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"NOT CUT OUT TO BE POTUS"?
Did anyone vet John McCain? Certainly, the media has not looked into his background. He was of course a POW. And there is a good chance that Senator McCann will die early. There were over 600 POW… more →
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Israeli settlements on the West Bank
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cabalamat wrote 6 months ago: Clinton says no more settlement building: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said there must … more →
The Saga of Sepharda ሰፕሃርዳ .. by Debra Katz
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ብልልይ ። ግምብለ (Billy Gambela) wrote 7 months ago: THE SAGA OF SEPHARDA by Debra Katz Working Theory in Progress of How Ashkenazi and Sephardi … more →
Does Britain have a special relationship with the USA? No.
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cabalamat wrote 9 months ago: Jackart says yes (my emphasis): I think the snubbing of Gordon Brown is just that – evidence t … more →
The coming Middle East
cabalamat wrote 9 months ago: Marc Lynch (aka Abu Aardvark) writes: The top story in today’s online version of the leading p … more →
Who will win the Gaza fighting? Al-Qaida
cabalamat wrote 10 months ago: Marc Lynch says that al-Qaida is likely to be one of the main beneficiaries of the fighting in Gaza: … more →
"NOT CUT OUT TO BE POTUS"?
wmmbb wrote 1 year ago: Did anyone vet John McCain? Certainly, the media has not looked into his background. He was of cours … more →
TEHRAN HANGINGS
wmmbb wrote 1 year ago: The BBC reports that 29 people were killed by hanging for various crimes in Tehran on Sunday Morning … more →
ISRAEL'S FRIEND
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wmmbb wrote 1 year ago: Barack Obama has succeeded in disappointing some of this supporters. It has to be wondered who is ma … more →
WINNING WAR?
wmmbb wrote 1 year ago: Historian Howard Zinn says nobody wins in war, and then recounts the recent history of American wars … more →
CHECKMATE IRAN
wmmbb wrote 1 year ago: I just hope that Scott Ritter’s analysis, via Truthdig, is correct. He basically argues that t … more →
THE STATE OF AFGHANISTAN
wmmbb wrote 1 year ago: I am always suitably impressed when I hear vaunted foreign correspondents give the official story wi … more →
AFGHANISTAN CONFUSION
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wmmbb wrote 1 year ago: Another Australian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, and unfortunately that is a predictable o … more →
WAR CRIMES PROSECUTION
wmmbb wrote 1 year ago: The International Criminal Court, or Cour Penale Internationale, has been active since July, 2002. W … more →
SAVING BURMA
wmmbb wrote 1 year ago: The earthquake in China and the cyclone in Burma are tragic events for the people involved, as they … more →
WHO, WHAT, WHY
wmmbb wrote 1 year ago: Such is the enduring glory of Australian Parliamentary Democracy and the the bipartisan consensus th … more →
Hizbullah versus Lebanon
cabalamat wrote 1 year ago: I’m at a loss over who I’d like to see win in the recent fighting between Hizbullah and … more →
AFGHANISTAN AGAIN
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wmmbb wrote 1 year ago: As it happens my nephew served in Afghanistan for a tour of duty before he left the service, so that … more →
RUDD AT BROOKINGS
wmmbb wrote 1 year ago: ABC News Online carried a report today relating to Prime Minister Rudd’s speech to the Brookin … more →
WAR DECLARED?
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wmmbb wrote 1 year ago: According to this article in Japan Focus by John McGlynn (via Empire Burlesque), the American Govern … more →
