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Bennis: U.N. Ambassador's Oily Past
Znet Article, January, 23 2007
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The transfer of current U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad from his job as the Great Wizard of Iraq’s embattled Emerald City in Baghdad’s Green Zone, to the quieter but no less complicated halls of the United Nations, may have severa...
Bennis: TALKING POINTS ON THE EXECUTION OF SADDAM HUSSEIN
Znet Article, December, 31 2006
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1) The execution of Saddam Hussein was not Nuremberg. Despite their flaws, the Nuremberg tribunals for the first...
Bennis: The Baker-Hamilton Iraq Recommendations
Znet Article, December, 03 2006
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According to the New York Times and Washington Post leaked versions of the Iraq Study Group's consensus position (Nov. 29 and 30), their recommendations will tinker around the edges of Bush's strategy, but not propose a wholesale alteration, let a...
Bennis: Just Say No to War in Iran
Znet Article, October, 09 2006
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A new U.S. intelligence report, representing the consensus of all 16 intelligence agencies, comes to the same conclusion many have known for a long time: The Iraq War isn’t making us safer. It’s putting us all at greater risk. It's...
Bennis: The Lebanon War and the Failed UN Resolution
Znet Article, August, 10 2006
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The draft resolution on the Lebanon crisis to be discussed by the UN Security Council this week is very much Washington's resolution. The draft does not call for a ceasefire; it is qualitatively discriminatory between the two sides; it has already...
Bennis: Washington's Latest Middle East War
Znet Article, July, 31 2006
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The Israeli war against Lebanon and Palestine, euphemistically depicted as "self-defense" against Hezbollah and Hamas, is simultaneously an Israeli war for domination, and a regional war to "remap" the contemporary Middle East. In this context it ...
Bennis: The Gaza/Lebanon Crises: Escalating Occupation & Danger of New Border Fighting
Znet Article, July, 17 2006
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" The Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip constitute collective punishment of the entire Gazan population, and have created a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented proportions in Gaza. " All these attacks violate the Fourth Geneva Convention, which ...
Bennis: Iran: Bush Isolated, Under Pressure,
Znet Article, June, 07 2006
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** The Bush administration's "offer" to join direct talks with Iran reflects Washington's international isolation on the Iran issue; the offer itself is simultaneously very significant and entirely fake.** The U.S. is still trying to ratchet up ...
Bennis: Palestine: Israel's Olmert Comes to Washington,
Znet Article, May, 31 2006
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Palestine: Israel's Olmert Comes to Washington,
Bennis: Palestine: Israel's Olmert Comes to Washington
Znet Article, May, 31 2006
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** Bush capped Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's visit to Washington with a cautious endorsement of Israel's plan for annexation of large swathes of Palestinian territory including major settlement blocs and about 80% of Israeli settlers in the West B...
Bennis: Iran, the U.S., and Nukes in the Middle East
Zmag Article, May, 01 2006
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T he Bush administration’s rapid escalation of anti-Iran rhetoric in the last few months should not be dismissed as posturing. Some of the attacks, especially Vice-President Cheney’s an...
Bennis: Thinking Strategically
Znet Article, April, 06 2006
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As a movement we have been extraordinarily successful in achieving our initial goal: we have helped transform public opinion to the now almost 2/3 majority opposition to the war in Iraq. Our task now is to transform that consciousness into empowe...
Bennis: New War Dangers
Znet Article, March, 17 2006
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** Escalating rhetoric, continued losses in Iraq, Bush's political problems, and an ideologically-driven pursuit of power make the possibility of a U.S. military attack on Iran - however reckless and however dangerous its consequences - a frighte...
Bennis: The Samarra Bombing and its Aftermath: A New Face on the Civil War?
Znet Article, February, 28 2006
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The Samarra Bombing and its Aftermath: A New Face on the Civil War?
Bennis: Ending Occupation
Znet Article, January, 13 2006
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*** The peace movement in the U.S. and globally has helped create the growing public consensus and rising demands to end the war and bring home the troops. The Bush administration is responding with escalating claims of Potemkin-style troop with...
Bennis: The Little Town of Bethlehem
Znet Article, December, 27 2005
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The little town of Bethlehem isn't just still, it's dying. On the eve of Christmas the Palestinian city is walled off, hemmed in, and virtually empty of tourists or visitors. Manger Square is barren, the few sad-looking Christmas stalls unfini...
Bennis: Bush Administration on the Skids in Iraq, Palestine, at Home
Znet Article, November, 19 2005
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he Bush administration's increasingly vitriolic and hostile attacks on anti-war and even war-questioning Democrats and others reflects stronger opposition at home and abroad as well as the beginning of the collapse of Bush's last pretext for war -...
Bennis: THE IRAQI CONSTITUTION
Znet Article, October, 13 2005
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** The constitutional process culminating in Saturday's referendum is not a sign of Iraqi sovereignty and democracy taking hold, but rather a consolidation of U.S. influence and control. Whether Iraq's draft constitution is approved or rejected, t...
Bennis: A Prize And A Warning
Znet Article, October, 12 2005
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A Prize And A Warning
Bennis: A Declaration Of War
Znet Article, September, 04 2005
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The Bush administration has declared war on the world. The 450 changes that Washington is demanding to the action agenda that will culminate at the September 2005 ...
