the opinionist

The Middle East – and Iran issue specifically – lies at the center of so many foreign policy hurdles for the United States. The pursuit of peace in the Middle East and the reestablishment of a legitimate U.N. entity can only start with a proven warming of relations between the U.S. and Iran.
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Posted on March 21st, 2009 under Ahmadinejad, Amanpour, Americans, Arab Americans, Axis of Evil, Ayatollah Khomeini, BBC, Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Bushehr Reactor, Defense Security Service, Espionage, Global Policeman, Great Satan, Human Rights Watch, Iran, Iran Attack, Islamofascist, MEK, Mullahs, Muslim, NeoCons, New York Times, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Weapons, OPEC, Pentagon, President, Presidential Election, Revolutionary Guard, Robert Gates, Russia, S-300, State Department, Terrorism, U.S., US Dollar, United Nations, Venezuela, War on Terror, Washington, counter-intelligence, gasoline, gates, israel, oil. Comments: None

The scent of blood is in the water. The U.S. is on its knees and its enemies are taking bite-sized chunks out of the perception of the invincibility, stability, and confidence that has been the United States of America circa 20th Century.
In the nine years that have passed since the millennium, the ‘beloved’ Bush administration [...]

Posted on March 18th, 2009 under 9/11, Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, Americans, Apocolypse, Axis of Evil, BRIC, Barack Obama, Bush Administration, China, Chávez, Cold War, Communism, Crazy Ivan, Defense Security Service, Dmitry Medvedev, Emerging Markets, Federal Reserve, Global Policeman, Globalizm, Great Depression, Homeland Security, Hugo Chávez, Jingoism, Medvedev, Moscow, Multipolar, NeoCons, Nuclear Weapons, OPEC, Obama, Oval Office, Pentagon, Politics, President Hu, Putin, Recession, Rosoboronexport, Russia, Thatcher, U.S., WTO, War on Terror, Washington, World Trade, Zhirinovsky, climate change, gorbachev. Comments: 1

The 2008 Democratic presidential hopefuls gathered this evening in the constantly-under-construction city of Chicago and the always-charming Soldier Field – home of the Chicago Bears. The insanely hot and humid weather a provided stark contrast to the frigid relations between front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton (D – N.Y.) and second-place Sen. Barack Obama (D. [...]

Posted on August 8th, 2007 under 2008, Barack Obama, Biden, Bush, Chris Dodd, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Kucinich, Presidential Election. Comments: 4

When the usual pack of political pundits on the wee handful of network news channels throw long looks of utter despair at Hillary’s less-than-hasty desire to ‘officially’ enter the 2008 presidential race … you have to throw the Senator from New York a begrudging wink and a nod, as much as that would kill me! [...]

Posted on January 19th, 2007 under 2008, Barack Obama, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, Madrassa. Comments: 1