Epstein Secrets

specting Your Defender Gershom Gorenberg March 24, 2014 -- Moshe Ya'alon thinks that President Barack Obama is a wimp and that Secretary of State John Kerry is mentally incompetent. If Ya'alon were a GOP senator, this wouldn't be worthy of comment. He'd be doing what has come to be the job of Republican

r charm offensive. In January, the mass-circulation daily Yediot Aharonot published leaks from conversations in which the defense minister attacked Kerry's efforts to negotiate a two-state agreement in general, and in particular his proposal for security arrangements between Israel and the Palestinia

t require him to accept Saudi complaints. However, he needs to show that he has no illusions about the Iranians, spelling out that we know what the Quds Force is doing and the steps the U.S. will to take to counter it. For example, intercepting clandestine Iranian arms shipments would show we mean what w

ke Syria after its use of chemi=al weapons was popular in the Pentagon and with the public, but clearly went against advice from Secretary of Sta=e John Kerry. 10 EFTA_R1_02111348 EFTA02708701 In June 2013 the ad=inistration announ=ed the provision of some ai= to the rebels, but from all evidence littl

went against advice from Secretary of Sta=e John Kerry. 10 EFTA_R1_02111348 EFTA02708701 In June 20

clear weapon but will not stop Washington from confronting Iranian subversion and aggression—such as it= sending hundre=s of Revolutionary Guard an= Quds Force combatants and advisers to Syria. There are many susp=cions in the region that a "grand bargain" between the United St=tes and Iran is still in the

with se=urity -- he sits and talks positively about Iran when they just took 10 of our Na=y sailors," he said after the speech. Secretary of State John Kerry told CNN's Dana Bash that he expected the sailors to be released "very soon" but would not be more specific. He was speaking at the Capitol ahead of

release=of the sailors. "These are always situations as everybody here knows which have an ability, if not properly guided, to get out of control," Kerry said in a speech at the National Defense University. "I'm appreciative for the quick and appropriate response of the Iranian authorities." He said t

ers of national interest — the three way= the United States is capable of firing nuclear weapons (by land, sea and air), the difference between the Quds Force in Iran and the Kurds to their west, Nort= Korea's nuclear tests, the causes of autism, the effects of his tax=plan on the deficit and much besides.