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

gambits in response. Another lesson of the Cold War is that military superiority, particularly nuclear superiority, matters. During the Kennedy and Dwight Eisenhower administrations, the Kremlin's thinking was dominated by the knowledge that the U.S.'s arsenal could obliterate the Soviet Union. In those days, th

, Uri Friedman November 6, 2012 -- During the 2012 presidential election, Republicans assailed President Barack Obama's economic record by invoking Ronald Reagan's famous question: Are you better off than you were four years ago? What if we asked the same question about the world? Four years is a long time,

arack Obama's economic record by invoking Ronald Reagan's famous question: Are you better off than you we

November 5, 2012 -- Recently, Evan Thomas reminded us of one of the best examples of such leadership in Ike's Bluff, his excellent new biography of Dwight Eisenhower. Eisenhower, demeaned by John F. Kennedy as a dull paper-pusher of a president, masterfully resisted the pressure from within his own party to dang

i-drug hysteria. As a result in the 198os Ronald Reagan passed tough mandatory minimum drug penalties and

books were written in the 1980s and 9os when America was in the grips of a full-fledged drunk he still anti-drug hysteria. As a result in the 198os Ronald Reagan passed tough mandatory minimum drug penalties and his successor President Bush pushed for even harsher laws. This this was by no means just a Republ

because companies and individuals are making billions of dollar while diverting your attention to Welfare Mothers and Food Stamp recipients. In 1960 Dwight Eisenhower tried to warn us about the danger of an unbridled Military Industrial Complex, where ideology and greed manipulates the way we see the world and wh

of reaction rather than reason. But even Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush eschewed the budgetary extrem

"Modern Republicans" who clung to the vision of former President Dwight Eisenhower and made theirs a party of reaction rather than reason. But even Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush eschewed the budgetary extremism that Trump has embraced with an immediacy and a fervor that arrests any fantasy that a "billion

w. It has been a conservative mantra since the Grand Old Party purged itself of the "Modern Republicans" who clung to the vision of former President Dwight Eisenhower and made theirs a party of reaction rather than reason. But even Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush eschewed the budgetary extremism that Trump has e

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

motorcade with stones, shouting, "Out, dog! We won't forget Guatemala!" Angry Japanese students protested American "imperialism," forcing President Dwight Eisenhower to cancel a "goodwill" visit to Tokyo, and Ike spent his days wishing he could find a way to get people in other countries "to like us instead of h

as indicated by his expectation of life in prison or execution for his unspeakable crime. True, John Hinckley was crazy when he tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan—his motivation was to impress actress Jodie Foster so she would go out bowling with him--yet he was sentenced to serve //s time in a mental hospital,

tings with his parents, which resulted in public outrage and a weakening of the insanity defense. Ironically, Hinckley came out for gun control, and Reagan came out against it. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015334 The Yippies and the Occupiers As a co-founder of the Yippies (Youth International Party)—known for de

hed in December 1958 by an Atlas rocket that weighed 9,000 pounds. “The satellite payload became famous for the tape- recorded message from President Dwight Eisenhower, who insisted that this project remain top secret,” George tells me. “He said the launch would be aborted if any word leaked out, because he didn’ t