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The NYT’s Trumpeting of Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is Absurd

Wiles is not only unable or unwilling to tell the president “No,” but there are too many influential voices around Trump who appear successful in...

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Melvin Goodman

The Return of Donald the Destroyer

Our concern with the politics, policies, and propaganda of Donald Trump underplays the central question of his presidency: Is Donald Trump...

24.01.2025 10

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Washington Post Supports Many Of Trump’s Miscreants For Key Posts

Jeff Bezos blocked an editorial in the Washington Post last year that endorsed Kamala Harris’s run for the presidency, and his senior editors...

17.01.2025 20

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The Dangers of Biden’s Legacy and Trump’s Inheritance

A key measure of any U.S. president’s success is the ability or good fortune to leave his successor with a better international situation than the...

14.01.2025 10

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NYT’s Apologist For Israel is No Longer a “Never Trumper”

One of the reasons I’m having difficulty “enjoying the holidays” is the editorial writing of Bret Stephens.  His columns defending Israel’s...

03.01.2025 9

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The Death of Ambassador Raymond Garthoff and Disarmament

The mainstream media ignored the passing of a beloved former colleague of mine, Ambassador Raymond Garthoff, whose career spanned the most...

30.12.2024 3

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US China Policy: Too Late, Too Little to Offer

Biden and his national security team believe they can “contain” China; they can’t.  The U.S.-China relationship is important in all policy...

20.12.2024 2

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Syria: Will the United States Try to Stop Israeli Militarism in the Middle East?

For the past several decades, the United States and Israel have tried to isolate Syria in the Middle East.  Only U.S. Secretary of State Henry...

17.12.2024 10

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Biden’s Moral Failure Was Israel and Not the Pardon of His Son

The mainstream media is largely ignoring President Joe Biden’s moral failure regarding Israel’s genocidal bombardment of Gaza, but piling on...

06.12.2024 10

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The Washington Post Excoriates the ICC for Issuing Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant

“The International Court is putting the elected leaders of a democratic country with its own independent judiciary in the same category as...

27.11.2024 9

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 NYT’s Friedman’s Two-State Solution: Delusion, Illusion and Confusion

The New York Times’ leading columnist, Thomas Friedman, has devised an answer to “How Trump Could Earn an Unexpected Place in History.” ...

22.11.2024 4

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The Winner of the US Presidential Elections? Prime Minister Netanyahu

The results are in and the clear winner of the 2024 U.S. presidential election is undeniably Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  Netanyahu...

18.11.2024 4

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Trump’s House of Horrors

“The advantage I have now is I know everybody.  I know people.  I know the good, the bad, the stupid, the smart.” – Donald Trump, Time...

15.11.2024 3

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Washington Post’s David Ignatius Mysteriously Sees “Significant Progress” in Stabilizing Three Dangerous Wars

For the past year, the Washington Post’s senior diplomatic columnist, David Ignatius, has been loyal to the U.S. and Israeli national security...

11.11.2024 3

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 The New York Times Places Israel In A “Better Strategic Position”

In its description of Israel’s “strategic position,” the Times has forgotten that prior to October 7, Israel’s borders were quiet,...

06.11.2024 4

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Washington Post Owner Jeff Bezos Isn’t Completely Wrong About the Media

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is getting his share of criticism for stopping the paper’s presidential endorsement of Vice President Kamala...

01.11.2024 4

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The Latest Absurdities From the Columnists of the New York Times

Both Friedman and Stephens argue that it is up to the Palestinians to take the lead in building a more politically moderate Middle East and to...

28.10.2024 3

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The New York Times Finally Admits Gaza is an Outdoor Prison

Fourteen years after British Prime Minister David Cameron charged the Israels with creating a “big outdoor prison” in Gaza, the New York Times...

14.10.2024 10

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The NYT’s Proclaims Israel’s Military Has Reclaimed Its “Stature”

Several days after the Washington Post bogusly declared that Israel has recovered the “military primacy” that it lost a year ago, the New York...

07.10.2024 20

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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Militarism

The mainstream media has been largely critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dangerous use of military power, and largely supportive of...

04.10.2024 4

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Same Old Robert Gates: The Poster Child for US Militarization

There has been a deplorable consistency in the remarks and efforts of Robert M. Gates over the past four decades.  In the 1980s, Gates was a major...

30.09.2024 20

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No End to Israel’s Killing Machine and U.S. Complicity

No Democratic administration has been willing to challenge the excesses of Israeli policy, and the Biden administration is no exception. ...

24.09.2024 3

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Reagan’s Lessons: In and Out of Cold War

With the exception of Donald Trump, no president in my lifetime had a more shallow knowledge of history and foreign policy than Ronald Reagan. ...

17.09.2024 9

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Biden’s Legacy: the Decline of Arms Control and Disarmament

President Biden’s neglect of arms control and disarmament means that the next president will inherit a nuclear landscape that is more threatening...

13.09.2024 9

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Biden’s Legacy: The Decline of Arms Control and Disarmament

Last month, I reported on the Biden administration’s new nuclear doctrine to prepare the United States for a coordinated nuclear challenge from...

11.09.2024 30

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The Disappearance of International Law

The horrors of the Second World War sparked the creation of international organizations and international laws to ensure that such horrors would...

06.09.2024 4

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Israeli Treatment of Palestinians Remains Unchanged Over 75 Years

The Biden administration’s decision to continue funding the notorious Netzah Yehuda battalion, an ultra-Orthodox unit that operates on the West...

03.09.2024 3

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A Looming Nuclear Catastrophe

There is no greater strategic madness than the belief that nuclear superiority must be maintained at each rung of the nuclear ladder in order to...

30.08.2024 30

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Harris and the Need for Diplomacy

There is no sign of Harris’s positions on Biden’s policy choices that would suggest strong differences or alternative approaches to change the...

28.08.2024 2

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