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Category Archives: Benny Avni
The U.N. Statehood Charade
Both Benny Avni and Fouad Ajami have written extensively to engage the public on how useless the up coming vote at the U.N. to declare/ratify a Palestinian State. This is pure idealism tied to cynicism hiding as Machiavelli! Arab States … Continue reading
Posted in Benny Avni, International Relations, Islam, Israel, Middle East Peace, Near East
Tagged Abbas, David Ben-Gurion, Fouad Ajami, Israeli Peace Process, Palestinian Statehood, UN, Weizmann, Yasser Arafat
The Growth Of Obama
The Presidency is not the place for ‘on the job training’, yet our current Commander in Chief may stump both supporters and opponents given his agenda to ‘reset’ the American imperium throughout the Middle East. This is witnessed in his … Continue reading
Posted in Benny Avni, International Relations, Islam, Israel, Middle East Peace, Near East, Politics, Terrorism
Tagged Bush, Freedom Agenda, Growth, Mideast Peace, Near East, Realism, Self Inflicted Political Wound, Syria
U.S. Getting Played Throughout Central Asia, Near East & South America
Let’s face it, Washington needs to adjust to new realities on the ground in Lebanon, Afghanistan and throughout Central and South America, especially regarding the foreign policy achievements of Iran and its ability to wage lethal small engagements with American … Continue reading
Posted in Benny Avni, Central Asia, International Relations, Islam, Israel, Near East, Politics, Terrorism, Uncategorized
Tagged American Foreign Policy, Beny Avni, Drug Trafficking, Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, Narco-Terrorism, Persia, Syria
Ralph Peters: Spygame
Known as an old ‘Russian Hand’; a euphemism detailing the acumen accrued by developing successful ‘cover’ as a mole behind the line of fire, Ralph Peters remains one of the finest intelligence experts the Army has produced in decades. He … Continue reading
Posted in Benny Avni, Perils Of Specialization, Terrorism
Tagged CIA, Ralph Peters, Spy, Terrorism
Benny Avni: A Prostrate West, A Rising Militancy In Persia & A Look Into The Heart Of Islam
An old secret that western contemporary governments use in order to protect intelligence agents is to plant them as journalists; shielded by a Constitution gives them unimpeded range to explore, divulge and develop unattractive options to shape public opinion. Benny … Continue reading
Posted in Benny Avni, International Relations, Islam, Israel, Middle East Peace, Morality, Near East, Politics, Satan/Evil, Terrorism
Tagged Amir Tahari, Benny Avni, Bernard Lewis, Colonialism, Failure of Islam, Fouad Ajami, Imperialism, Iran, Islam, Islamic Enlightenment, Islamic slavery, Islamofascism, Max Boot, Modernity, Oriana Fallachi, Persia, Suicide bombings
Arnold Toynbee: Tribal, Communal, Ethnic Conflicts; Their Origin and Future Trajectory
Arnold Toynbee’s 12 volume study of the genesis, growth and breakdown of dozens of Civilizations is back in vogue with the demise of Marxism and the robust acclaim given to market based solutions in political economies across the world. He … Continue reading
Posted in Arnold Toynbee, Benny Avni, China, Conservatism, International Relations, Islam, Israel, Middle East Peace, Near East, Perils Of Specialization, Politics, Terrorism
Tagged Afghanistan, Central Asia, Communal, Conflicts, Despotic Theocratic Tyrannies, Ethnic, IED, International Relations, Iran, Iran proxies, Iraq, Mid-East Peace, Middle East, Toynbee, Tribal, war
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Ralph Peters: Iran, Afghanistan & The Limits of Pax Americana
Ralph Peters remains one of the very few intellectual soldiers with a strong background in intelligence, the craft of counterinsurgency and the political, strategic insights regarding limits to Empire building as witnessed throughout any serious reading of history. Peter’s insight … Continue reading
Kosher Turkey In Gaza
For those who find the cultural and political matrix of the Middle East intractable, I ‘d like to put recent events in perspective regarding their trajectories. Most in the West refuse to admonish the political stasis and the social paralysis … Continue reading
