NOVANEWS
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
The fact of the matter is Iran has neither a nuclear bomb nor an actual nuclear weapons program.
The authoritarian utopia of Colonel Edward M. House
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
What can one say about the significance of House’s Philip Dru: Administrator?
Absent from the War against the Islamic State: Israel’s Status as an American Ally and the Example It Provides for U.S. Foreign Policy
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
The fact of the matter is that the Islamic State actually benefits Israel by causing problems…
Here Come the Kagans—Their War Plan to Defeat the Islamic State
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
The only thing positive that can be said about Obama’s war plan is that it is not as disastrous as the Kagan alternative.
American Establishment Combats Resurgent ‘Isolationist’ Threat
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
With communism gone, the conservative coalition should have fractured long ago. This was delayed by Sept. 11 and the rise of radical Islam. But now, 12 years into that era — after Afghanistan and Iraq, after drone wars and the NSA revelations — the natural tension between isolationist and internationalist tendencies has resurfaced.
The Mainstream Media, ISIS, and Iraq War Déjà Vu
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
It might not be possible to fool all the people all the time, but the record shows that enough of the people can be fooled enough of the time to achieve the desired result.
The Unfolding of Yinon’s “Zionist Plan for the Middle East”: The Crisis in Iraq and the Centrality of the National Interest of Israel
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
“Let’s look at the reality on the ground in the Middle East: Iraq and Syria are effectively partitioned along sectarian lines; Lebanon and Yemen are close to fracturing; Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia survive intact but as increasingly authoritarian states.
The Ukrainian Crisis: The United States, Russia, and Israel
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
So while the United States will suffer, along with the other countries involved in the Ukrainian crisis, Israel’s situation will have improved both in terms of a harder position by the United States toward Israel’s major enemy, Iran, and better relations with Russia.
Dr. Sniegoski at American National Summit Reassessing US-Israel Relations
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
Does Israel and its lobby exercise too much influence on U.S. decisions to wage war in the Middle East? Neoconservatives and the Iraq war.
The Last Ditch: ‘War for Oil’ — The Notion That Will Not Die
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
The oil companies were pushing for an end to the sanctions on Iraq, and this pitted the pro-Israeli lobby and the U.S. oil industry against each other.
George Washington, A Passionate Attachment, and Israel
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
Washington, astutely held that in foreign policy the United States should pursue its own interests and not be involved in another country’s conflicts, which could only bring on unnecessary problems.
The Alleged Transformation of Ariel Sharon: Mostly Myth, Little Reality
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
Sharon’s persona had not changed but rather he came to realize that new tactics were needed to achieve the same goals he had formerly attained by blatant brute force.
Iran as a Twentieth Century Victim: 1900 Through the Aftermath of World War II
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
In the first half of the twentieth century, Russia and Britain forced Iran to relinquish its sovereign rights, and the Iranian people suffered severely as a consequence.
The Triangular Relationship between Iran, Israel and the United States: The Early Decades
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
The depiction of Iran as a crazed state bent on suicidal warfare does not comport with the facts but is disinformation
Kerry’s Opposition to UN Questioning of Assad’s Culpability for the Gassing
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
If the goal really were to make the Middle East free from horrific weapons, as America now pontificates, then an effort would be made to have all the countries in the region give up these weapons and undergo inspections.
The National Security Agency, Snowden and the US Constitution
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
Let’s pause for a moment and make a comparison of Clapper to Snowden. Which is worse – lying to Congress or revealing government lies?
Neocons, Selective Democracy, and the Egyptian Military Coup
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
Citing influential analyst Jim Lobe, Sniegoski emphasizes that It is not democracy but rather “protecting Israeli security and preserving its military superiority over any and all possible regional challenges” that is “a core neoconservative tenet.”
Chomsky belated acknowledgement : Neocons the Dominant Force in Pushing for Iraq War
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
While Chomsky’s change was far from being complete, his acknowledgement is, nonetheless, very significant.
The Hagel Nomination, Israel, and the Neocons
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
The neoconservatives have been in the forefront in attacking Hagel while AIPAC has stayed in the background. Should the neocons ultimately stop Hagel, it would be an amazing success. A perceived enemy of Israeli interests would be defeated without any negative political ramifications for Israel or the Israel lobby
Obama’s Purpose for Picking Chuck Hagel
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
A major issue in Washington pertaining to foreign policy and national security affairs is the fight over President Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. Why is it so important?
The Resiliency of the Neoconservatives: General Petraeus and the Kagans
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
The neocons’ influence has far exceeded just the lingering effects from their past policy decisions in the George W. Bush administration; rather they continue to energetically work to influence American policy with more than a little impact.
Norman Finkelstein and Neocon Denial
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
Despite denying that neocons had an effect on US Middle East policy, Finkelstein does grant that “Jewish neocons pushed long and hard for an attack on Iraq.”
Gingerly Pussyfooting Around the Third Rail: Semi-Brave Washington Post Ombudsman Mentions Israel’s Nukes
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
Washington Post’s Patrick B. Pexton, dared to touch on the taboo subject of Israel’s nuclear-weapons program in a piece titled “What about Israel’s nuclear weapons?”
“Would Romney Pursue a Neocon War Agenda?” Revisited
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
On reading “The 50 most powerful Republicans on foreign policy,” I found myself compelled to suggest that people re-read my article “Would Romney Pursue a Neocon War Agenda?”
Saudi Arabia: The Neocons’ Once and Future Target
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
Shiites in the Gulf have already become enraged against the Saudis, so this element could serve as an invaluable propaganda instrument to intensify anti-Saudi feeling in the West in order to bring down Israel’s final powerful adversary, whose very existence precludes Israel’s achievement of total regional hegemony.
The Yinon Thesis Vindicated: Neocons, Israel, and the Fragmentation of Syria
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
America’s removal of Saddam in a war spearheaded by the pro-Israel neoconservatives served to intensify Sunni-Shiite regional hostility and, in a sense, got the destabilization ball rolling. Iran is targeted now, and Israel and its neocon supporters seek to make use of dissatisfied internal elements, political and ethnic—the radical MEK, democratic secularists, monarchists, Kurds, Arabs, Baluchis, and Azeris— to bring down the Islamic regime.
Straussians and Neoconservatives: The Intimate Relationship
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
The Straussian position on Jewishness and Israel serves to provide greater documentation for the Jewish and Zionist nature of neoconservatism.
Would Romney Pursue a Neocon War Agenda?
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
Romney is noted for his “flip-flops” on issues depending on the audience. He is currently surrounding himself with neocon foreign policy advisors. But would he follow such a policy as president?
Washington Is Worth a War: Obama, Iran, and the Israel Lobby
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
Wright notes that “There are things Obama could do to greatly increase the chances of a negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear problem, but he seems to have decided that doing them would bring political blowback that would reduce his chances of re-election.” By Stephen J. Sniegoski When, in 1593, Henry of Navarre […]
Has US Support for Israel Reached a Tipping Point?
Posted by Stephen Sniegoski
That support for Israel continues to reign supreme in the US Congress, as Giraldi acknowledges, would seem to illustrate that the American populace is not sufficiently concerned about the issue as to make it politically significant.
