Tag Archives: United States

The Arab Dream and Realpolitik

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

Half way through Hosni Mubarak ‘speech, I caught myself wishing his phone would ring. Of course it didn’t. But that’s the only thing that sets it apart from the declamatory and dogmatic speech of Tunisia’s “dethroned” president Zine El Abidine … Continue reading →

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RAF Delegation At Luke

Posted on March 24, 2009 by

Furthering U.S. – Moroccan military cooperation, a delegation from the Royal Moroccan Air Force is touring Luke Air Force Base, the U.S. Air Force’s only active-duty F-16 Fighting Falcon training wing. Located west of Phoenix, Arizona, the base is home to … Continue reading →

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Twenty-Two Noble Bondmen

Posted on January 22, 2009 by

  AP photo by Hussein Malla   They scurried about pusillanimously like fattened experimental mice in the laboratory of US foreign policy. They feigned a modicum of concern and commiseration for the Palestinian plight and outrage and condemnation against Israel’s … Continue reading →

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Libya’s Coming Of Age

Posted on January 16, 2009 by

  The newly credentialed United States Ambassador to Tripoli, Gene Cretz, wasted no time in engaging the Libyan government in possible military cooperation in an attempt to secure the burgeoning Libyan arms market for US weapons manufacturers. The United Nations, … Continue reading →

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