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Entries in middle east (9)

Tuesday
Dec182012

Arming Teachers: Not the Answer for the Future

Violence is the worst way to handle a disagreement anywhere else but in the animal kingdom.

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Saturday
Sep222012

The Table: Religious Intolerance, Praying for Touchdowns, and Jesus' Wife

The Table tackles religion, prayer and Jesus' wife. And that is just on the sidebar.

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Thursday
Feb162012

Would Americans Have the Courage for a Syrian Uprising?

As I watch the Arab world fight and die for the very democracy I live, I worry about the long contentment of the States.

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Tuesday
Oct182011

A Hopeful Action: Gilad Shalit and the Palestinians Release

There is a much happier and hopeful story from the Middle East desert that has been dormant in silence and rancor: Gilad Shalit’s release in Israel Prisoner Swap.

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Monday
Apr042011

Is Libya a Good Move For Obama? 

ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty ImagesWill this latest operation become a center of controversy or a foreign policy success in Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign?

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Monday
Mar142011

Headlines of Disaster, Prophets of Doom

Earthquakes, tsunamis, unrest in the Middle East; no wonder people think the world’s gonna end...

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Tuesday
Mar012011

Carraway News: The Crazies Come Out

Image by Rudd Hein

Between Colonel Gaddafi and Charlie Sheen, I don't know who takes the crazy cake.

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Monday
Jan312011

A Full Order of Middle East Democracy; Hold the America Sauce  

Image by Al Jazeera English

When the US supports a leader who has ruled for many years and cuts off the press, we must realize that America does not trust the people of that nation to carve their future and find their definition of government. The protesters may use the word democracy but it has different implications that must strike fear into the diplomats around the world.

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Wednesday
Jul292009

The New Old War In Afghanistan

Almost nine years ago, the United States launched Operation Enduring Freedom which sent troops into Afghanistan with the stated objectives of destroying Al Qaeda, finding Bin Laden, and removing the Taliban regime that supported them. Seven years ago, things were looking better in Afghanistan than the previous year. An interim government was formed and the Taliban and Al Qaeda were severely weakened. Six years ago, the enemy reemerged to wage an insurgency campaign against the new Afghani government and U.S. troops occupying the country. Training camps, bases, and madrassas were set up along the tribal region of Afghanistan and Pakistan to bolster the extremists' new push against the American and British forces. Three years ago, NATO forces were called in to relieve the thinly stretched Americans that were fighting two wars in the region and to take over operations in the southern portion of Afghanistan. Two years ago, Afghanistan received an influx of more foreign born Taliban fighters than ever before. And one year ago, Americans endured the deadliest year of fighting since the war began and the fighting spread to Pakistan for the first time. These events all took place under the often crticized watch of our last President, George W. Bush. Under his administration, we saw more anti-war protests and public outcry against US foreign policy than at any other time since the Vietnam war.

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