Foreign Policy
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ANTARA News: House member: priority in diplomacy with Malaysia right step
www.antaranews.com via @antara_en &bull YesterdayJakarta (ANTARA News) - A member of the House of Representatives of the Democrat Party faction, Sutan Bhatoegana, praised President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono`s decision to place diplomacy first in dealing with problems with Malaysia. "If we are waging a war,… Full Story »
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Libertarians: Obama is shockingly pro-war
www.smallgovtimes.com via @Carydc &bull YesterdayPresident Obama needs to stop lying. In his speech, he repeated the ridiculous and false claim that the U.S. combat mission is over in Iraq. He seems to think that if he keeps talking about the war in a nice… Full Story »
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What's Behind Carly Fiorina's Labor Day Jaunt to Israel?
The Atlantic: Politics &bull Yesterday
On the heels of a heated television debate with Sen. Barbara Boxer last night, Carly Fiorina is flying to Israel for the long weekend. Her campaign describes the visit as a "personal trip" and not a political statement. The Republican Jewish Coalition, which is sponsoring the trip, declined… Full Story »
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Apparently Obama remains pro-war
Examiner Politics Channel Articles &bull Yesterday
President Obama needs to stop lying. In his speech, he repeated the ridiculous and false claim that the U.S. combat mission is over in Iraq. He seems to think that if he keeps talking about the war in a nice… Full Story »
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Missing Bush even more these days
New York Post - Capitol Punishment &bull Yesterday
It's a good thing President Obama had nice things to say about President Bush in his Iraq speech this week; because according to a new poll, more and more Americans wish the previous occupant of the White House were still… Full Story »
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Hope grows, realism prevails in talks
CNN - Politics &bull Yesterday
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hosting direct talks Thursday between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. I am hopeful -- cautiously hopeful, but hopeful -- that we can achieve the goal that all four of these leaders articulated," Obama said before the dinner. Direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians broke down in December 2008, shortly before Israel launched an offensive against Hamas in Gaza. Israel said it was responding to shelling from Hamas militants in Gaza. The offensive killed between 1,100 and 1,400 Palestinians, according to various… Full Story »
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The dead in Israel
The Hill - Pundit Blog &bull Yesterday
Of the four Jews who were murdered in Israel last week, three were members of Manhigut Yehudit, a group of deeply religious Jews who are part of a leadership group in Israel with, in their words, "authentic Jewish values." Like… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Foreign Policy
- Barack Obama
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Forcing a logical end to a messy war in Iraq - The Irish Times - Thu, Sep 02, 2010
www.irishtimes.com via @OrganicLoudoun &bull YesterdayUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama tried to end the Iraq war on Tuesday night in the same manner his predecessor started it 7 years before him, with a nationwide televised address from the Oval Office. It was an ambivalent and awkward exercise for Obama, who opposed not only the war but the 2007 surge that was partially responsible for turning it around. For 18 minutes, the people of American watched the antiwar Democrat turned commander-in-chief struggle to impose a logic and narrative on a messy and inconclusive conflict. With the US still maintaining… Full Story »
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Middle East peace talks - LIVE
Guardian Unlimited &bull Yesterday
Follow all the diplomatic activity as Israel and Palestine hold Middle East peace talks in Washington DC - live 10.33am: Now Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu is speaking. "We have to get from disagreement to agreement, that's a big task," says Netanyahu,… Full Story »
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How is US foreign policy dealing with terrorism?
