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“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.

With No Debate Obama Agreed To Extend Iran Nuclear Talks In Vienna

WASHINGTON – In this moment of global turmoil, marked by the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines aircraft by the Russia-supported Ukrainian rebels, plus Israel’s invasion of Gaza, the winner is Iran.

Timid Obama Unwilling To Blame Russia For The Shooting Down Of Malaysia Airlines 777

WASHINGTON – President Obama’s speech about the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 over Eastern Ukraine is quite disappointing. In a very vague and deliberately cautious way Obama said that this tragedy is an additional casualty of a conflict that Russian President Putin has done nothing to stop.

Putin Morally Responsible For The Downing Of A Malaysia Airlines Aircraft Over Eastern Ukraine

WASHINGTON – Make no mistake, whoever shot down the Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is morally responsible.

The Conflict Between Israel And The Palestinians Will Go On And On

WASHINGTON – Whatever the outcome of the current Israeli military operation aimed at destroying or at least downgrading Hamas’ ability to launch missiles from Gaza into Israel, one thing is clear: a permanent, credible peace between Palestinians and Israelis is impossible.

Iran Is Not Negotiating In Good Faith About Its Nuclear Program

WASHINGTON – By now, as we approach a critical July 20 deadline, it is obvious that the Vienna talks between Iran, America, Europe, Russia and China will go nowhere, for the very simple reason that Iran has no intention to give up its ability to produce weapons grade material.

Mortimer Zuckerman in the WSJ: Too Much Part-Time Work Reflects a Weak US Economy

WASHINGTON – The well established conventional wisdom in US politics is that the mid-term elections, (coming up in November), are mostly a referendum on the incumbent President’s economic policies. This tenet rest firmly on another one: The US President is in essence the “CEO of USA Inc.” Indeed, it is (wrongly) assumed that the President has […]

Is Ukraine Really Winning Against the Ethnic Russian Insurgents?

WASHINGTON – The only good way to really end the troubles in Eastern Ukraine would be for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to genuinely recognize that the ethnic Russians in Eastern Ukraine can and should live peacefully within a democratic Ukraine, now run by a legitimate President, Petro Poroshenko. Having acknowledged this, Russia would stop to […]

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