State Department: “Be Afraid! Be Very Afraid!” State Department: “Be Afraid! Be Very Afraid!”
President Obama, along with his adviser on counterterrorism, John Brennan, a White House deputy national security adviser, have tried to reorient US policy away from the nonsensic...
Aug 14, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Thirty Years’ War The Thirty Years’ War
With great anticipation, I trucked over to the posh St. Regis Hotel, just north of the White House, to see Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and his team at an event sponsored by the C...
Aug 12, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
White House Opening to Hezbollah, Hamas? White House Opening to Hezbollah, Hamas?
Last week, speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, John Brennan, the White House's top adviser on terrorism, described the outlines of...
Aug 10, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Death of Mehsud The Death of Mehsud
The death of Baitullah Mehsud, if true, is a good thing for all concerned, not least for the people of Waziristan. He was an oppressive thug and a terrorist with no redeeming soci...
Aug 8, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Ahmadinejad II Ahmadinejad II
A intensified crackdown in Iran in the next few weeks and months might make the post-election repression of Iran's opposition movement so far look mild. Now that President Ahmadin...
Aug 6, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Billion-Dollar Mystery in Iraq Billion-Dollar Mystery in Iraq
A multi-billion dollar mystery is unfolding in Iraq, and it may reach to the highest levels of the Iraqi government. It involves what the New York Times calls an "extremist Shiit...
Aug 4, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Show Trials in Tehran Show Trials in Tehran
As Roger Cohen's lengthy, analytical piece in the New York Times Sunday magazine described, the Obama administration hasn't quite figured out how to respond to the continuing turm...
Aug 3, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
US Tells Israel: Iran Has Eight Weeks US Tells Israel: Iran Has Eight Weeks
Robert Gates, Jim Jones, and other US officials traipsing in and out of Israel this week have told Israeli officials to stop "ranting and raving" about Iran for, oh, about eight m...
Jul 31, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Need for Strategic Patience on Iran The Need for Strategic Patience on Iran
Does President Obama have the strategic patience he'll need to deal with Iran? It isn't clear. Things are exceedingly unsettled inside Iran, and it's not likely that Iranian le...
Jul 29, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Real Peace — Or A Mirage? Real Peace — Or A Mirage?
One way to keep Bibi Netanyahu from making trouble is to keep him so busy meeting US envoys and diplomats that he doesn't have time for anything else. That appears to be President...
Jul 27, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss