In the current climate, when a Middle East war may come from any direction, it's worth sitting back and hearing beauty, the opposite of war and hate. After reading Idan Landau's post (in Hebrew) predicting an imminent "war of choice" by Israel against Hezbollah, I watched the video he featured of the Israeli performer, Karolina, singing an enchanting … [Read more...]
Steve Bannon Predicts War Against China
Steve Bannon is on the warpath. That's not surprising since on leaving the White House he proclaimed that he was locked and loaded for bear (Democrats and recalcitrant Republicans, that is). In a NY Times interview he proclaimed a new foreign policy bête noire for the Breitbart/Tea Party alt-right: China. It is the new bogeyman to replace devils of yore … [Read more...]
Secret NSA Satellite Facility Located at IDF Base in Occupied East Jerusalem
It's common to hear when Israeli prime ministers travel to the White House that there isn't 'an inch of daylight' between Israel and the U.S. That's how damn close we are. It's one thing (and troubling enough) to say this about political issues. But now it appears that our respective intelligence operations are increasingly coordinated and overlapping. … [Read more...]
Time to Cut a Deal with Iran
Now is the time: for Iran and the U.S. to stop all the bullshit, stop all the posturing, all the grandstanding. On both sides. Time for the pragmatists on both sides to step forward, to put their cards on the table, to go "all in." There will be no other time. The last time an Iranian pragmatist was in power was in 2003. That was Mohammed Khatami. He … [Read more...]
