Epstein Secrets

of democracy in Arab lands. Over a long career, Secretary Gates had shared the philosophical approach of Zbignie

all U.S. troops from Iraq Fouad Ajami June 3, 2011 -- The U.S. war in Iraq has just been given an unexpected seal of approval. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in what he billed as his "last major policy speech in Washington," has owned up to the gains in Iraq, to the surprise that Iraq has emerged as "th

is Iraqi democratic experience, but Iraqis "weren't in the streets shooting each other, the government wasn't in the streets shooting its people," Gates observed. The Americans and the Iraqis had not labored in vain; the upheaval of the Arab Spring has only underlined that a decent polity had emerge

ntire diplomacy of freedom, were projects of folly—romantic, self deluding undertakings in the Arab world. To the extent that these men thought of the Greater Middle East, they entered it through the gateway of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. The key to the American security dilemma in the region, they maintained,

all U.S. troops from Iraq Fouad Ajami June 3, 2011 -- The U.S. war in Iraq has just been given an unexpected seal of approval. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in what he billed as his "last major policy speech in Washington," has owned up to the gains in Iraq, to the surprise that Iraq has emerged as "th

is Iraqi democratic experience, but Iraqis "weren't in the streets shooting each other, the government wasn't in the streets shooting its people," Gates observed. The Americans and the Iraqis had not labored in vain; the upheaval of the Arab Spring has only underlined that a decent polity had emerge

of democracy in Arab lands. Over a long career, Secretary Gates had shared the philosophical approach of Zbignie

ntire diplomacy of freedom, were projects of folly—romantic, self deluding undertakings in the Arab world. To the extent that these men thought of the Greater Middle East, they entered it through the gateway of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. The key to the American security dilemma in the region, they maintained,

all U.S. troops from Iraq Fouad Ajami June 3, 2011 -- The U.S. war in Iraq has just been given an unexpected seal of approval. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in what he billed as his "last major policy speech in Washington," has owned up to the gains in Iraq, to the surprise that Iraq has emerged as "th

is Iraqi democratic experience, but Iraqis "weren't in the streets shooting each other, the government wasn't in the streets shooting its people," Gates observed. The Americans and the Iraqis had not labored in vain; the upheaval of the Arab Spring has only underlined that a decent polity had emerge

of democracy in Arab lands. Over a long career, Secretary Gates had shared the philosophical approach of Zbignie

ntire diplomacy of freedom, were projects of folly—romantic, self deluding undertakings in the Arab world. To the extent that these men thought of the Greater Middle East, they entered it through the gateway of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. The key to the American security dilemma in the region, they maintained,

all U.S. troops from Iraq Fouad Ajami June 3, 2011 -- The U.S. war in Iraq has just been given an unexpected seal of approval. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in what he billed as his "last major policy speech in Washington," has owned up to the gains in Iraq, to the surprise that Iraq has emerged as "th

is Iraqi democratic experience, but Iraqis "weren't in the streets shooting each other, the government wasn't in the streets shooting its people," Gates observed. The Americans and the Iraqis had not labored in vain; the upheaval of the Arab Spring has only underlined that a decent polity had emerge

of democracy in Arab lands. Over a long career, Secretary Gates had shared the philosophical approach of Zbignie

ntire diplomacy of freedom, were projects of folly—romantic, self deluding undertakings in the Arab world. To the extent that these men thought of the Greater Middle East, they entered it through the gateway of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. The key to the American security dilemma in the region, they maintained,

Seale March 28, 2011 -- While one war rages in Libya, another rages in Washington as to the necessity of U.S. action there. Indeed, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said as much this weekend, noting that Libya was not a "vital national interest." But if Washington is looking for an Arab state in the throes of unr

f the Middle East peace process. It has allowed the U.S.-Turkey relationship to reach historic lows, just as Turkey is becoming a formidable actor in the Greater Middle East. By concentrating on health care for its first two years, the administration, and the large majorities in Congress, missed a crucial opportunity to p