Epstein Secrets

ht for our economic interests. We intervene in the name of American values, an elastic rubric that can mean anything from halting a genocide to, in George W. Bush's expansive doctrine, promoting freedom. Senator John McCain, demanding American air strikes to help rebels topple the Syrian government of Bashar al

, promoting freedom. Senator John McCain, demanding American air strikes to help rebels topple the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad, adopts the Bush "freedom agenda" rationale: by halting suffering and helping overthrow tyranny, we earn some leverage with the victors, improving the odds that Sy

ar II; it was riding along enthusiastically with President Bush when he invaded Iraq. But public opinion puts a

n anything from halting a genocide to, in George W. Bush's expansive doctrine, promoting freedom. Se

an Melik Kaylan Article 4. The Daily Beast China's Great Leap Backward Niall Ferguson Article 5. NYT To Save Israel, Boycott the Settlements Peter Beinart Article 6. The Economist Morocco's reforms Article 7. NYT Your Brain on Fiction Annie Murphy Paul Antelc I. The National Interest Israel's G

el actually wanted.. sure he also remembers that President Bush (along with a series of presidents before him) f

er Iraq war — when the administration of George H.W. Bush demonstrating its commitment to Saudi Arabi

iddle East. In reference to a "contained" Iran, I would only note that Iran in 2009 was moving steadily toward nuclearization, and nothing that the Bush administration, in which Elliott served, had done seemed to be slowing Iran down. Flash forward to today—the Obama administration (with huge help

cause they are so galled to hear people like Dick Cheney and Bill Kristol lecturing anyone on Iraq. That's a mistake. While far less egregious than George W. Bush's errors, Obama's have been egregious enough. By ignoring Iraq, and refusing to defend democratic principles there, he has helped spawn the disaster

c Monthly No, President Obama Did Not Break the Middle East Jeffrey Goldberg Article 5. The Atlantic Obama's Disastrous Iraq Policy: An Autopsy Peter Beinart Article 6. The Huffington Post Time for America's Middle East Allies to Forge Their Own Destinies Sarwar Kashmeri Article I. NYT ISIS and SISI

everybody — including former president George W. Bush's brother, presidential candidate Jeb Bush — has

ost everybody — including former president George W. Bush's brother, presidential candidate Jeb Bush

"pretty well confirmed" that 9/11 mastermind Mohamed Atta met with senior Iraqi intelligence officials? Most everybody — including former president George W. Bush's brother, presidential candidate Jeb Bush — has come to acknowledge that, given the absence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the United State

acts has led some opponents of the deal to accuse proponents (including President Obama) of anti-Semitism. But as Lara Friedman, J.J. Goldberg, and Peter Beinart have made clear, this charge is absurd, even laughable. Among other things, it appears a majority of American Jews support the deal — and so do plen

been increased U.S. funding for Israeli defense programs, the bulk of which comes from Mr. Obama maintaining a 10- year commitment made by President George W. Bush to Israel's government in 2007. But a key element of Israel's security is deterrence. That deterrence rests on many parts, including the perceptio

a 10- year commitment made by President George W. Bush to Israel's government in 2007. But a key eleme

ng a 10- year commitment made by President George W. Bush to Israel's government in 2007. But a key

e, with the occupation of the Palestinian territories—the subjugation of Palestinian men, women, and children—that has lasted for forty-five years. Peter Beinart, in a forthcoming and passionately argued polemic, "The Crisis of Zionism," is just the latest critic to point out that a profoundly anti-democrati

lessly unsentimental view of the world. While Netanyahu and the gerontocrats of the American Jewish establishment yearn for a return to the days of George W. Bush, Fayyad has developed a strategy for the post-American age. He knows that if Netanyahu continues to EFTA00586644 13 entrench the occupation and

ment yearn for a return to the days of George W. Bush, Fayyad has developed a strategy for the post-Am

ishment yearn for a return to the days of George W. Bush, Fayyad has developed a strategy for the po

Makovsky Wall Street Journal Israel Will Never Have Peace Bret Stephens Article 3. Article 4. The Daily Beast Israel's Palestinian Arab Spring Peter Beinart Article 5. The Weekly Standard How Did this Nakba Day Differ from All Other Nakba Days? Elliott Abrams Article 6. Article 7. Wall Street Journa

Billy, 10, 13-14, 34, 86, 96, 161 Bush, George H. W., 26, 27, 34, 126 Bush, George W., 16, 27, 44, 82,

er. He knew the war was cursed and, knowing that, felt no need to know more. He put the responsibility for it on two of his favorite people to blame: Bush and Obama. For Bannon, Afghanistan represented one more failure of establishment thinking. More precisely, it represented the establishment’s inabil

red to fight. Bannon had compiled a list of “China hawks” that crossed political lines, going from the Breitbart gang, to former New Republic editor Peter Beinart—who regarded Bannon only with scorn—and orthodox liberal-progressive stalwart Robert Kuttner, the editor of the small, public policy magazine America

e plugged neatly into their existing worldview. W. PROFESSIONALS Q MAY BE ANONYMOUS, but leaders of

I asked Harger whether there's any evidence to support the a assassination claim, he flipped my question around: "Is there any evidence not to?" [Peter Beinart: Trump's fisy world got him into this] Reading Shock's Facebook page is an exercise in contradictions, a toggling between banality and hostility.

Daniel Byman Article 4. Bloomberg Why Palestinians Have Time on Their Side Jeffrey Goldberg Ace >| The Daily Beast The Palestinian Right to Dream Peter Beinart Article ®.’ Asharg Al-Awsat Hamas' Gaza strongman criticizes Khalid Meshal Article 7. Military Review An Old Man’s Thoughts on War and Peace Edwa

k — the major settlements — and give up land elsewhere. This was also the position of Ehud Barak, Israel’s prime minister during the late 1990s. The Bush administration did not have a different position, as statements from the president and Condoleezza Rice make clear. Here is George W. Bush in 2008: “

the late 1990s. The Bush administration did not have a different position, as statements from the president and Condoleezza Rice make clear. Here is George W. Bush in 2008: “I believe that any peace agreement between them will require mutually agreed adjustments to the armistice lines of 1949 to reflect current