Isn’t this obvious? ====== By FOUAD AJAMI ‘U.N. 194″ is the slogan of the campaign to grant the Palestinians a seat at the United Nations, to recognize their authority as the 194th nation in that world body. This is the Palestinians’ second chance, for there was the session of the General Assembly in 1947 that addressed the question of Palestine, and the struggle... Read more
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Palestinian Statehood and the Lessons of Oslo
September 23 | Posted by mrossol | Middle EastOnce again, one of the better analysis of the situation… ============== “The deliberations at the U.N. are only theater, just another illusion.” By FOUAD AJAMI ‘U.N. 194″ is the slogan of the campaign to grant the Palestinians a seat at the United Nations, to recognize their authority as the 194th nation in that world body. This is the Palestinians’ second chance, for there was... Read more
Leading from Behind?
September 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle East, Obama, The LeftMr. Ajami almost always speaks with insight and sense… He here helps explain why Libya and Iraq are so different. ================= By FOUAD AJAMI On the face of it, the similarities of the undoing of the terrible regimes of Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gadhafi are striking. The spectacles of joy in Tripoli today recall the delirious scenes in Baghdad’s Firdos Square in 2003—the... Read more
Egyptians Turn Against Liberal Protesters
August 2 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Radical IslamEgyptians? Come on, WSJ. You can write a more accurate headline… “Islamists co opt ‘revolution’ for their own ends.” =========== By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV CAIRO—Mobs of ordinary Egyptians joined with soldiers to drive pro-democracy protesters from their encampment in Tahrir Square here Monday, showing how far the uprising’s early heroes have fallen in the eyes of the public. Six months after young, liberal activists helped... Read more
Egypt’s Islamists Rally for More Clout
July 31 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Radical Islam, ReligionCome on, moderates, we’re waiting… hoping… ====== CAIRO—Tens of thousands of people descended Friday on downtown Cairo in one of the largest Islamist demonstrations in Egypt’s history, an effort to show political unity among Muslim groups and challenge efforts to limit their power. More….
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Drop a Bomb or Two On the Pirates’ Den
June 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle EastDrop a Bomb or Two On the Pirates’ Den — Letters to the Editor – WSJ.com. In regard to Avi Jorisch’s excellent June 16 op-ed “Today’s Pirates Have Their Own Stock Exchange“: Of course it is infuriating to read how blatant the pirates’ criminality is. But Mr. Jorisch also makes us realize what an irrational contradiction the policy... Read more
