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LinkedInDuring the past months I've been commenting about the geopolitical realignment taking place in the world, but there is one stable feature throughout all this transition, and it is the "special relationship" that supposedly obtains between the US and Israel. After all(we're reminded time and time again), the USA is allied to the only real democracy in the Middle East, right? (On that basis, why don't we have better relations with the world's largest democracy, India? but that's an inconvenient question). This article was sent to me by a friend, and in reading it, I have to say, it echoes my … [Read more...]
DISSIDENTS, DEMOCRACY, AND IMPERIALISM
September 21, 2011 By
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on Sept. 9, 2011, delivered an informative speech in New York City at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The speech, for those who know the name, could have been written in the 1950s by George Kennan, or even Frank Wisner of the State Department's notorious Office of Policy Coordination. Clinton stated that the US would work to create strong stable democracies around the world and that "We are waging a broad, sustained and relentless campaign that harnesses every element of American power against terrorism, and even as we remain tightly focused on the … [Read more...]