Bush's legacy will pin Obama from the start

BuzzFlash by P. M. Carpenter | Jan. 12, 2009 (Opinion)

After Israel's ghastly disproportionate actions in Gaza, it was hardly shocking to read yesterday in the New York Times that our incorrigible ally was ready, willing and eager to preemptively blast Iran last year.

That almost inconceivably nitwitted act appears to have been imminent, for as the Times reported, Israel -- "out of its disbelief and anger at an American intelligence assessment completed in late 2007 that concluded that Iran had ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Extra
Topics: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Bush Legacy
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Posted by: Posted by Marsha Iverson - Jan 12, 2009 - 11:22 AM PST
Reviewed by: Marsha Iverson (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Karen Schmitt (review), James Canning (review), Dwight Rousu (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Jan 12, 2009 - 1:16 PM PST

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jan. 12, 2009

The view looking at past and present seems well informed an instructive. The view forward is yet to be seen; Carpenter is not overly optimistic.

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Marsha Iverson
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 by Marsha Iverson - Jan. 12, 2009

Strong strategic analysis of the hornets' nest facing Obama in the Middle East in the wake of the Bush foreign policy.

This issue is perhaps the most urgent example of the need for a comprehensive and immediate re-think of "national security" and "global crisis" by the American public. And this is where the news media can make or break our chances of global survival by providing a universal antidote to the likes of Faux News and Right-Wing shout radio.

Oh, and by the way, they added, you wouldn’t mind if we sort of flew over Iraq to get to Iran, would you? As in: That’s not much of a problem, is it? ... More »

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Jan. 12, 2009
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James Canning
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 by James Canning - Jan. 12, 2009

Carpenter makes out a good case for believing Israel to be a direct threat to US national security. An Israeli attack on Iran would have created a catastrophe far eclipsing the Iraq fiasco.

Israeli militarism and Zionist fanaticism puts Israel's security, and that of the US, needlessly at risk. Aipac and other US groups subvert the national security of the US by encouraging reckless behavior by Israel and the continuing oppression of the Palestinians.

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Karen Schmitt
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 by Karen Schmitt - Jan. 12, 2009
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