Iran: Engagement, Finally
It's simply the most unadulterated good news to come out of this administration ever. Dare I say they've done something right?
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Nukes, Nukes, and (Maybe) Fewer Nukes?
Conn Hallinan | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
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The threat of nuclear proliferation will not end until all nations have given them up. And the danger of nuclear weapons will not disappear until the weak need no longer fear the strong.
Gulf Action-Reaction Cycle Could Spin to War
Joe Cirincione | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics
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It is no coincidence that Iran fired its salvo of 9 ballistic missiles on July 9 while the G-8 leaders in Japan were calling on Iran to suspend its uranium-enrichment program.
A Foreign Policy Success for Bush?!
John Feffer | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
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When the Bush-bashing comes from the likes of John Bolton, it's time to take a deep breath, get a firm grip on those jerking knees and give praise where praise is due.
My Conversation with Madeleine Albright: Let's Talk to Iran Just Like We Are with North Korea
Nathan Gardels | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
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The North Koreans want the sanctions associated with being on the terrorism list removed. The U.S. Congress won't remove those sanctions without verification. That is the way it ought to work.
Update: Axis of Evil
Sean Carman | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics
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The fact that North Korea can be accepted into the international community makes me think that the "Axis of Evil" was really the "Axis of the Dangerously Misguided."
Axis Of Evil Seeking New Members
236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics
With news that North Korea has been taken off the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism, it might be time for the Axis of Evil to hol...
Bush Waves a White Flag
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
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By removing North Korea from the list of terrorist supporting states and by lifting sanctions imposed on it for decades, Bush put a nail in the coffin of the neocon theory.
Jon Stewart Mocks Bush For Downgrading North Korea From Axis Of Evil: "What The Hell?...Now It's Just A Dot Of Evil?"
Huffington Post | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media
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On Thursday's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart mocked Still President Bush for downgrading North Korea out of the Axis of Evil. "Mr. President, you're goi...
Bush moves to take N.Korea off terrorism blacklist
AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — After months of stalling, North Korea offered a glimpse of its secretive nuclear program Thursday and was promptly rewarded by Pres...
Breaking: Bush Administration to Ask Congress on Thursday to Remove North Korea from Terror Watch List
Steve Clemons | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
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Rumors have been kicking around that this might be happening, but no administration officials would confirm until yesterday that this was finally decided.
The Real Food Crisis
John Feffer | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics
The current food crisis is an early warning, and it looks as though we're ignoring it -- there are ever more people to feed and a declining ability to feed them all.
American Democracy, LLC
Matthew-Lee Erlbach | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
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The US is kind of like a big corporation, taking over other companies -- countries -- and rebuilding them in its image. We install leaders, or CEOs, of these countries in the name of "Freedom."
When the Last Resort is the First Resort
Max Bergmann | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics
What is particularly scary about McCain's policy approach toward Iran and North Korea is that he is willing to go to war again without negotiating with them.
McCain's Nonproliferation Policy -- It's a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Jon Wolfsthal | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics
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John McCain's speech on nuclear weapons today seems to adopt the narrowest of lenses in dealing with nuclear weapons, and suggests he doesn't really get the complexity of these issues.
For a "Change-Turnout-New Voter" Election, Bill Richardson Should Be VP Choice
Paul Abrams | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics
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History tells us that few people vote for a ticket because of the vice-presidential candidate. However, Bill Richardson could change the electoral map -- now, and for two generations.
Speaking With The Enemy
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics
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If Bush and McCain want to assert that talking with enemies is appeasement, than virtually every American president--both Republican and Democratic--since WW11 is an appeaser.
Bush's Knessup
Michael A. Siegel | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics
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Dana Perino barely earned her salary with a laughable denial of any implied swipe at Obama's foreign policy platform, as there is no mistaking what her boss was trying to do.
Swift Boating Comes to Jerusalem
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics
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Because Bush has little to offer in the way of a new American Middle East strategy, he preyed on Israelis' worst fears. That's quite a birthday present to a nation that has endured so much.
Bush Uses Holy Land Pulpit to Launch Smear Campaign
Paul Begala | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics
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So deep is the president's cynicism that he would go on foreign soil to invoke history's greatest crime to condemn conduct he himself has engaged in. I am ashamed that such a man represents me.
Olympic Torch Run: Not a 'Bright and Colorful Day' in Both Koreas
David Flumenbaum | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
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In North Korea, where political dissent is as rare as an Internet connection, the world got a taste of how China had envisioned the torch procession at all of its stops -- quiet, calm and Communist.
Bush vs. Syria: Who's Telling the Truth?
Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
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Who do you believe? The Bush administration's statements on Syria's nuclear capabilities, or Syria's ambassador?
Cheney's Compulsive Obsession with Iraq WMDs & Syrian Nukes
Steve Clemons | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics
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A source reported to me yesterday that in the last two weeks, Cheney held forth at a meeting on Iraq WMDs and insisted that they were real and still out there.
Congress Sees Video Evidence Of Alleged Syrian Nuclear Facility
AP | PAMELA HESS and DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 04.24.2008 | Home
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WASHINGTON — The White House said Thursday that North Korea's secret work on a nuclear reactor with Syria was "a dangerous and potentially desta...
CIA To Describe North Korea-Syria Ties
LA Times | Paul Richter & Greg Miller | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics
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CIA officials will tell Congress on Thursday that North Korea had been helping Syria build a plutonium-based nuclear reactor, a U.S. official said, a ...
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