Epstein Secrets

s new book is not at all about Putin and only indirectly about Russia. "Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1945-56" focuses on Poland, Hungary and East Germany. It details the Soviet recipe used to stifle three wildly unalike countries. The book is richly human, sometimes funny, often hear

tia groups Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza — to enter the conflict on its behalf. "All our help to you over the years," the Israeli playing Ahmadinejad (a former colonel in military intelligence) declared in a meeting with Hezbollah, "has been for the purpose of this moment." "There's no such thin

on, fully one half lived in the broad swath running north-south between Berlin and Moscow. Now, hardly any Jews remain in Poland or Romania, while Hungary and Ukraine have about 100,000 EFTA_R1_00225785 EFTA01840729 between them. Russia is the only country in this cradle of contemporary Jewish cul

s oft-expressed desire to see Zionism wiped off the map makes it seem as though Iran has a foreign policy committed to genocide (and suicide). But Ahmadinejad's position, as recent elections in Iran reveal, is far from secure among even hardliners. Syria, Iran's closest ally, is beset by civil war; Hamas,

l. When many American HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031890 --- PAGE BREAK --- 16 idealists think about revolution today, they have Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary in mind. Few assumptions can lead you into as much trouble this quickly. Even in 1989-90, those countries were the exception and not the rule. Think

moud Ahmadinejad, who got into such a sulk recently that he took 11 days off work, infuriating everybody. The Majlis, or parliament, is investigating Ahmadinejad for various alleged frauds including, of all things, vote- buying in 2009! Ahmadinejad was booed during his June 3 speech commemorating Ayatollah Kho