Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
My view of the Annapolis talks has been that they will turn into something of a gang bang, with Israel, led by the inept Olmert, as the victim. I just know that Israel is going to concede and concede and concede, with nothing to show for the experience except a
Continue readingAs Saddam Hussein’s miles of documents are slowly being translated, more is being revealed about the WMDs: The gist of the new evidence is this: roughly one quarter of Saddam’s WMD was destroyed under UN pressure during the early to mid 1990’s. Saddam sold approximately another quarter of his weapons
Continue readingI respect Condi Rice for the most part, but have thought her naive for believing (or, at least, appearing to believe) that the Palestinians want peace with Israel, as opposed to Israel in pieces. David Brooks, however, thinks that there is a method to her madness, and that Iran’s follies
Continue readingI have to say that, this week, when I was casting my votes for the Watcher’s Council, I had a really hard time. The caliber of articles that the council members submitted this week — both their own and someone else’s — was incredibly high. I kept going back and
Continue readingA few stories caught my eye regarding the Middle East: The Palestinians say that they won’t negotiate with Israel until Israel agrees in advance to their demands. (That’s an interesting negotiating tactic and definitely one to try during my next Court-ordered settlement conference.) Egypt has discovered a smuggling tunnel into
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