11 Articles

Saturday, October 11, 2008
The Trade Balance and the Limits of the Paulson Rescue Plan
The $700 billion plus purchase of financial instruments, which essentially trades cash for trash, even if necessary, is an insufficient measure for resolving the "once in a hundred years," economic crisis. There must be more to the crisis than meets the eye.

Monday, September 22, 2008
The Great Bailout
Secretary Paulson's plan to prevent collapse of the financial system prompts immediate and unanswered questions: Will the Paulson plan fulfill its intentions or will it worsen what it wants to correct? The health of the financial system is a major problem, but is it the problem, and does it disguise the true problem?

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Reconciliation of Sunni and Sh'ia
An Iraq that evolves into a non-sectarian democracy initiates a hopeful path to stabilization of the Middle East. This task cannot be accomplished before the Western world recognizes its role in aggravating Middle East problems. Instead of inciting division and hatred, and juggling Middle East lives to favor their own interests, shouldn't western agencies and governments encourage an Arab-Iran reconciliation?

Friday, August 15, 2008
Has the 'Surge" Prevented Peace?
(2 comments) Realignment of forces without reconciliation of populations spells confrontation. A 'surge' that made all this possible seems to have made reconciliation less possible, which translates into a 'surge" that has provided additional obstacles to peace and stability.

Thursday, July 31, 2008
From Usurpation to Liberation
The suffering due to occupation and a perspective of Israel as a colonizer drives the Palestinians to a war of liberation. Hope for success is enhanced by Israel's inability to accumulate a sufficient mass of world Jewry to labor for a Jewish homeland. Hopelessness that foresees failure is dictated by Israel's acts that subdue the Palestinians. Ferocity of the Israel campaign certifies it is fighting a liberation movement.

Saturday, May 3, 2008
Harsh Reality of Middle East Conflict
(14 comments) A century old conflict between the state of Israel and stateless Palestinians, many of whom have been disposed from lands that created the Israel state, has provoked an argument: Is it preferable to have two states living side by side or have one state from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River that includes Jews and Palestinians without prejudice and with equal rights for all?

Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Face to Face With Hezbollah
(2 comments) Meetings with Hezbollah and Lebanese officials together with a trip to southern Lebanon, as a member of a Council for National Interest peace delegation, revealed much about the nature of the Party of God. The voyage started in Beirut.

Monday, December 17, 2007
Who Speaks for the Palestinians?
(4 comments) The inability to force responses to UN resolutions and provide a legal context to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is a principal reason for continuation of the decades old conflict. The corollary is that only enforcement of UN resolutions and adherence to international law will resolve the conflict.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007
The Wasting of the West Bank
What seems to be purposeful hindrances to West Bank residents, reduce Palestinians, who have meager demands and normal needs, to total despair and deprivation.

Friday, September 28, 2007
The Road to Pieces
(1 comments) Forces which manipulate information also guide discussions of the Middle East peace proposals. They control the decisions to ameliorate the situation and have the military muscle to counter any attack on their roles. A logical approach and just solution to a deadly conflict don't favor the policies of Israel and the United States. Their road to peace leads to a world shattered into pieces.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007
The United States Administration's Secret Love for Iran
(1 comments) The severe negative qualities of the Iranian regime fit well into U.S. foreign policy arguments. The positive qualities, and there are some, go unheeded by the Bush administration – and for a reason – they contradict the U.S. government policies towards the Islamic nation. The U.S. administration evidently loves the serious defects of the present Iranian regime.