Epstein Secrets

having helped foment an image of Israeli obstinacy, the Obama administration was now using this image of isolation against Israel's government. Mr. Panetta's criticism was promptly endorsed by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a harsh critic of Israel, who said Mr. Panetta was "correct in hi

rsaries must view this deterrence capability in recent months: October 2011: Speaking to reporters traveling with him to Israel, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta raised provocative questions about Israel. "Is it enough to maintain a military edge if you're isolating yourself in the diplomatic arena?" This c

and occupation could hope to accomplish that, and not even the most fervent anti-Iranian hawks are talking about that kind of enormous undertaking. Panetta's estimate that an aerial assault would set back the Iranian nuclear program by only one or two years is in line with many other assessments. Meanw

Iran's Clerics Want to Goad Israel Into an Attack Aram Roston Article 4. The Weekly Standard Obama at AIPAC: Determined ... to Win Their Votes Elliott Abrams Article 5. Washington Monthly We Can Live with a Nuclear Iran Paul Pillar Article 6. The New Yorker Threatened David Remnick EFTA00630407 An

e Iranian nuclear program does not make one a warmongering neoconservative, and actually extends even to Christians. Yesterday Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said, "The United States does not want Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. That's a red line for us and that's a red line, obviously, for the Israeli

i 21 December, 2011 Article 1. Weekly Standard Blaming the Jews—Again Elliott Abrams Article 2. The National Interest A New Hamas in the Making? Bilal Y. Saab Article 3. NYT The End, for Now Thomas L. Friedman Article 4. The Wash

that time, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, CIA Director David Petraeus, Joint Chi=fs Chairman Martin Dempsey, and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. His las=-minute decision in August 2013 not to strike Syria after its use of chemi=al weapons was popular in the Pentagon and with the public, but

bout or intentions to negotiate a broad rapprochement with the Islamic Republic, and will hel= those nations that are resisting Iranian misconduct. Elliott Abrams is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreig= Relations and was a deputy national security advisor in the George W. Bus= administration. =/span> Ar