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The Palin Effect

Little understood by those outside this culture was her religious worldview: Sarah Palin would topple America's secular tyrants, leading her people, the true Christians, into the kingdom, notes Max Blumenthal.

A Debate Worth Noting

The significance of the Congressional debate may have been ignored given what appeared to be the lopsided vote in favor of the anti-Goldstone resolution, says James Zogby.

History’s Bitter Guerrilla War Lessons

History shows that the presence or influence of foreigners only feeds the flames of any insurgency, which can then be portrayed as a defense of the nation against outside aggression,

Paying Off the Warlords

A number of popular accounts of the invasion of Afghanistan suggest that the Central Intelligence Agency directly gave Northern Alliance warlords millions of dollars in cold, hard cash to help

The Disastrous Presidency of Mahmoud Abbas

Sitting comfortably in Cairo, it was Abbas who blamed Hamas for Israel’s savage December 2008 assault on Gaza, adopting the Israeli strategy of blaming the victim. In Abbas, Israel found

Britain must de-Zionise Itself

British politicians and media are caught in bed with too many Zionist wolfs. In order to reclaim sovereignty and dignity, Britain must de-Zionise itself immediately.

Will the Gun Carnage Ever Stop?

Do the math: the total number of Americans shot dead each year is three times that of all US troops killed in Iraq in six years of fighting. There is

Why Palestinian Support Ebbs

Arabs and others turn away from the Palestine issue, and give it only perfunctory rhetorical support -- Israeli national criminality and Palestinian political incompetence are a deadly combination, says Rami

How Kadafi Went From Foe to Ally

Common cause against Islamic radicals has woven U.S. intelligence ties with Libya, whose secular regime was then still listed as a state sponsor of terrorism.

Who “Won” Libya?

The debate over credit for Libya’s shift away from “rogue state” policies, most especially by settling the Pan Am 103 Lockerbie terrorism case and abandoning its weapons of mass destruction