Epstein Secrets

nship between presidents and the militaries they direct. "I fear it will be a symbolic use of power," added Mr. Cohen, who served as a counselor to Condoleezza Rice when she was secretary of state. MR. OBAMA does not seem to share the same fear, or at least he does not give voice to that concern. He told his s

. Cohen, who served as a counselor to Condoleezza Rice when she was secretary of state. MR. OBAMA does

Respond To a Western Strike on Syria? By: An Al-Monitor Correspondent in Beirut August 31. -- About three months ago, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah decided to send his elite military units to Syria to support the military efforts of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in facing opposition f

c side of Peres's character was captured by Susan Rice, the U.S. national security adviser, in moving r

cooperation as further evidence of Shia dominance of the country's political system and its security institutions. Hezbollah's Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, recently boasted during a leadership meeting, "We are ready to sacrifice martyrs in Iraq five times more than what we sacrificed in Syria..." Give

ors to that point. But to the Saudis, not to mention Bahrain's ruling family, even the occasional appearance of posters of Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah amid crowds of Shiite protesters pumping their fists and chanting demands for regime change was too much. They saw how Iran's influence has grown in

as pursuing development goals of any sort there. The United States was primarily interested in stability. Despite brave speeches on democracy by both Condeleezza Rice and Barack Obama in Cairo, the United States actually pulled its punches in pushing serious democratic reform on Egypt, particularly after the Hamas