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Conquerors from The Congo to The Jordan
by James M. Wall In the late 19th century, Henry Morton Stanley (of Stanley and Livingston fame), (right) was the “king’s man”—more accurately, a hired colonist conqueror—working for Belgium’s King Leopold II. Stanley’s assignment: Seize and conquer for Belgium, the … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Movies
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Kerry Forgot Rule Number One: Never Question the Sacred Israeli Narrative
by James M. Wall If you believe the Israeli and US pro-Israel media, the new US Secretary of State, John Kerry (right) is “confused” in his new job. What led to the confusion? To those who embrace his negative media coverage, … Continue reading
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“We Have No 3G in Palestine”
by James M. Wall Unless security forces have torn it down, the poster (shown here) was one of the sights President Obama would see if his motorcade made its way to Ramallah, Palestine on a West Bank highway. The poster was posted … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East, Middle East Politics, Movies, Netanyahu, Obama
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GOP Descends Into Its Winter of Discontent
“Why, I in this weak piping time of peace Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity.” William Shakespeare: Richard III by James M. Wall A … Continue reading
Posted in -Movies and politics, Politics and Elections
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Israel Plans a “Doomsday Settlement” for E1
by James M. Wall Israel’s response to the United Nations’ overwhelming vote to admit Palestine to the UN was easily predictable. Israel had been waiting for just this moment to announce it would build a settlement in Area E1 (East … Continue reading
Romney’s “Peculiar Sense” of Geography
by James M. Wall After eight years of running for president, Mitt Romney has yet to master the geography of the Middle East. His knowledge appears limited to what he sees from his hotel room in Jerusalem, following the example … Continue reading
Romney’s Israeli Friends Desert Him
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Posted in Media, Middle East Politics, Movies, Netanyahu, Obama, Politics and Elections, Romney
Tagged Joe Biden, Paul Ryan
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NYT to Obama v. Romney, “let’s you and him fight”
by James M. Wall Scott Shane’s New York Times story Friday, linked President Obama to President Jimmy Carter. Shane maintains that Obama, like Carter before him, could also be a one-term president. The New York Times must have gone into … Continue reading
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Pro-Divestment Presbyterians Win By Losing
by James M. Wall Do you really want to know what happened at the just-concluded 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian U.S.A. denomination? As a veteran watcher of Protestant church political struggles, I urge you to remember that neither the cross … Continue reading
44 Senators Tell Obama To Do Israel’s Bidding
by James M. Wall War, as General Sherman once said, is hell. It is also widely perceived to be a failure of diplomacy. Which would explain why it is, that when war-promoting lobbyists want to generate congressional enthusiasm for the … Continue reading
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