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Entries by Eric Margolis from 12/2010

Realpolitik Is Not a Pretty Sight

| Posted 12.06.2010 | Politics
Read More: NIE Iran, Egypt, Wikileaks, Israel, Afghanistan Drugs and Corruption, Iran Nuclear, US Foreign Relations, Politics News

Sound foreign policy should be built on the conflict of thesis, antithesis, and the resulting synthesis. When every diplomat sings from the same script, something is very wrong.

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America: Helpless Giant

| Posted 12.14.2010 | World
Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Barack Obama, World News

By caving in to Israel's hard right over the West Bank, Obama sends a message of profound weakness to the rest of the world. He is signaling Israel's decisive influence in shaping America's Mideast policy.

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Please Mr. President! Some Truth About Afghanistan

| Posted 12.20.2010 | Politics
Read More: Wikileaks, Cia, Safe Havens, Pakistan, Afghan Drug Trade, Taliban, Afghanistan, Baluchi, Karzai, Nie, Politics News

The Pentagon is in something of a panic over America's longest war. How can a bunch of lightly-armed mountain tribesmen in turbans fighting only part-time battle the world's most powerful armed forces to a standstill?

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Koreans Edge Closer to Disaster

| Posted 12.27.2010 | World
Read More: Guam, Okinawa, South Korean Armed Forces, Demilitarised Zone, North Korean Armed Forces, South Korea, North Korea, World News

Military forces in both Koreas, China's northeast, Japan, and Russia's Far East are on high alert; so are US forces in the region. But chances still are against full scale conflict, because both sides have so much to lose.

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