Dreyfuss Endorses Taliban Plan for Peace Dreyfuss Endorses Taliban Plan for Peace
For a long time now, Obama advisers and administration officials have been repeating the idea that the Taliban and its allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan won't negotiate a deal be...
May 21, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Expert Panel Rejects Iran Missile Threat to Europe Expert Panel Rejects Iran Missile Threat to Europe
The Post reports this morning that a team of US and Russian technical experts want to put the kibosh on US plans for putting a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Repub...
May 19, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Americans’ Views of Israel Americans’ Views of Israel
While Prime Minister Netanyahu was meeting President Obama at the White House Monday morning, the Zogbys -- John Zogby, president/CEO of Zogby International, a polling firm, and J...
May 18, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
‘There is no deadline for talks, okay?’ ‘There is no deadline for talks, okay?’
Those who follow this space know that I've been harping on the idea of avoiding a deadline for talks with Iran. There's no question that Israel, its allies, and various hawkish g...
May 14, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Saberi’s Release A Good Omen for US-Iran Talks Saberi’s Release A Good Omen for US-Iran Talks
Here's what I wonder: If an Iranian journalist came to the United States, deliberately let his reporter's credentials expire, took a job working for an important US agency that ha...
May 13, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
New US General Vs. Taliban, Pashtuns New US General Vs. Taliban, Pashtuns
The war in Afghanistan has been overshadowed in recent weeks by the crisis next door in Pakistan, but no more. Secretary of Defense Gates has fired the US commander there, General...
May 12, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
US General Builds A Palestinian Army US General Builds A Palestinian Army
Last Thursday, in what was billed as his very first on-the-record address, Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton, U.S. security coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority, spoke to the ...
May 11, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Nick Burns Wants Iran Talks on Two-Month Fuse Nick Burns Wants Iran Talks on Two-Month Fuse
The following news item was written for TehranBureau.com. At a hearing today at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Senator John Kerry, former top State Department...
May 6, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Punctuating Obama’s Trilateral Af-Pak Meeting Punctuating Obama’s Trilateral Af-Pak Meeting
Against the backdrop of all-day meetings on Pakistan and Afghanistan, US air attacks have killed dozens more civilians in Afghanistan. Here's the schedule for today: 9:15 Hill...
May 6, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obey Issues A ‘Vietnam’ Warning Obey Issues A ‘Vietnam’ Warning
Representative David Obey, who chairs the House appropriations committee, is comparing the Afghanistan-Pakistan war to Vietnam: There were new signs of uneasiness on Capitol Hil...
May 5, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss