Tag / Libya
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Apologia Americana
What is America’s role in the world? We are committed to defend a quarter of the world’s population. We have bases in over seventy countries. The institutions we helped found after World War II, from the World Bank to NATO, are still operating and healthy. Yet we are more divided than ever, a polarization that…
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Let’s Talk About Foreign Policy
The 47% gaffe wasn’t the most revealing thing Mitt Romney said at his fundraiser back in May. His admission that he sees Palestinians as “not wanting peace” is as bizarre as it is ill-informed. If he were talking about domestic politics, it would be equivalent to him saying that Americans weren’t interested in improving their…
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Freedom of Religion vs. Freedom from Religion
In many of the countries which have seen recent protests against the film “The Innocence of Muslims, ” their still-fresh Arab Spring revolutions were aided by new online forms of speech like Twitter and Facebook. Social media’s role in the Arab Spring is old news, but the events of the past two weeks show a…
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No Sympathy
In the last few days, Mitt Romney has doubled down on his statement that President Obama “sympathized” with the mobs that attacked US embassies in Cairo and Libya that left dozens — including Ambassador Christopher Stevens — dead. Romney’s statement was made in response to the American Embassy in Egypt’s condemnation of an anti-Muslim video…
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Libya: Building a New Nation
Last February, Libya joined many other nations in the Arab world by overthrowing a dictator that had repressed their country for decades. Muammar Gaddafi, the “mad dog of the middle east” was toppled after several months of struggle, with the help of extensive NATO air support. In the past year, Libya has been through a…
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A Necessary Evil?
It would seem that after months of peaceful protests followed by brute attacks on civilians by the Syrian military, international pressure would be mounting against the Assad regime. But as the casualties grow, international pressure rarely yields more than a strong urge for Al-Assad to pursue reform. Most of the international community wants him gone,…
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A Crisis of Consistency
There has been a lot of recent talk about to what extent the United States should aid, or abet, the various uprisings in the Middle East. Particularly left leaning commentators, like Jon Stewart and Arsalan Ifitikhar, have criticized President Obama’s handling of the last several months, arguing that his responses to the various international crises…
