commentarymagazine.com - 5/29/2009
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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 ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 6/5/2009
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corner.nationalreview.com —
From an Israeli perspective, Pres. Barack Obama's speech
today in Cairo was deeply disturbing. Both rhetorically and...
programmatically, Obama's speech was a renunciation of America's strategic alliance with Israel. Rhetorically, Obama's sugar coated ...
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The End of America's Strategic Alliance with Israel?
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?
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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MICHAEL TOTTEN: The Mother Of All Myths: “The biggest problems in the Middle East – and Iran’s…
Instapundit —
... MICHAEL TOTTEN: The Mother Of All Myths: “The biggest problems in the Middle East – and Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons surely is one of them – have little or nothing to do with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” ...
The Mother of All Myths
Winds of Change.NET —
... five most serious problems aside from the Arab-Israeli conflict, only one – the war in Iraq – was caused in any way by Israel or the United States. And Israel is not involved in the war in Iraq. The other four – radical Islamism, the dearth of democracy outside Lebanon and Iraq, Iran’s push for regional hegemony, and the conflict between Sunnis and Shias – simply can’t be blamed on the United States, Israel, or the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Read the rest in Commentary Magazine.
Barcepundit (English edition) —
... THE MOTHER OF ALL MYTHS: That all the problems in the Middle East and Arab countries stem from what happens in Palestine and Israel. . ...
Reality check: "The Mother of All Myths"
Hyscience —
... that have nothing to do with the West Bank, Gaza, or anything else in the real world. His piece includes coments on Dennis Ross's book coming out next month that "inconveniently takes issue with the Obama Administration’s thesis of “linkage� between the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and all other Middle East conflicts" - "the idea that if only the Palestinian conflict were solved, all other Middle East conflicts would melt away,� and takes a look at the Middle East’s five most serious problems aside from the Arab-Israeli conflict: ...
The Council Has Spoken!
The Glittering Eye —
... The winning non-Council post was Commentary—Michael J. Totten’s “The Mother of All Myths”, which I nominated . Second place honors were shared by ...
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