Epstein Secrets

n was: "America is our friend!" The men and women of the Arab Spring are not risking their lives for a "core" issue, but for the freedom of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Syria. And of Iran, as the Green revolutionaries did in Tehran in 2009. Every "Palestine-first" doctrine in the end comes down to that

finitive about either the region or Israel. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton favors a broad-gauged address as soon as possible. Defense Secretary Bob Gates rails against Israel at every National Security Council meeting, arguing that Washington has given Israel everything it wanted and gotten nothing

n Barry World Politics Review Mubarak's Fate Could Resonate Beyond Egypt Nikolas Gvosdev The Immanent Frame Contrasting progress on democracy in Tunisia and Egypt Alfred Stepan Foreign Policy Why Pakistan is so difficult to work with Anatol Lieven NYT - Books Questioning America's Faith in Air

y in the debate over establishing a no-fly zone in Libya, Gates went on the record saying what a bad idea he thought that was. "It's an open secret Bob Gates didn't like it, and Mullen didn't like it, because they know what happens when you do this no-fly zone," says Gelb, who writes a column for The Dai

Qaeda’s irrelevance in the Sunni Arab world, the heart of its supposed constituency. In countries where autocrats have been toppled (as in Egypt and Tunisia), we must help shape the new political and social environment; in nondemocratic, allied states (like the region’s monarchies), we need to accelerate

--- PAGE BREAK --- 24 Article 5. Wall Street Journal It's in America's Interest to Stay in Iraq Max Boot April 18, 2011 -- Secretary of Defense Bob Gates was in Iraq early this month urging Iraqi leaders to decide whether they want U.S. forces to stay beyond Dec. 31. "If there is to be a presence, to h