Israel often acts as if a simmering state of war with its Muslim neighbors is the only possible future, while occasionally playing off one nation against another, a “normal” that is not normal, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar
Category: Politics
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When Putin Bailed Out Obama
Trading Politics for Medical Profits
Obama’s Imperial Mideast Policy Unravels
Abu Zubaydah: Torture’s ‘Poster Child’
The Dumbed-Down New York Times
California May Abolish the Death Penalty
California voters will get a chance to abolish the state’s expensive and flawed death-penalty system, a step that could reduce America’s death-row population by almost a quarter, writes Marjorie Cohn.