After The Sanctions, Will Putin Blink?
WASHINGTON – America and the European Union finally came up with serious economic sanctions against Russia, as a way to force Putin to reconsider his critical support for the rebels in Eastern Ukraine.
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American Exports Cannot Replace Russian Gas To Europe
WASHINGTON – America’s ability to exploit and use abundant domestic energy –shale oil and gas– has to be celebrated. Energy self sufficiency –now a fact in natural gas and a reachable goal (when combined with imports from Canada and Mexico) in oil– is the best economic news we have had in at least a decade.
Israel and Palestine: Mutually Exclusive Interpretations, Peace Impossible
WASHINGTON – Sadly, there is a hopeless circularity in the reasons produced by both sides for the never-ending Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Regarding the current invasion of Gaza, with all the accompanying misery for civilians trapped in the crossfire, Israel argues that it is acting in self-defense, in order to stop Hamas rocket attacks and the terror group use of […]
No Peace Until Hamas Rules Gaza
WASHINGTON – In a recent editorial, (Stop the rockets, but lift the siege, July 20th, 2014), The Economist provides thoughtful suggestions about how to end the current Israeli invasion of Gaza, while creating the foundations for serious negotiations leading to a final settlement of the perennial conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
White House: Putin “Culpable” For Malaysia Airlines Disaster
WASHINGTON – “We have concluded that Vladimir Putin and the Russians are culpable for this tragedy”. This is how White House press secretary Josh Earnest described Putin’s role in the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that was flying over Eastern Ukraine.
Israel Will Be Forced To Stop Its Offensive Against Hamas
WASHINGTON – Predictably, Israel’s offensive against Hamas in the Gaza strip has been loudly condemned by international public opinion. The news coverage is only about the large number of Palestinian civilians killed or wounded by Israeli fire. It is about the destruction of homes, schools and hospitals.
The World Is In Crisis, But Obama Is Focused On The November Mid-Term Elections
WASHINGTON – If Obama were an American statesman, then he would get seriously engaged in the foreign crises, from Gaza To the South China Sea, that are now threatening world order. But, in fact, Obama is mostly a politician. Therefore, he focuses only on the unfolding campaign for the mid-term elections and on the issues that will determine how people will […]
“Self-Finlandized” Europe Afraid Of Getting Tough On Russia
WASHINGTON- Way back, during the tense years of the Cold War, some analysts, having noted with concern Europe’s policy to be extra accommodating towards the Soviet Union, coined the expression “self-Finlandization” to describe this self-imposed virtual neutrality.
Can Israel Win Against Hamas?
WASHINGTON – I do believe that Israel’s invasion of Gaza in order to destroy the tunnels that Hamas built as conduits for getting into Israel itself is fully justified.
A United Front To Punish Russia For The Destruction Of The Malaysia Airlines Plane?
WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State John Kerry, now in Ukraine, finally said publicly that America has conclusive evidence that the missile used by the Ukrainian rebels to shoot down the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, (with or without the assistance of Russian military personnel), came from Russia.