Category: Foreign Policy
Bair’s Bailout Plan | Turning the Corner on Torture
by WS Editors | Feb 1, 2009 | Economy, Foreign PolicyBair’s Bailout Plan—Barack Obama’s Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner and senior economic adviser Lawrence Summers have dominated the shaping of policy and news coverage of the new White House economic team. Sheila Bair isn’t even part of it. The director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a Bush appointee, whom many assumed would resign […]
The “A-Word” | J Street Position? | An American War | Death of a Mud Salesman
by WS Editors | Jan 15, 2009 | Foreign PolicyThe “A-Word”—Three weeks before Israeli Defense Force fighters began bombing the Gaza Strip in late December, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel William Harrop advanced a familiar argument. “Isn’t the very power of the Israel lobby its ability to make any criticism of Israel, any criticism of the settlement movement, or any discussion of a policy […]
A World-Class Pentagon Budget
by WS Editors | Jan 1, 2009 | Economy, Foreign Policy“THE NEW ADMINISTRATION WILL TAKE OFFICE in January 2009, inheriting a budget for the Department of Defense that will exceed $600 billion per year, roughly equal to the rest of the world. Because we are not facing the possibility of armed conflict with the rest of the world put together, it’s clear that some adjustment […]
A Detainee Addresses Congress | Obama’s Adviser Loves Wal-Mart | “Code Words” About Israel
by WS Editors | Jul 1, 2008 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsTorture on Trial—A year after his story appeared in these pages (see the Washington Spectator, July 1, 2007), German-born Turk Murat Kurnaz spoke to the U.S. Congress. By video link from Germany, Kurnaz testified before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee. He was arrested in Pakistan a month after the 9/11 attacks. Like all but 5 percent […]
Republican Hypocrisy on “Negotiating with Terrorists” | How Bush Bungled Iranian Diplomacy
by WS Editors | Jun 1, 2008 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsReturn of the Contra Band—One day after he was attacked by George W. Bush in a speech before the Knesset in Israel, Barack Obama made the case that there is no daylight between the most unpopular president in modern history and the Republican who is campaigning to succeed him. In less than ten minutes, Obama mentioned John […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety