Obama lied, diplomacy died

Say, About That Old ‘Bush Lied’ Trope, Looks Like Wikileaks Proved Obama Repeatedly Lied About Middle East Policy

Obama knew all along that Israeli concessions had nothing to do with stopping Iran's march to nuclear weapons. Yet he persisted in linking the two, even though it raised the risk of an atomic conflagration that could engulf the world. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Jon Mitchell - Nov 30, 2010 - 6:39 AM PST
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Edited by: Jon Mitchell - Nov 30, 2010 - 9:15 AM PST
Jon Mitchell
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by Jon Mitchell - Nov. 30, 2010

It's a quick hit, but the case is made pretty clearly on this point.

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Fred Gatlin
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by Fred Gatlin - Nov. 30, 2010

I have no idea who this author is but his story is very one sided and in my view biased. There is not attempt to get quotes or information from each side. This is poor journalism.

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Chris Finnie
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by Chris Finnie - Nov. 30, 2010

This writer could benefit from a high-school debate class where his support points are actually supposed to prove his thesis. This disjointed collection not only doesn't prove any point, it's not even internally consistent--touching as it does on a number of issues that don't all relate.

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Paul Belle-Isle
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by Paul Belle-Isle - Nov. 30, 2010

The author seems to jump immediately to the conclusion that concessions from Israel are in no way linked to curtailing Iran's nuclear ambitions, and that support for that curtailment would remain at a high level among regional powers, no matter what path Israel took. This appears to be unsupported by the citations in the article, and an overbroad reading of the facts, not to mention demonstrative of a failure to understand that not all strands in the diplomatic web are either explicit or direct.

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Randy Morrow
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by Randy Morrow - Dec. 1, 2010

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James Canning
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by James Canning - Nov. 30, 2010

The message of this piece is a bit hard to discern. If the object is to criticise Obama for groveling before Israel, this is not clear. And if the writer thinks Obama actually has tried to engage with Iran, he is badly mistaken.

Israel is the primary threat to the peace of the Middle East, and Obama is bungling his dealings with Israel. He should have told them to GET OUT OF THE WEST BANK. Full stop. And get out of the Golan Heights.

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