The past week has seen the United States effectively relinquish its role as the key negotiator of Middle East peace as the Palestinians, ignoring President Barack Obama’s entreaties, announced their decision to pursue UN membership and be recognized as an independent state.
Many of the same people who led the push for regime-change in Baghdad now have their sights set on Tehran.
Revolutions of world-historic potential, such as we are presently witnessing in Egypt, only happen once in a generation.
There is a tendency among right-wing think tanks in the United States involved in Middle East policy to employ “experts” from the region to bolster their pro-war advocacy campaigns.
Despite the fevered minds of right-wing Russians and Americans, a Chinese military invasion of Siberia is not in the works.
In a May 11 Washington Times editorial, Frank Gaffney, Ed Meese, Clifford May, and four additional coauthors called for a “renewed adherence to the national security philosophy of President Ronald Reagan: ‘Peace Through Strength.'”
It is doubtful that current tensions between the two countries will lead to a long-term divorce.