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Feith and Cropsey: A Foreign Policy Failure to Acknowledge the Obvious
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An assessment of the Obama adminstration's foreign policy for 2008-2016
11/15/2009
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Is the Arab Revolution, the struggle for freedom in the Middle East, an opportunity for the West and for the Free World?
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Even in the hills above Darna, near Benghazi, Libya- where Islamic anti-Ghadafi fighters reviled the West- the mood is for friendly relations and being on the same side as the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. and European support for the democracy protests and movements throughout the Arab world has created a change in the Arab world for how America is seen. Did the U.S. support of autocratic regimes in the Arab world create tensions that were released through activities that targeted America? Could this be the opportunity that would turn things around for the West and the Free World's relations with the Arab and Muslim world? Could this be the beginnings of an opportunity that can bring back much needed peaceful relations with the Arab world and Muslims in South Asia?
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Robert Kagan and other experts on why the world of liberal democracy and free trade that we live in is based on America as the dominant power
02/10/2012
With the building of America as the dominant power will go the scaffolding of liberal democracy and free trade, says Kagan. The decline or collapse of America as the dominant power being repaced by a multipolar world of different powers, with no one to champion liberal democracy and free trade, will likely lead to the situation of conflicts seen in the 19th and 20th century leading to World War I. Today's other democracies - India, Brazil, Turkey, S. Africa and Australia - won't have the capacity to exercize such leadership, and India could end up in rivalry with China. A serious problem for the view that liberal democracy and free trade will just happen is that the educational systems and instiutions of China, India, do not have the depth and experience that is needed to provide the leadership required to champion democracy and free trade.
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Christopher Stevens and Mehdi Zeyo- their role in the struggle for freedom and democracy in Libya and America's finest hour
02/28/2011
The role of Stevens in the struggle for freedom in Libya and the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, and the role of Mehdi Zeyo in liberating Benghazi.
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J.Christopher Stevens and the American effort for freedom and democracy in Libya
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The role of Stevens in the freedom struggle in Libya and the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
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Mali and the situation in Benghazi, Libya
09/12/2012
The return of members of Libya leader Gaddafi's military who were from Mali back to Mali, after the fall of the Gaddafi regime, has led to arms flowing into the sub-Saharan region. The north of Mali is now controlled by militias formed by these returning Mali members of Gaddafi's military. The attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi is now seen as perpetrated by these militia with links to Al Quaeda.
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Calls for President Obama to act decisively in Libya.
03/05/2011
The March 7, 2011 Wall Street Journal editorial calls for military action in Libya to prevent the Ghadafi regime from suppressing the democracy protests inside Libya. Other calls for action from Senators McConnell, McCain, and Kerry over the weekend March 5-6. The slow and hesitant response of the Obama administration.
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The failure to protect the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya
08/25/2011
A series of failures and misleading statements by the Obama administration on the burning of the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, by terrorists, and the death of diplomats.
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Benghazi E-Mails Put White House on the Defensive
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What we’ve learned in Libya - The Washington Post
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American policy and one party rule in Arab and Middle Eastern countries
07/23/2009
In one of the ironies of recent times the Obama policy of engagement with the Arab and Middle Eastern countries leads to a tacit acceptance of one party rule and suppression of democratic freedoms in the Arab world.
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Hillary Clinton Echoes the Bush Doctrine
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The Arab world: Waking from its sleep
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Tunisia's revolution in the Arab press: What the Arab papers say
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Friedman on Egypt, Libya, Syria, Iraq and the Arab World's Transition to Democracy
02/10/2006
Friedman says the protests are about Egypt above all else, and its about Egypt and Egyptians desire for a freedom, democracy, better education, better economic opportunities and better lives. He describes the need in other parts of the Arab world to transcend sectarian, tribal and other loyalties, to establish moderation and build the institutions for citizenship and democratic government.
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Pulling the Curtain Back on Syria
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New York Times 02/10/2011
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The Theatre of Lies in U.S. policies towards the Middle East and South Asia
07/24/2010
With the huge cost of two wars in the region and failure to support democracy and economic opportunity in the region, questions about what the U.S. government is saying and the underlying realities. The failure of two administrations from opposite parties, and one with idealistic pretensions to do nothing more than continue old policies that utterly fail the people of the region.
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âBeyond War,â by David Rohde
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Feith and Cropsey: A Foreign Policy Failure to Acknowledge the Obvious
Wall Street Journal 10/18/2012
Middle East Challenges Obamaâs âLight Footprintâ
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New York Times 02/05/2011
Iraq - the first President Bush's inaction during the Shia struggle for democracy in 1991
11/08/2011
President Bush's inaction during the Shia revolt in 1991 and the subsequent crushing of the Shia is deeply embedded in the Shia psyche in Iraq. What would have happened ask the Shiites in Iraq, if the western powers had acted as they did in Libya in 2011? The question has another twist, how much would this have saved America in the fortune invested, lives lost, and goodwill lost in the region, from the lack of action What is missed by most commentators, is the fact the State Department and White House failed in Libya just as they did in Iraq, and the rebels in Benghazi would have been crushed in the same way if not for the timely intervention by France and Britain, with France's Sarkozy leading the way. The U.S. then reluctantly followed the Europeans as the tide turned against Gaddafi's regime. In the U.S. media, the Wall Street Journal was clear abou the need for early and decisive action in Libya, just as the Washington Post did for the Arab Spring in Egypt and Tunisia.
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Iraqi Shiite Anger at U.S. Remains Strong
New York Times 11/08/2011
New York Times 12/15/2011
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2012
Feith and Cropsey: A Foreign Policy Failure to Acknowledge the Obvious
Wall Street Journal 10/18/2012
The investigation into security at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya
08/25/2011
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 05/09/2013
Diplomat Airs Benghazi Attack Details
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
Benghazi E-Mails Put White House on the Defensive
New York Times 05/10/2013
New York Times 05/13/2013
What we’ve learned in Libya - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/25/2011
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2013
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