walt.foreignpolicy.com - 1/8/2009
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Courtesy of Philip Weiss's blog, here is another thought experiment from New America Foundation's Daniel Levy. Note: it's not a transcript; it is Weiss's summary of a portion of a conference call that Levy conducted two days ago: [Levy] said: We all hear, oh, the U.S. would do the same thing ...
thestar.com - 1/14/2009
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Bruce Campion-Smith Les Whittington OTTAWA BUREAU OTTAWA–Canada stood
alone before a United Nations human rights council yesterday,...
the only one among 47 nations to oppose a motion condemning the Israeli military offensive in Gaza. The vote before the ...
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bloomberg.com - 1/11/2009
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Obama to Visit Canada in First International Trip
as President By Edwin Chen Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) --...
President-elect Barack Obama will visit Canada in his first international trip as president, his transition office said. Obama “looks forward to his ...
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Friends Don't Let Friends
Obsidian Wings —
... Speaking of which, Stephen Walt offers this bit on the mutually detrimental nature of the United States' almost unconditional support for Israel, and the benefits to each party that have resulted from the leadership of the supposed special relationship heretics. In many ways, it describes my frustration with the warped "pro-Israel"/"anti-Semite" dichotomy that is inevitably applied to any discussion of the policies of Israel's government: ...
The Same Old Change
Antiwar.com Original —
... on American politics in a way that, say, US actions in South Asia, Africa, or South and Central America normally would not. The realists aren't alone in their experimentalism. Weiss reports on a conference call in which Daniel Levy, of the New America Foundation, said: "We all hear, oh, the U.S. would do the same thing if Canada or Mexico were firing rockets at us. We would have a duty to respond. And yes, I think, Israel has a duty to respond, Levy said. "But then he went on to explode that analogy, and get at the core issue: Lack of Political Sovereignty. Canada and ...
The missing part of Walt’s thought experiment
Yourish.com —
... to that narrow enclave known as the Gaza Strip. Then imagine that a group of hardline Orthodox Jews took over control of that territory and organized a resistance movement.
It goes on. Soccer Dad pointed out that it’s obvious that Walt knows nothing about Judaism. He doesn’t even know much about religious Jews, as they are the ones who generally do not fight—studying Torah is considered their highest calling.
Walt further defends himself with this quote:
But then he went on to explode that analogy, ...
Oh No He Di’in’t!
The Poor Man Institute —
... and utterly dysfunctional relationship with Israel - the land whose government is beyond reproach. Such that it’s leaders can yank a chain and pull our President off the podium, instruct him to publically humiliate his Secretary of State by pulling the rug out from under her and then, get this, brag about it openly days later. Without consequences. ...
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Blame Canada
corner.nationalreview.com 1/14/2009 — I felt a touch of the Michelle Obamas coming on upon reading this news:
Canada stood alone before a United Nations human rights council yesterday, the only one among 47 nations to oppose a motion condemning the Israeli military offensive in ...
Will Canada see its first white Christmas since '71?
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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com 2/14/2009 — A Canadian reader writes: Drum and Zakaria are busy applauding us Canadians for our financial foresight. While it is true that the relative lack of leverage in the financial system was a good thing, it is also true that the Canadian economy tends ...
Wormtongues
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Obama's Canada Trip: Can He Undo Bush's Damage?
tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2009: 2/18/2009 —
OTTAWA -- When then-U.S. President George W. Bush took office in 2001, he chose Mexico instead of Canada for his first foreign visit, and relations with Canada suffered throughout his presidency. To heap the decline of Canada-U.S. relations entirely at the feet of his decision to go ...
MIG: Mexico Travel Alert
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Service and country
toyoufromfailinghands.blogspot.com 12/3/2008 — In a message to two members of Parliament - one Conservative and one Liberal - a retired Vice-Admiral has written (posted with permission): Gentlemen, As you both may be aware I contributed financially towards your recent re-election - not because of ...
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