Month: February 2011

In thinking about what is next for Hosni Mubarak, it pays to familiarize yourself with the long, sad odyssey of the Shah’s exile (pdf) which saw him go from Teheran to Egypt to Morocco to the Bahamas to Mexico to New York...

I am beginning to wonder if it isn’t an act. Maybe Frank Gaffney is genuinely insane. He’s very well-educated. He has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown and a graduate degree from Johns Hopkins. Both degrees...

Roll tape: I thinks that says it all, frankly. (h/t to Climate Denial Crock of the Week where I first found this video)

Haaretz offers good advice, with one significant caveat. Until the final moments of his rule, Mubarak championed “security and stability,” and Israel saw his regime as a vital strategic pillar. His adherence to the...

. Deep US-Saudi rift over Egypt: Abdullah stands by Mubarak, turns to Tehran A senior Saudi source told the London Times that “Mubarak and King Abdullah are not just allies, they are close friends, and the King is not...