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Paul Abrams: If Romney Were President, Osama bin Laden Would Be Alive and Free — Here’s the (Inductive) "Proof"

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

Not only does Romney have no foreign policy experience whatsoever, he has also never demonstrated any independent thought about war and peace and foreign policy. Read more: Mitt Romney , President Obama , Osama Bin Laden , Obama Osama Bin Laden , Romney Foreign Policy , Gop Primary , Osama Bin Laden Raid , Mitt Romney Osama Bin Laden , Foreign Policy , Politics News Continue reading →

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Ed Gerwin: Opening Russia

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

Bringing democratic reform to Russia will require concerted effort by the United States, our allies, NGOs, and the Russian people. Opening Russia’s market under WTO rules can play a useful role in this effort. Read more: Uruguay , Hugo Chavez , Venezuela , President Obama , Michael McFaul , Jobs , Democracy , Congress , United States , China , Ukraine , Foreign Policy , Pntr , World Trade Organization , Human Rights , Trade , Russia , Vladimir Putin , Jackson-Vanik , Business News Continue reading →

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Ken Blackwell: Conspiring With Russia

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

The Russians are not our friends. No one wants a new Cold War to break out. Continue reading →

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Olga Bonfiglio: Republican Presidential Win Would Give Free Rein To Neocon Ambitions of Empire

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

Dorrien supports the re-election of Obama because he doesn’t want the neoconservatives to return to power as indeed they will under Romney or Santorum. Read more: President Obama , 2012 Elections , Michigan , offthebus2012 , Iraq War , Elections 2012 , Neoconservatives , Neo-Cons , Kalamazoo , Afghanistan War , Offthebus , Foreign Policy , Politics News Continue reading →

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Jamal Abdi: Barbara Lee Pushes to End U.S.-Iran Silent Treatment

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

While the entire foreign policy establishment in Washington is running around in circles trying to figure out the magic solution to crack the U.S.-Iran riddle, the two governments aren’t even allowed to talk to each other at the most basic levels. Read more: Barbara Lee , No Contact Policy , Clinton , Prevent Iran From Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act , h.r. 4173 , Obama , Congress , James Dobbins , World News Continue reading →

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Robert Koehler: Death and Public Relations

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

American geo-policy is a self-perpetuating system that values human life as much as it values local and global ecosystems, which is to say, not at all. Read more: US Military , US Soldiers , Ptsd , Barack Obama , Foreign Policy , Afghanistan War , War in Afghanistan , Afghanistan Shooterse , Afghanistan Shooting , Politics News Continue reading →

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Michael Brenner: Kabul – Shut the Lights, the Party’s Over

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

That Afghanistan is a failed project has been obvious for some time. Yet all the anonymous high officials and commanders blather on about how NOW there is a risk of an otherwise viable strategy being stymied Continue reading →

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Robert Kuttner: Barack, Bibi and the Election

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

Although the U.S. is a large and mighty country and Israel as small and vulnerable one, it is Netanyahu who has the leverage. Continue reading →

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Michael Brenner: Obama & Iran

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

The United States is on the brink of war with Iran with no more understanding — or discussion — than why we are fighting an all-out war in Afghanistan. What has become a national habit of acting without public deliberation is a clear and present danger to the country’s well-being. Read more: Aipac , Foreign Relations , Barack Obama , Obama Iran , Obama AIPAC Speech , Obama AIPAC , Obama Iran Policy , Barack Obama Iran , Iran , Obama Foreign Policy , Foreign Policy , Iran Israel , Israel Iran , Politics News Continue reading →

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William Bradley: Debating in Disarray: Searching for Some Clarity in the Republican Presidential Mess

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Barack Obama and USA

Paul, who was unintentionally amusing in his denunciation of any spending on foreign aid during the debate — gosh gee, why in the globally interconnected world of the 21st century would we have a foreign policy? — is also attacking Santorum with TV ads. Read more: Barack Obama , Afghanistan , Mitt Romney , Ron Paul , Rick Santorum , Iran , Newt Gingrich , Israel , Syria , Republic Presidential Debates , Politics News Continue reading →

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