For All The Hype, Does Israel’s Iron Dome Even Work? August 21, 2014 by Dylan Scott As war between Israelis and Palestinians raged in Gaza again in recent weeks, President Barack Obama signed a bill to provide another $225 million to Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system. But what if the U.S. government is pouring […]
Wall Street Journal Story on Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Policy Quotes John Isaacs
Clinton Charts a Tricky Course in Airing Policy Views August 11, 2014 by Janet Hook Hillary Clinton is walking a political tightrope as she fleshes out her foreign-policy views in advance of a likely 2016 presidential campaign, putting distance between herself and President Barack Obama without personally criticizing her former boss. With Iraq and the […]
Newsweek Story on Iraq Quotes Amb. Peter Galbraith
U.S Will Arm the Kurds, Provide Air Support Against IS: Galbraith August 8, 2014 by Nicholas Wapshott The United States will break with the Iraqi government of Nouri a-l-Maliki this weekend and provide heavy weapons to the lightly armed forces of the Kurds, who are fighting to defend their capital, Erbil, against the Islamic State […]
Inter Press Service News Agency Story on Hiroshima Anniversary Cites Center Report on Global Nuclear Stockpiles
Atom Bomb Anniversary Spotlights Persistent Nuclear Threat August 7, 2014 by Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, Aug 7 2014 (IPS) – It has been 69 years, but the memory is fresh in the minds of 190,000 survivors and their descendants. It has been 69 years but a formal apology has yet to be issued. It has been […]
Middle East Monitor Story on Missile Defense Quotes Phil Coyle
It is a lie to say that Iron Dome is protecting Israelis from Hamas July 31, 2014 by Alastair Sloan A sceptical Philip E Coyle III shook his head at the Israel Defence Forces claim that its “Iron Dome” missile defence system intercepts nine out of ten Hamas rockets. “No military system is ninety per […]
