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michaeltotten.com - 7/7/2009

The Real Quagmire in the Middle East

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The Middle East is a hard place for idealists, especially for the Western liberal variety. My feelings of optimism for the region have been ground down over time like rocks under slow-moving glacial ice. Last time I visited Israel, at the end of the Gaza war this past January, I met ...

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lynch.foreignpolicy.com - 7/5/2009

Say it ain't so, Joe

— lynch.foreignpolicy.com — It's hard to tell exactly what Joe Biden was trying to say this morning on "This Week"... with George Stephanopolous. But his remarks are being widely interpreted as a green light for an Israeli strike on Iran. If that isn't the case, ... (more) Say it ain't so, Joe

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breitbart.com - 7/7/2009

US not giving Israel 'green light' to attack Iran

— breitbart.com — The Obama administration poured cold water Monday on any notion it is giving Israel the green light... to attack Iran or that it is reconsidering plans to engage diplomatically with the Islamic republic. Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview ... (more) US not giving Israel 'green light' to attack Iran

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washingtontimes.com - 7/7/2009

EXCLUSIVE: Israel declines to ask U.S. to OK Iran attack

— washingtontimes.com — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top deputies have not formally asked for U.S. aid or permission... for possible military strikes on Iran's nuclear program, fearing the White House would not approve, two Israeli officials said. One senior ... (more) EXCLUSIVE: Israel declines to ask U.S. to OK Iran attack

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Michael Totten: The Real Quagmire in the Middle East
Victory Caucus -- All Content — ... conflict will be resolved any time soon, but I notice from reading your work that you seem slightly less pessimistic than me. Goldberg: (Laughs.) MJT: My view is pretty bleak and yours is slightly less so. And I’m wondering if you can map a way out that’s realistic. Goldberg: I think there’s a great opportunity right now for a Sunni-Jewish convergence. The Sunni Arab states and Israel have, for the first time, a common adversary. There’s some promise in that. If the Israel read ...

Totten Interviews Goldberg
Little Green Footballs — Michael Totten talks with the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg about The Real Quagmire in the Middle East. MJT: You have talked to Hamas people. Should the Israelis or Americans talk to them? Goldberg: I don’t know what they’d get out of it. MJT: What did you get out of it when you did it? Goldberg: A first-hand understanding of how they think. People in the United States find it hard to understand how people in Hamas and Hezbollah think. It’s alien. It’s alien to us. The feverish racism and conspiracy ...

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Totten And Goldberg
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Two of the smartest minds on the subject discuss the Israel-Palestine quagmire.

The Real Quagmire in the Middle East
Winds of Change.NET — ... I spoke with him a few weeks ago in Washington D.C. MJT: You don't seem particularly optimistic that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be resolved any time soon, but I notice from reading your work that you seem slightly less pessimistic than me. Goldberg: (Laughs.) MJT: My view is pretty bleak and yours is slightly less so. And I'm wondering if you can map a way out that's realistic. Read the rest at MichaelTotten.com  

Totten: Arguing for Uncertainty (with Demagogues)
Little Green Footballs — ... Jeffrey Goldberg, also at The Atlantic, agrees. I interviewed him here recently, too. “Anyone who acts like they’ve figured out the entire Middle East doesn’t know anything,” ...