Author Archives: Soccerdad

Don’t Fear Iranian Nukes In his column yesterday, Hassan does Manhattan, Thomas Friedman wrote about Iran’s new President Hassan Rouhani: 1) He’s not here by accident. That is, this Iranian charm offensive is not because Rouhani, unlike his predecessor, went … Continue reading →

Iran can’t be trusted with regard to chemical weapons; Should they be trusted with Nukes? In addition to last week’s Wall Street Journal article about Iran’s role in training Shi’ites to fight in Syria, there was another important article. The … Continue reading →

Iran Continues to Support Assad’s Savagery under “Moderate” Rouhani In recent weeks, the New York Times has been playing up the moderation of Iran’s new government, especially that of its new president Hassan Rouhani. Yesterday’s editorial, President Rouhani Comes to … Continue reading →

Obama’s Policy Blindsides Friends; Encourages Enemies After President Obama chose to ask for Congressional approval for any military action against Syria, NBC reported The White House walk-and-talk that changed Obama’s mind on Syria: The plan was immediately met with robust … Continue reading →

Anti-Zionist Chicken Comes Home to Roost at the New York Times Ian Lustick has graced the op-ed page of the New York Times with Two State Illusion. Here’s the thrust of his argument: All sides have reasons to cling to … Continue reading →

Thomas Friedman gets the John Kerry Seal of Approval In response to a question about a Thomas Friedman column – in which Friedman wrote that all Assad needed was a really good talking to and not any physical attack – … Continue reading →

An Ounce of Foresight on Oslo, 20 Years Ago Last week, the New York Times kicked off its twentieth anniversary celebration of the Oslo Accords with an op-ed, Oslo, 20 years later by Uri Savir. I didn’t have to read … Continue reading →

Setting Israel up for the President’s Failure Politico reports: The Obama administration is using a time-tested pitch to get Congress to back military strikes in Syria: It will help protect Israel. Right. The reason the administration is so intent on … Continue reading →

When is a Red Line not a Red Line? When there’s no Precedent for it. ” It was quiet in Washington—it had been a summer busy with dispatches on the golf game of President Obama, and on the new first … Continue reading →

In the Middle East, the New York Times Doesn’t Burden Itself with Proof In the little town of Candor in the last year of my youth I learned the final lesson of the levels to the truth – The Mayor … Continue reading →

The New York Times believes that Israel is preventing President Obama from Doing the Right Thing in Egypt It wasn’t just one article over the weekend. No fewer than four articles in the New York Times over the past few … Continue reading →

Attention Deficit Peace Process Disorder Last week Thomas Friedman wrote a paean to John Kerry’s peacemaking, Daring to fail. In the middle of the article he presented the same sort of “concern” for Israel that Secretary of State Kerry did. … Continue reading →

Forgetting the Dangers Posed by the Muslim Brotherhood What should the American response to the latest outbreak of violence in Egypt be? U.S. Pulls Out of Egypt’s Bright Star War Game "Cairo's brutality highlights U.S. fecklessness despite billions… http://t.co/COLolJDG5o — Michael … Continue reading →

On his Majesty’s not-so-Secret Peace Process Service For the third time in two weeks we have a report about Secretary of State Kerry’s concern for Israel. First in the New York Times: With the Palestinians poised to take their claim … Continue reading →

Terrorism is Diplomacy by Other Means Yesterday I wondered Does John Kerry worry about a Palestine that reveres such monsters as the murderer of Nissim Toledano? If he worried about Israel’s future, did he worry about a state that was … Continue reading →