Unintended consequences: Like Vietnam which triggered the Six Day War, is the present day Mideast crisis an unintended consequence of U.S. policy regarding Iran?
Posted by piblogger on February 2, 2011 · Comments Off
In her book “Vietnam, Jews and the Middle East: Unintended Consequences,” Judith Klinghoffer contends that the Six Day War, which transformed the Middle East, split the left and gave birth to Neo-conservatism, was an unintended consequence of the Vietnam War. Her conclusions were based on the premise that in 1967 Moscow created the crisis in … Read more
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Did a wrong decision in 1952 put America on the wrong side in 1979 . . .
Posted by piblogger on February 20, 2011 · Comments Off
The whole theme behind my posts and commentary leading up to the Wednesday, February 23rd 49th Parallel Forum show “Were the wheels for 9/11 put in motion back in 1952?,” can best be summed up in two words: Unintended Consequences! The fact is that in 1952 under the code name Operation Ajax and, at the … Read more
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