munaeem | 09 December, 2006 19:50
Beirut, and its suburbs, along with the whole of Lebanon are again in the spotlight of the Anglo-American agenda in the Middle East, which is part of a broader U.S. sponsored geopolitical agenda entitled the Project for a “New Middle East.”
munaeem | 09 December, 2006 15:26
munaeem | 09 December, 2006 15:15
While the departure of Rumsfield and Bolton from the political scene, the bipartisan Baker and Hamilton report, and the frank talk of Jimmy Carter are all signs that Americans are finally beginning to realize that Israel is a liability and not an asset to their global interests
Posted by: Alex Johnson, Montreal Canada
| It is self-defying for Mr. Daoud Kuttab the author of the above article to cry "cruel Zionist oppression" when he lives in Ramallah and has the freedom to write against the government (of Israel) with impunity, which he wouldn't have in VIRTUALLY ANY ARAB state. |
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munaeem | 09 December, 2006 13:29
Failure to understand and to take into account the conflict between Shiites and Sunnis has been devastating to America�s Middle East policy. We had better focus on the issue now before it�s too late. The stakes are large, including control of the oil which is the lifeblood of United States and European democracies.
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munaeem | 09 December, 2006 13:20
From the outset, I said that there were three conditions that had to be met for the ISG to be successful. The report's recommendations had to be substantial and far reaching, they had to be embraced by the Administration, and Congress could not play politics with the effort. It appears that the first of these three conditions has been met. I'm not at all sure about the second, and signs are not promising.
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munaeem | 09 December, 2006 12:56
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Since day one of Israel's existence, its number one foreign policy objective has been to provoke a war between the United States and the Arab world. Only in this way, the Israelis concluded, can Israel be guaranteed in the form desired, that of course being an aggressive expansionist state.
When in 1954 the US and Egypt were having some friendly talks, Israel responded by bombing US facilities in Egypt, with a goal that Egyptians be blamed. This failed as the Israelis were caught and this became known in Israel as the Lavon Affair.
Later, Israel managed to make the US a partner in crime and US troops were sent into Lebanon to relieve Israeli troops and to guarantee an Israeli-installed regime in Beirut. The invasion itself had been green-lighted by the neocon-infested Reagan Administration, neocons whose devotion to Israel is legendary. Eventually, this US involvement in a war on behalf of Israel led to the Marine barracks bombing, causing US outrage at Arabs and cries for revenge.
In 1991, the US destroyed Iraq as Israel wanted in order to maintain a regional WMD monopoly. Saddam had to be destroyed as he said on April 1 1990, "If they attack us, fire will eat half of Israel", and as GW Bush and the rest of the Christian right say, "He who curses them (the Israelis) shall be cursed".
Finally, on September 11 2001, Benjamin Netanyahu famously said "It's very good" when asked to describe the shocking and grim events. Indeed it was to him, it was the culmination of 50 years of Israeli policy, a very satisfying result.