Category Archives: Foreign Policy

American Middle East Policy In A Nutshell

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Mash

Isreali Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is bragging about how he ordered United States President George W. Bush to abstain from the UN Security Council resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza. He is also bragging about how he shamed … Continue reading →

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Congressman Eliot Engel: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bombing Of Children

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Mash

Shihab Rattansi of Al Jazeera tries to make some sense of the nonsense coming out of the mouth of Democratic Congressman from New York, Eliot Engel. This week, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution supporting Israel’s actions … Continue reading →

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The Children Of Gaza

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Mash

The International Committee of the Red Cross has issued a written release demanding immediate access to Gaza after the discovery of weak children laying next to their dead mothers. In the release, the ICRC states: The ICRC/PRCS team found four … Continue reading →

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The Slaughter Of Innocents

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Mash

Up to sixty members of one family in Gaza were rounded up into one house and then bombed to death by the IDF: In what the United Nations fears could be the bloodiest single attack of the Israeli assault, as many … Continue reading →

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Ehud Olmert’s Folly

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Mash

Ehud Olmert has done it again. Two years after the fiasco in Lebanon, he has once again committed Israeli forces on a fool’s errand. The target is different this time, but the one constant is the body count. Unlike the … Continue reading →

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