“The American administration is trying to achieve any gain in the shadow of the embarrassment hitting it because of its failures in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine after the failure of Israel's war on Lebanon and the retreat of America's project in the region.” TryingWarAmericaAchieveProjectsShadowGainsIraqIsraelAdministrationRegionsAfghanistanHittingRetreatPalestineEmbarrassmentLebanon Author:Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah
“It is our responsibility as the stronger party [Israel], as the occupying power, to convince the Palestinians that they can achieve their basic national aims, their just national aspirations, without violence. Unfortunately, the behavior of the Sharon administration, and before this of the Barak administration, has shown the Palestinians the opposite: namely, that they will achieve nothing without violence.” PartyResponsibilityViolenceAchieveBehaviorOppositesStrongerAimIsraelAdministrationAspirationConvincePalestinianSharon Author:Uri Avnery
“Reagan said that government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem. And he was going to dismantle that government. Well, long story short, he failed to do that. He built up the military to a much greater status, more people in it, and actually more employees after the end of the Reagan administration. And, to achieve his objectives, he did some of the very same things that Trump is doing to achieve his. What Ronald Reagan really wanted to dismantle was the welfare state. And he had limited success in doing that.” PeopleWellsLongSaidEndsStatesStoriesProblemGovernmentWantedGreaterAchieveMilitaryTrumpSolutionsBuiltObjectivesAdministrationWelfareEmployeeWelfare StateLong Story Author:Brian Balogh