Epstein Secrets

to defend liberty after US withdrawal from Vietnam. Ronald Reagan, whose fans credit him with having disarmed the "Evil Empire," sent Marines into Lebanon, and brought them home again after 241 soldiers died in the bombing of the USS Cole. Otherwise, Reagan only captured tiny Grenada in the name of li

choices on offer on Tuesday. But like Bloomberg, probably choose the candidate they believe would be less likely to ignore or evade their plight. Anicic 3. Foreign Policy Middle East Lost Shadi Hamid EFTA00700262 November 5, 2012 -- One of the great mysteries of the past four years is how Barack

ll have to devote more resources to maintaining security there than they had in the past even while Israel's security along the borders with Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan are growing more precarious. The Israelis had secured their border with Syria during the 1967 war by capturing the Golan Heights. With

the author of Sharpening Strategic Intelligence: Why the CIA Gets It Wrong and What Needs to Be Done to Get It Right (Cambridge University Press). Anicic 3. Project Syndicate The Post-National Mirage Shlomo Ben Ami May 5, 2014 -- The German philosopher Jurgen Habermas once defined our times as "the

22:05 +0000 25 March, 2014 Article I. Los Angeles Times Next test for Obama: Soothing the Saudis Dennis Ross Article 2. The National Interest Lebanon's Next Flashpoint Nicholas Saidel Article 3. American Prospect Disrespecting Your Defender Gershom Gorenberg Article 4. Al-Monitor Iran resum

las Saidel, JD, MA, is the Associate Director of the Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis & Response (ISTAR) at the University of Pennsylvania. Anicic 3. American Prospect Disrespecting Your Defender Gershom Gorenberg March 24, 2014 -- Moshe Ya'alon thinks that President Barack Obama is a wimp a

-to-air missiles and a consignment of Sukhoi 24 aircraft. Militarily, Iran tried to get its allies — namely, its proxy militia 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 i

for those Americans now looking for work. The Democratic Party just isn't what it used to be. Mr. Adelson is an entrepreneur and philanthropist. Anicic 3. The Wall Street Journal EFTA00700296 Israel Under Fire Editorial November 4, 2012 -- As the U.S. Presidential campaign races to the finish, t

war has spread. Turkey has become more and more belligerent toward Syria and even seems spoiling for a fight. Related fighting may have erupted in Lebanon — it's hard to tell the cause — but ultimately Assad will start trouble there. (That's Page 2 of the Syrian playbook.) Jordan is worried sick about

the movement by all means — most notably by voting for the current's candidates in national elections. Ali Bakr is an expert on Islamic movements. Anicic 3. World Policy Institute The Palestinians Want to Negotiate Andrew Wilson October 15, 2012 -- In a remarkable diplomatic development, the Palesti

liamentary seats in post-revolution elections. Brotherhood leaders say they have been reaching out to Syria's neighbors, including Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon — as well as to U.S. and European diplomats — to reassure them that they have no intention of dominating a future Syrian political system or establ

the Muslim Brotherhood will become the biggest political power in Syria after the departure of the Assad regime. And I will be the biggest loser." Anicic 3. Syria Comment EFTA00630295 The Hamas-Syrian SW, a Dilemma for Iran's Palestinian Strategy Mohammad Ataie May 13, 2012 -- Since the advent of

hich allows Moscow to reassert a plausible Mediterranean threat to NATO. Syria also provides Iran with a front line against Israel via Hezbollah in Lebanon, and that too can be a most effective anti-Western arrowhead for Russia. When I covered the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008, I learned that a y

y international inspectors. If Iraq taught us nothing else, it should have taught us this: Before you deploy the troops, deploy the fact-checkers. Anicic 3. The Wall Street Journal EFTA00660532 Russia's Stake in Syria and Iran Mclik Kavlan 18, 2012 -- Now that Vladimir Putin has allowed the Russian

rgely because Hamas's patron, Iran, has ordered that they lie fallow. So while Hezbollah and Hamas are managing to keep Israeli gas out of Gaza and Lebanon, at least for now, Israel is opting instead to pump to the West Bank. Noble already signed a 20-year contract to supply the Palestine Power Company

rtently encourage them to be more provocative with Russia. Ms. Hill said the Russian leader might simply wait. "Time," she said, "is on his side." Anicic 3. The Washington Post EFTA00705923 Ukraine crisis tests Obama's foreign policy focus on diplomacy over military force Scott Wilson For much of

end of the Iranian pipeline of assistance to Hezbollah and even, up to a point, of Hamas, curtailing the terrible mischief they have inflicted on Lebanon and Israel. But the United States declined to arm the Syrian rebels with the anti-aircraft capability they needed, though such weapons were entirel

ng for the Muslim world even to achieve our unsatisfactory levels of responsible public policy could be a very protracted and frustrating process. Anicic 3. NYT America's Last Task in Kabul Vali R. Nasr April 18, 2014 -- Until now, fighting the Afghan war has been an American project, and Americans

h state until its peace treaty with Egypt. A secure periphery defined the second, which lasted until recently and focused on the Palestinian issue, Lebanon and the rise of radical Sunni Islamists. The rise of Iran as a regional power and the need to build international coalitions to contain it define t

ey are only now emerging, and so there's a great desire among them for acceptance and legitimacy as players on the international political scene." Anicic 3. The Christian Science Monitor Israel is not the Obama. Iran John Bolton April 3, 2012 -- The Obama administration appears to be conducting an o