin suggested — without any evidence whatsoever — that Middle East scholar Rashid Khalidi was ideologically sympathetic to Saddam Hussein’s attempted genocide against the Kurds.
Rubin also serves as editor of the Middle East Quarterly, helping right-wing polemicist Daniel Pipes warn ...
The Left's Logic of Conspiracy
The Corner on National Review Online —
... that Mr. Khalidi is ideologically sympathetic to Saddam s attempted genocide against the Kurds. Mr. Duss made that up. What I did write is this, In his historical analysis, Khalidi demonstrates little understanding of Iraqi history, failing to mention Saddam Hussein's use of chemical weapons on the Kurds and the draining of the marshes. Rather, he implies that Arabs think with one mind and hold the Israeli-Palestinian dispute central to their identity. Duss: Rubin also serves as editor of the Middle East Quarterly , helping right-wing polemicist ...
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 12/18/2008 — Kevin Drum writes that
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This is a widely held view, and I'm as much ...
Obama's Middle East Advisers
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The Future of the Middle East
counterterrorismblog.org 11/19/2008 — Yesterday afternoon, the Washington Institute hosted Dr. Tom Fingar, the Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, as part of a speaker series we've been running with senior US government counterterrorism officials. Dr. Fingar gave a preview of the soon to be released report, "Global ...
Obama's Middle East Burden--and Opportunity
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/5/2009 — Longtime State Department Middle East specialist Aaron David Miller on the outlook there, and the test for Obama:
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