Examiner Politics Channel Articles &bull Yesterday
It was George Bush who declared a new American foreign policy when he said: "either you are with us or with the terrorists". This phrase implied some facts. First of all, it's a direct threat to the countries who actually suffer from the existence of some terrorist groups, even if the civilians have got nothing to do with them. Secondly, it divides our world to 2 parties; either you are… Full Story »
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Avoiding a Tempest in the South China Sea
Council on Foreign Relations &bull Yesterday
Foreign Policy Specialists Assess Obama's Trip to Asia By Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Over the past decade, dating back to the end of the Asian financial crisis, China has drastically expanded its international presence, including in Latin America, Africa, and Central Asia. But China's rising global power--both soft and hard--has been felt first in Southeast Asia, a region seen by some Chinese strategists as equivalent to Latin America in the U.S. Monroe Doctrine. As a result, the region likely will prove the first real test of whether the United States and China can manage China's rise. Can the two powers… Full Story »
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The War's End
The American Prospect &bull YesterdayUS Army soldiers outside an Iraqi police station during a joint operation with Iraqi security forces, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. America's military misadventure in Iraq comes to an end this week, with Tuesday's official declaration of an end to combat operations and a handover of authority to the Iraqi government. It's a strange end -- neither victory nor defeat -- to a war made all the more strange since it's not entirely clear what's ending here. Combat troops will be gone, but tens of thousands of other troops will remain for at least 18 months. These are armed soldiers, in… Full Story »
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Don't just turn the page, close the book on Iraq war
Examiner Politics Channel Articles &bull Yesterday
It's time do more than just "turn the page" on America's foreign wars. We should close the book and put it pack on the shelf, said potential Libertarian presidential candidate R. Lee Wrights in response to President Obama's address to the nation Tuesday night. President Obama said he was announcing that… Full Story »
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Mainstream US Media Criticized for Ignoring Positive Developments in Africa
Voice of America &bull Yesterday
The president and CEO of the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa says that important stories about Africa continue to feature less prominently in mainstream American media outlets. The Africa Society is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that strives to educate Americans about the richness and diversity of Africa,… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Foreign Policy
- Barack Obama
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TRANSCRIPT: FOX News Interview with Defense Secretary Robert Gates by James Rosen
Fox News Politics &bull YesterdayROSEN: That's not a commitment, then. You've obviously just come from this change-of-command ceremony. I know that this is an important transitional moment for the United States and Iraq. I know it's not an abrupt moment; it's rather a culmination of a transfer of security responsibilities to the Iraqis. The question I have for you on this day about Iraq is: Should the American experience in Iraq permanently discredit the concept of regime change as a tool of American foreign policy? GATES: I think it should cause us to be very cautious. If it has taught us anything, it has… Full Story »
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Mideast peace talks to resume in Washington
CNN - Barack Obama &bull Yesterday
Washington (CNN) -- Direct peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians will start Thursday as President Obama urged both sides to come up with a peaceful solution to the long-running Mideast conflict. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to… Full Story »
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The due bill comes later: Kevin O'Brien
Cleveland.com Politics &bull YesterdayThey have to pay for the Iraq and Afghanistan War too. How come you have not come out and written an article against our infinite wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Make no mistake about it. Even though combat troops left… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Socialism
- Foreign Policy
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The economics of war
LA Times-Commentary &bull Yesterday
President Obama's speech on the end of formal combat in Iraq made a case for subjecting future decisions - about war, or troop strength in Afghanistan, or the size of the Defense budget - to more stringent economic analysis. President Obama declared an end to the U.S. combat role in Iraq this week, but his speech didn't include the word victory. One reason is that the U.S. combat role isn't entirely over; 50,000 American troops are still in Iraq, and some of them probably will be… Full Story »
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The Iraq War's Damage to US-Japan Relations
www.panorientnews.com via @dav1son &bull YesterdayBy Peter Ennis The official end of US combat operations in Iraq has prompted a surge in commentaries on the impact of the war, none more important than Anne Applebaum's in the Washington Post on August 30. The price, she rightly says, has been "much higher than we usually admit." In the realm of foreign policy, Applebaum argues that the war severely damaged "America's reputation for effectiveness," and undermined "America's ability to organize a coalition." Specific examples cited: Participation in the Iraq War cost Tony Blair his reputation, lost an election for… Full Story »
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After a 7 Year War and Over 4,000 Soldiers Dead the Question is: Is Iraq and the World Better Off? - BCNN1
blackchristiannews.com via @bcnn1 &bull YesterdayThe emotion that grips me this morning, after watching President Obama's speech last night and listening to the commentary about the "end of our combat mission in Iraq," is a deep sadness. Even in the Oval Office speech last night, the mission of the war in Iraq still wasn't made clear -- and it never was. This was a war started on a false pretext -- that… Full Story »
