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For Israel, a Victory That Will Prove Short-Lived

For Israel, a Victory That Will Prove Short-Lived

April 28, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

The Mideast peace talks Secretary of State Kerry staked his tenure upon have crashed; and to state the instantly obvious: Israel emerges from this debacle in a position of strength. Does a near-term tactical advantage assure strategic success in the…

Putin bests Obama — and that’s good! Also, Reddit helps catch more New York Times propaganda

Putin bests Obama — and that’s good! Also, Reddit helps catch more New York Times propaganda

April 23, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

American exceptionalism takes another hit, as does the credibility of the Times’ foreign coverage The argument has been made several times in this space that President Obama is as a flyweight in the ring with a counterpuncher such as Vladimir…

How Obama’s White House Lost Ukraine in a Few Stupid Steps

How Obama’s White House Lost Ukraine in a Few Stupid Steps

April 21, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

No one wants to say so, but the Obama administration has backed the wrong horse in Ukraine, and the misguided wager is a big loss. It is hardly the president’s first failure on the foreign side, but it may prove…

Liberal media myth officially dead: Brazen propaganda, historical amnesia and the New York Times

Liberal media myth officially dead: Brazen propaganda, historical amnesia and the New York Times

April 16, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Does Obama have control of his own intelligence agencies? Also, the Times has an ironic definition of propaganda This shapes up as an important week in the Ukraine crisis. We have already witnessed the extent to which the provisional government…

Europe’s Sluggish Recovery: A Delusion of Growth

Europe’s Sluggish Recovery: A Delusion of Growth

April 14, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

The spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which concluded Sunday, was all about our nascent global recovery. “We are at the point where the economy has turned the corner or is turning the corner of…

Barack Obama pulls a George W. Bush: Lies, misinformation and chemical weapons

Barack Obama pulls a George W. Bush: Lies, misinformation and chemical weapons

April 10, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Remember the almost-war in Syria last year? An amazing new report — which our media won’t touch — is a must read Am I misjudging our time, or have we entered some accelerated cycle of American subversions, and then another…

Why Obama’s ‘Pivot to Asia’ Will Prove a Non Event

Why Obama’s ‘Pivot to Asia’ Will Prove a Non Event

April 7, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

HONG KONG—After two years of dithering and drift in the Pacific, the Obama administration is now trying to give substance to its noted “pivot to Asia.” The White House’s problem simply put: Symbols and gestures do not amount to substance,…

Someone teach John Kerry about history!

Someone teach John Kerry about history!

April 3, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

There’s a reason why Putin makes Kerry and the president look clownish: He understands the history others forget Many Americans flinch from the latest turn in the Ukraine crisis now that Vladimir Putin has taken control of it. It was…

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