© Amber Butler Someone I don’t know sent me this comic that she had drawn. It is not only quite good, but came at a time when I’ve been having conversations with various people about what is going on in the Middle East (mostly Gaza, Israel, Syria, Iraq, and Iran). About the only thing we […]
Last week, televangelist Pat Robertson went off on George W. Bush for selling us a “bill of goods” to justify the invasion of Iraq. When asked on his show if there was a solution to the current rise of violence in Iraq, he responded: Right now, what we did — and it was a great […]
© Jeff Danziger Saddam Hussain was our friend before he became our enemy. The Reagan administration even supplied him with weapons and lied about it. And they looked the other way when Hussain used chemical weapons – the same weapons we would later use as an excuse to invade Iraq.
The “Party of No” is at it again. Republicans loudly denounced the deal that the Obama administration had negotiated with Iran, even before they had any idea of what was in it. The first denunciation came around five minutes after it was first leaked that a deal had been been struck, and hours before there […]
Months of intense negotiations have resulted in an historic agreement with Iran that signals a “game-changing rapprochement that would reduce the risk of a wider Middle East war“. Iran has agreed to place strict limits on their nuclear activities and submit to increased inspections. In return, the US — along with France, Germany, Britain, China, […]
© Matt Bors Sometimes I think the pundits are trying to make up for the fact that 10 years ago they were pressing their lips against the neo-cons’ asses so hard they couldn’t see what a disaster Iraq was going to be. This time around, they are critical of everything. Like, OMG, we found a […]
© David Horsey The one thing we do know for sure is that no matter what Obama does about Syria, the Republicans will attack him for it. Ironically, because Obama has no really good options, at least from a political viewpoint, this means that he can pick the option that he actually believes is the […]
Here’s a story you probably haven’t heard about. The US cuts off all funding for UNESCO even though they are doing work that benefits us. I love the multiple levels of irony. What is it about the Arab-Israeli conflict that has us so blinded? UPDATE: The Atlantic has an interesting article about the Daily show […]
© Jack Ohman I guess it could be worse — they could be just making shit up to justify going to war, like we did in 2003.
© Tom Toles When Newt Gingrich called the Palestinians an “invented people” who had never had their own homeland I was flummoxed. After all, we “Americans” are an invented people, as are almost all modern Arab nations (with the exception of Egypt and Morocco). And while it may be technically true that no Arabs called […]
On Thursday, Obama gave a speech where he called for Israel to return to its border lines as drawn before the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. It didn’t take long for the Republican attack machine to swing into action, with fierce criticism coming from Mike Huckabee and Representative Allen West. Presidential contender Mitt Romney condemned Obama, saying […]
You might know the term “Flippin’ the bird”, but I want to call this “Flippin’ the Newt”: Newt Gingrich on March 7, on what he would do in Libya: Exercise a no-fly zone this evening, communicate to the Libyan military that Gadhafi was gone and that the sooner they switch sides, the more like they […]
[reprinted from Political Relief. Thanks Chris!] Libya Darling and Keep the Oil Flowing For a country that did something truly revolutionary 235 years ago and is rightfully proud of it, our reactions to the recent protests in the Arab world would leave all but the most cynical person scratching their heads. Libya is the latest […]
© Keith Tucker Thom Hartmann has more to say about this. UPDATE: An interesting insider’s view of what is really happening in Egypt.
© Clay Bennett Jon Stewart has a funny clip on the changing American position on the situation in Egypt.
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