ELAASAR: Will Mubarak turn into another Ahmadinejad? For Immediate Release, 10-27-07

America Betrayed by its Allies! Will Mubarak turn into another Ahmedinajad?

By Aladdin Elaasar –  America is the biggest philanthropic nation on earth, and perhaps in human history. We literally give away hundreds of billions of dollars to many nations around the globe. Some of them we call allies. We give that taxpayers money in the best of intensions. Because we are such trusting people and we tend to give people the benefit of the doubt, we assume that our money will help the needy and promote democracy everywhere. But often times this is not the case.

HANANIA: Unanswered questions challenge American perceptions in Iraq, For Immediate Release, 10-10-07

Unanswered questions challenge American perceptions in Iraq

By Ray Hanania – Let’s just start by saying the war in Iraq is anything but what President Bush promised us when he ordered its invasion and missed real opportunities to destroy al-Qaeda in Pakistan. Lies got us to Iraq. Lies are keeping us there. And lies are driving the new drumbeats to expand the failed American war in Iraq into other oil rich nations, like Iran.

ELAASAR: Ahmadinejad, the ugly face of Demagoguery, For Immediate Release, 10-07-07

Ahmadinejad: the Ugly Face of Demagoguery

By Aladdin Elaasar — Seeing Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s face on TV brings a lot of bad memories to many people in the Middle East. He is bad news to the Iranians, Arabs, Muslims and the whole Middle East. Why? Well, for starters, we do not need another hyper-nationalist dictator pointing fingers at the West, America and the favorite old target of his alikes; the State of Israel, to deflect the public’s attention from nagging domestic issues like unemployment, poverty oppression and corruption. Conspiracy theories of the outside enemy have become the favorite rhetoric of dictators for a long time. They work like magic with the masses.

HANANIA: Arabs, Muslims see past Ahmadinejad’s rhetoric, For Immediate Release 9-27-07

Arabs, Muslims and minorities hear different message from Ahmadinejad

By Ray Hanania – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to the United Nations stirred a chorus of criticism from mainstream American leaders and activists. But Arabs and Muslims listened with receptive understanding, believing American society is biased and the problems in the Middle Easr are compounded by improper translation of concepts from Middle Eastern languages to English. 

MEHDI: Monicajad: Straight talk on Iran’s President, For Immediate Release 9-26-07

Monicadinejad

By Anisa Mehdi –  As Monica Lewinsky was to the Clinton Administration, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to George W. Bush: a smoke screen; a distraction; a diversion from the critical issues of our times. Noting that this view may not make me popular, at least let me admit that I recognize the disproportionate scale:

CARTOON: The Politics of Free Speech, Ahmadinejad at Columbia, For Immediate Release, 9-24-07

(Click to view full size) War on Errorism: The Politics of Free Speech, 9-24-07. By Ray Hanania. For more political cartoons, visit www.hanania.com/cartoons/cartoons.htm.