Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address U.S. legislators today. He will, no doubt, tell members of Congress that he supports a two-state solution, but his support will be predicated on four negative principles: no to Israel's full withdrawal to the 1967...
Monday: 12 Iraqis Killed, 44 Wounded
Obama Troop Surge Decision Ignored Pak-Taliban Ties
The unilateral U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden created a spike in mutual recriminations between U.S. and Pakistani politicians, but their fundamental conflict of interest over Afghanistan was already driving the two countries toward serious confrontation. The...
The Lobby Takes the Offensive
When the President of the United States reiterated longstanding American policy in the Middle East – that the borders of Israel and a Palestinian state must be based on the 1967 borders, give or take a few land swaps here and there – was he really “not surprised,” as...
Sunday: 29 Iraqis, 2 US Soldiers Killed; 108 Iraqis Wounded
Saturday: 9 Iraqis Killed, 9 Wounded
Obama Should Follow His Own Advice on the ‘Moral Force’ of Non-Violence
Given that President Obama daily authorizes the firing of hellfire missiles and the dropping of cluster bombs in places such as Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen, it was awful odd seeing him wax eloquent this week about the "moral force of non-violence" in...
How Dare They Bomb Pakistan, That’s Our Job
The hypocrisy is unspeakable. This morning (13th May), 80 Pakistani citizens are dead. These were not terrorists, nor warlords, but harmless civilians who, not for a second, posed a threat to society. The vile attacks in the northwest Pakistan district of Chardassa...
Friday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 19 Wounded
The Wrath of Shiva
With Osama bin Laden dead, and the al-Qaeda organization in disarray, the new enemy of the moment is Pakistan – a target Barack Obama had in his sights even before taking office. A recent piece in the New Yorker – that bellwether of elite Obama-bot opinion...


