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2012/08/122012/08/12

Chuck Spinney: Romney-Ryan Travesty, Obama the Enabler Carries On

A Retired Defense Reformer’s Take on the Ramifications of Romney’s Choice of Paul Ryan Get Ready for the Slaughter by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY. Counterpunch WEEKEND EDITION AUGUST 12-14, 2012 Gaeta, Italy. Romney’s choice of the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Congressman Paul Ryan, as his running mate mirrors John McCain’s disastrous choice of Sarah …

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2012/07/292012/07/29

Chuck Spinney: Arab Spring Core Value is LEGITIMACY

Rami Khouri paints an interesting contrast between the evolution of change in Egypt and Syria. CS. Two Men Who Define the Arab Moment of Change by Rami G. Khouri Agence-Global, 28 Jul 2012 BEIRUT — Two new men who appeared on the fast-changing stage of Arab politics this week — the defected General Manaf Tlas …

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2012/07/272012/07/27

Chuck Spinney: Invented People Plan War Over Temple on the Mount

I can not judge this source … I do not know anything about the publication — the article is fascinating. In 2008, I visited Temple Mount and saw the Israeli archaeology project, which literally abuts the al Aqsa Mosque. Totally sealed off and makes it inconvenient for Palestinians to visit mosque. If they decide to …

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2012/07/242012/07/24

Chuck Spinney: Syria Lessons Learned and Current SitRep

Attached is a very thoughtful report on what is happening to Syria, written by a long-time observer of the Middle East. Chuck Spinney La Spezia, Italia The Destruction of Syria by Patrick Seale Agence Global, 24 Jul 200012 Once one of the most solid states in the Middle East and a key pivot of the …

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2012/07/172012/07/17

Chuck Spinney: Amateur Hour at White House and Department of State

This classic case of blowback ought to give pause to those advocating intervention/regime change in the Syrian Civil War or in Iran — but if history tells us anything it won’t change any minds in Versailles on the Potomac. Chuck Spinney La Grazie, Italia US inadvertently creates a terrorist haven in Mali STEPHEN KINZER, Boston …

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2012/07/082012/07/08

Chuck Spinney: Morocco A Bomb? And Qatar?

In this very informative essay, Nicolas Pelham describes how King Mohammad of Morocco and his apparat finessed the Arab Spring, even though Morocco’s poverty is far worse than Tunisia’s and the oppression of its poor by his apparat is nearly as bad as President Ben Ali’s in Tunisia. Whether or not Mohammad dodged the revolutionary …

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2012/06/232012/06/24

Chuck Spinney: The Truth About West versus Iran

At a time when pressures to punish Iran with more sanctions or perhaps even war (I still consider the latter unlikely), it might pay to try to understand things from the Iranian point view. Attached below is an excellent essay in the London Review of Books analyzing Iran’s recent history. It puts the CIA/MI6 overthrow …

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