From the monthly archives:

December 2007

Linkage Between Gaza & Israel “Stopping the Kassams”

December 21, 2007

In his New York Sun article, Hillel Halkin talks of five uncertain options of response to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad missile barrages against Israel. But there is a pragmatic and eminently feasible sixth option. Option 6: There has been and there desperately needs to be linked consequentiality – a clear response formula – this [...]

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The World’s Most Successful Con Game

December 21, 2007

The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. That selective claim now underpins world politics. It seems that since the war of 1967, with its stunning victory against all odds, Israel finally lost its “underdog” identity. The guilt-ridden post-Holocaust populations in Europe were now not any more coerced into feeling sorry for their decimated Jews. [...]

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“Limits of Diplomacy – The Current Dilemma”

December 13, 2007

According to many of our presidential candidates, there are no limits to diplomacy. History however, as well as Psychology 101 proves otherwise: a) Neville Chamberlain’s particular diplomacy in World War II gave Hitler an extra few years’ head start in building his genocidal war machine. Emboldened by appeasement politics, Hitler overran Czechoslovakia and Poland. Perhaps [...]

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The Election – A Synergistic Primary

December 4, 2007

Let’s do a deal, in advance of the primaries: Hilary will squeeze out Obama; power, money and savvy manipulation being the Clintons’ unsurpassed epitaph, and to her ultimately ego-driven regret, she may forego offering Obama the vice presidency. In that event, Giuliani should be planning to offer Obama reconciliation across the aisle, a nonpartisan vice [...]

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