Is It Clinton vs. Jones? Is It Clinton vs. Jones?
Is this the first crack in the we're-all-one-big-happy-family talk from the Obama adminstration when it comes to foreign policy? Is Hillary Clinton's State Department trying to un...
May 4, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Is Obama Fiddling While Iraq Burns? Is Obama Fiddling While Iraq Burns?
It's too early to say that the Iraqi resistance is back, but the recent increase in violence -- including a series of horrific bomb attacks and a rise in small-scale attacks -- su...
Apr 28, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Obama-Netanyahu Showdown The Obama-Netanyahu Showdown
President Obama got some strongly worded advice yesterday on how to deal with Israel's Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, who'll be making his first visit to the United States as Isra...
Apr 28, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Talking to Hamas Talking to Hamas
Given that the new Israeli government is an inflexible bunch of hardliners, the best area for the Obama administration to make progress in the Israel-Palestine conflict is for the...
Apr 23, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Freudian Waterboarding Freudian Waterboarding
Speaking aboard Air Force One, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs today made a rather funny Freudian slip. Asked to explain the president's policy on the issue of CIA-led interro...
Apr 22, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Talibanistan in Pakistan Talibanistan in Pakistan
The real crisis in central and south Asia -- the one in Pakistan -- is going from really bad to much, much worse. Let's review some of the more recent reports from Pakistan. Ear...
Apr 21, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Spy Story: Harman, Saban, and AIPAC Spy Story: Harman, Saban, and AIPAC
The trial on espionage-related charges for two former officials of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee starts this summer, unless -- as the Washington Post has demanded -...
Apr 20, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Can We Forget About Pirates, Please? Can We Forget About Pirates, Please?
There are two ways to read this, from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: "I am confident that we will be spending a lot of time in the situation room over the next few weeks tryi...
Apr 14, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Is Iran ‘Demonic,’ Ask Dennis Ross Is Iran ‘Demonic,’ Ask Dennis Ross
Does Dennis Ross believe that Iran is a "demonic" nation? Apparently so, at least according to the latest report from the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute. Readers of The...
Apr 13, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Dennis Ross’s Iran Plan Dennis Ross’s Iran Plan
Is Obama's dialogue with Iran already doomed?
Apr 8, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss