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Obama and the Muslims

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Martin Kramer

My quick assessment of President Obama’s Cairo speech of June 4 appears (with fifteen other expert assessments) at Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH), and is reproduced here at Sandbox. “Peoples of Egypt, you will be told that I have … Continue reading →

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Chas Freeman’s crystal ball

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Martin Kramer

It is May 2000. You are Bill Clinton, contemplating what you still might achieve in the Middle East in your last eight months in the White House. You call in one of your intelligence chiefs, and ask a bottom-line question. … Continue reading →

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Chas Freeman and preemptive cringe

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Martin Kramer

Charles “Chas” Freeman, the former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia who is slated to become chair of the National Intelligence Council (NIC), is being praised by his supporters as a brilliantly “contrarian” analyst. But has anyone gone back to examine the … Continue reading →

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