INTERNATIONAL

Below is the third installment in a 5-part series regarding Pakistan.   The destabilization of Pakistan began with the December 2007 murder of Benazir Bhutto after Mark Siegel, her Ashkenazi biographer and lobbyist, assured U.S. diplomats that her return was “the only possible way we could guarantee stability and keep the presidency of Musharraf intact.” That advice is consistent with …

  While the Obama administration continues to affirm its intention to withdraw US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, the US' military presence in the Muslim world is actually expanding and this is exacerbating tensions and inflaming animosities. Barack Obama's promise to open a new page with the Muslim world on the basis of mutual respect and interests – supplemented and …

IF THIS IS NOT TERRORISM? WHAT IS IT THEN.? Men of the Protestant fraternal organisation Orange Order are seen through a security barrier under police presence during the Apprentice Boys march in Londonderry, Northern Ireland on August 14,2010. Up to 15 000 people and 140 bands are expected to attend. The Apprentice Boys of Derry is a Protestant fraternal society …

Reuel Marc Gerecht's screed justifying an Israeli bombing attack on Iran coincides with the opening of the new Israel lobby campaign marked by the introduction of House Resolution 1553 expressing full support for such an Israeli attack. What is important to understand about this campaign is that the aim of Gerecht and of the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu is …

"In watching the flow of events over the past decade or so, it is hard to avoid the feeling that something very fundamental has happened in world history." This sentiment, introducing the essay that made Francis Fukuyama a household name, commands renewed attention today, albeit from a different perspective. Developments during the 1980s, above all the winding down of the …

  Americans know that something fundamental is amiss. They sense—rightly—that they are being misled no matter which political party does the leading.   A long misinformed public lacks the tools to grasp how they are being deceived. Without those tools, Americans will continue to be frustrated at being played for the fool.   When the “con” is clearly seen, “the mark” (that’s …