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Archives: Barack Obama
Obama Condemns hatred of Muslim-Americans, Affirms their Importance to Nation
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama spoke Wednesday at a Baltimore mosque in an explicit pushback against the hatred for Muslims being promoted by billionaire real estate…
Americans more likely to get hit by Lightning than Terrorism, but 51% Fear It
By Peter Certo | (Foreign Policy In Focus) | - - One in 3.5 million: That’s your annual risk of dying from a terrorist attack in the United States, at least according…
Obama: Islamophobia harms US Interests; Daesh/ISIL a dangerous Fringe
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama's last State of the Union address this year was largely lacking in specifics and replete with high ideals and ambitious goals…
Did Obama Really “Surrender the Middle East to Putin?”
By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | - - A perusal of the “writing on the hall” commentary of the Right Wing in the last two months--since a small Russian force…
Obama: Is the Media Hyping the threat from Daesh/ ISIL?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama gave an interview on National Public Radio on Monday in which he attempted to reassure the US public about the threat…
Oh, no! Not another American war against evil!
By Ira Chernus | (Informed Comment) | - - This time, it’s the Islamic State (IS). After the attacks in Paris, Barack Obama, spokesman-in-chief for the United States of America, called that…
Obama vs. Daesh/ISIL: Freedom is more powerful than Fear & We Refuse to take the Bait
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama addressed the nation on Sunday night, in an attempt to calm the public mood after the San Bernardino killers were tied…
Obama: GOP afraid of little Syrian Girls; Cruz: ‘You want a piece of me?’
John Iadarola and Elliot Hill | (The Young Turks Video) | - - "President Obama is speaking out against Republican politicians and members of the media demonizing Syrian refugees, implying that we…
A New Yalta? Can France Craft an alliance of Putin & Obama against Daesh/ISIL?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - French President Francois Hollande is seeking a new relationship with Russia after the attacks on Paris by Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) and the Russian…
Obama to Hawks: You can’t Occupy all the Countries in the Middle East
By John Hickman | (Informed Comment) | - - There was something very reassuring about President Obama’s delivery of a carefully reasoned explanation for his Middle East foreign policy during Monday’s Press…
Netanyahu taps Squatter who called Obama Muslim hate sympathizer, as he demands $5 bn./yr. from U.S.
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appointed West Bank squatter Ran Baratz to be his director of communications on the eve of his procession…
Obama makes fun of GOP Candidates: “That’s Crazy!”
Barack Obama | (Associated Press Video) | - - "Obama roasts Republican presidential candidates while speaking at a Democractic National Committee fundraiser in New York City Monday night. (Nov. 3)" AP: "Obama:…
Why Obama and Putin are Both Wrong on Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama seemed awfully defensive in his speech at the United Nations on Monday. The reason is not far to seek. Russia's Vladimir…
Obama as Grandmaster of Grand Strategy: Containing China
By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - In ways that have eluded Washington pundits and policymakers, President Barack Obama is deploying a subtle geopolitical strategy that, if successful, might give…
Top 5 Reasons Obama defeated GOP, AIPAC effort to vote Down Iran Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - 40 Democratic senators and two independent senators stood with President Obama on Thursday, preventing any congressional condemnation of the UN Security Council's Vienna…
Is the Obama Admin. pressuring CIA to paint a Rosy Picture of War on ISIL?
Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTV Video Report) | - - "ISIS intelligence reports are being cooked by the Obama administration, according to over 50 intelligence analysts working out of the…
Obama’s Journey: Top 10 signs of Extreme Climate Change in Alaska and why it Should Scare Us
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - American corporate news has not devoted the hours to President Obama's trip to Alaska that it deserves, focusing on the GOP clown car…
They’re Baaack! Neoconservatives, Netanyahu, and the GOP set up US-Iran War of 2017
By David Bromwich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) “We’re going to push and push until some larger force makes us stop.” David Addington, the legal adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, made that…