Iran’s political crisis continues to blaze. It’s still impossible to say which leaders or factions will emerge victorious, but one thing is certain: the earthquake in the Islamic Republic is shaking the Mideast and deeply confusing everyone, including the US government.

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President Barack Obama came into office with an enormous reservoir of goodwill in the Muslim world. This was an asset no amount of American money or making nice could buy. But in recent weeks, he seems to have squandered a large part of this bounty.

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President Barack Obama’s visit to Normandy to commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day makes us think about the entire course of World War II, and the lingering propaganda or myths that still becloud it.

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Is there any way to peace between Israel and Palestine?

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What will happen if U.S. control of other cultures is perceived as authoritarian ruler havens?

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The silly semantics about whether the surge was a "tactic" or a "strategy" were an absurd ruse; a pointless distraction from the broader point. These wars were wrongly decided, and wrongly prosecuted.
Chatman

What's most disconcerting is that, in all of the talk about this crisis in the U.S. media, there's not one single, solitary word about slashing defence spending.
Stormcrow

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