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Tag: Middle East

April 17, 2017 Demosthenes

America’s Neoconservative & Liberal Hawkishness

I come not to praise resurgent neoconservative power but to bury Donald Trump’s lurching approach to foreign policy. For many of us who had

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June 2, 2015 Demosthenes

Let’s Move Palestine Out of Palestine because… GOD

Mike Huckabee is a fruit cake but at least he’s an honest one. Speaking to Arutz Sheva TV on Sunday, Huckabee called for the

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May 12, 2015 Demosthenes

The USA doesn’t owe its damned allegiance to Israel or Saudi Arabia

In an Economist.com article on a scheduled summit between American and the six members of the Gulf Co-operation Council on May 13th and 14th,

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Muslim American Flag by Christopher Batchelder, May 2012
March 12, 2015 Locke

American(ized) #Islam

Culture and religion, no matter how universal we may want to view the latter’s principles, are inexorably tied. Islam strives to be a religion

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October 20, 2014 Demosthenes

India’s Pragmatism – Staying the Frak Out of the Middle East

In a provocative essay in Foreign Affairs, Shashank Joshi lays out the reasons why India has, by and large, stayed out of Middle Eastern

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March 7, 2013 Demosthenes

Making South America the new Middle East

or… Amurrica, FUCK YEAH! The Middle East is passé. The USA is getting the hillel outta Iraq and Afghanistan and all the better says

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August 9, 2012 Locke

Redrawing the Middle East

I’ve been trying to get my mind around a 2006 article in the Armed Forces Journal that I recently came across. The post, entitled

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December 26, 2004 Correspondence

Turkiye – Day 10

This morning is my 10th day in Istanbul and I’m still having a blast! I’ve been to most of the major sites including the

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December 19, 2004 Correspondence

Turkiye – Juxtaposition

I’m having a blast in Istanbul, just taking a break from sightseeing right now.  The weather my first two days was really good but

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December 14, 2004 Correspondence

Turkiye – Mehraba

 It’s about 12.14 pm on my third day in Istanbul. I spent most of my first day walking around the old part of town

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