Epstein Secrets

s ago, a congressional test of wills over Middle East policy between an American president and an Israeli prime EFTA00707074 minister was dubbed "Reagan or Begin." This week, the showdown on Iran negotiations might be described as "Barack or Bibi." Despite Obama administration opposition, Israeli Pr

ent crisis is already one of the biggest U.S.-Israel blowups, ever -- and it could get worse before it gets better. Not since Menachem Begin trashed Ronald Reagan's 1982 peace plan has Israel so publicly criticized a major U.S. diplomatic initiative. In a rousing speech in Jerusalem on Nov. 10, Netanyahu even c

r Menachem Begin tried to block the sale despite President Reagan's advocacy. Reagan won the test, and the AWAC sa

class and a Europe that leaves its youth jobless. But does anyone want the superpower's mantle? EFTA00707095 According to a survey this year by the Pew Research Center, 83 percent of Americans think the president should concentrate on domestic policy, against 6 percent who believe his priority should be foreign af

come to terms on how, when and why America started its current decline the American Dream will drift further and further away Remember that it was Ronald Reagan who famously said, "government is the problem" and thus inspiring a generation of followers who hate government to get into government. And you wond

sle to task on the latest episode of "Real Time," declaring that the former President was "the original teabagger." After hearing Bob Dole say that Reagan wouldn't fit in with today's Republican party, Maher contested that Reagan actually "wrote the playbook" for today's far-right GOPers. He compared

ation, the percentage of Americans who, at some point in a given year, cannot afford to eat sets us apart from other wealthy countries. Last month, the Pew Research Center used International Monetary Fund data to analyze the levels of deprivation" across various countries, including our own. When the data was compiled

a vigorous and even costly policy abroad. The increases in defense spending and global activism that began under Jimmy Carter and accelerated under Ronald Reagan took place when the country was suffering from an unprecedented bout of "stagflation." Nor was America any less war-weary after a decade in Vietnam

. The American public had gone from refusing to play any role in Europe to insisting on supporting Britain to the fullest, even at the risk of war. Reagan played a similar role in his campaign for the presidency, warning of the dangers of American weakness just a handful of years after Vietnam. So fa

is capable of almost anything in its treatment of Palestinians. The feelings of distrust are mutual: According to the Global Attitudes Project at the Pew Research Center, only 41 percent of Israelis had a favorable view of the European Union in 2013, down from 56 percent in 2009 (even the United States, which under