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Topics: Syria is near civil war. The Libya war drags on. IED attacks in Afghanistan are at an all-time high. Jobs and the little Debt Bill that couldn’t. With Steve Hynd of Newshoggers, Keith Boyea at keithboyea.wordpress.com, and myself. To listen to the show live, go to Polizeros Radio on BlogTalkRadio. You can also [...] There were major events this week in MENA. Is Middle East destabilizing? What can US do? And should it do anything? How many more occupations will there be and will any of them actually end? Rick Perry will probably run as Republican now that Newt blew up. Will the left and Democrats run other [...] Readers and social media pals respond to my post wondering why protests in MENA (Middle East / North Africa) have had major impact and toppled governments while similar huge protests have had little effect in the US and UK. ocicat_bengals (on Twitter) How many people have been killed? Good point. Our government doesn’t murder [...] Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA 500,000 protest cuts in London, and this is inspiring indeed. But the protests in the Middle East / North Africa (MENA)have been vastly more successfully in forcing change than those held in the US / UK. Most of the MENA protests, which have toppled governments, have been predominately nonviolent too, [...] After weeks of internal debate on how to respond to uprisings in the Arab world, the Obama administration is settling on a Middle East strategy: help keep longtime allies who are willing to reform in power, even if that means the full democratic demands of their newly emboldened citizens might have to wait. Starting with [...] Image via Socialist Unity Sometimes the tiger may act unexpectedly, savagely, or even turn on those who thought they controlled it. Niall Ferguson, who apparently gets all misty-eyed at the thought of American Empire Unchallenged, says all these revolts and revolutions in MENA may end badly and violently. Well, of course they might. [...] |  | ||||
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