Foreign Policy-related Parries

March 2010

Friendship is for Weenies

It’s amazing, given the adulation he enjoyed elsewhere, that the Israeli public knew from the start not to trust this US President.

January 2009

Shanghai Europe

So, finally, we stopped yesterday; the Israeli assault of late 2008/early 2009 on Gaza is over. With it, Israel lost moral purity and made vital strategic gains.

January 2008

Israel’s Greatest Victory Since Osirak

The great tactician Ariel Sharon steamrolled through Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza and today we see another step in the unfolding of this masterplan to staunch the damage caused by the victory of the Six Day War in 1967.

April 2007

Now the Sailors are Safe, Pursue the Matter

Even though the British government did a great job in getting the kidnapped soldiers back, that is the first step, not the last. Such piracy must cost dearly in order to discourage the Iranians (or anyone else) from doing anything like it again.

British Press on Pending Hostage Release

“Extraordinary scenes as Iran frees sailors”— The Telegraph. “Iran releases 15 as ‘gift’ to Britain”— The Times. Strangely, it’s the left-wing papers who seem less naive and and demonstrate understanding that it ain’t over ‘till it’s over. “Iran announces release of British sailors”— The Independent; and “Iran to release sailors tomorrow”— The Guardian.

February 2007

Approaching Infinite Justice

Immediately after 9/11, the burgeoning war on terror was named “Operation Infinite Justice”. This terrible name was quickly changed to “Operation Enduring Freedom” but there was such a gulf between the emotions connoted by the two monickers that the second always seemed to me merely a polite cloaking of the first. That is to say, the mission is still infinite justice and it may well still be on.

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