Noah Beck

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  Sep 25, 2013

  Iran Knows What the West Forgot: Charm is Cheap

  With starry-eyed optimism, Western leaders and members of the media have recently fawned all over the new Iranian president, Hasan Rouhani, as if he had taken any meaningful steps to reverse Iran's illicit nuclear program, abysmal human rights abuses, or support for Hezbollah terrorism and Basher Assad's murderous regime in Syria.

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  Sep 13, 2013

  9/11 Reflections: 2001, 2012, and 2013

  In the 16-month period following Osama Bin Laden's assassination in May of 2011, national confidence increased in a way that was almost reminiscent of the pre-9/11 days. The economy was gradually coming back from the Great Recession (much as the pre-9/11 economy was recovering from the "Dot-Com Crash") and -- more importantly -- there was a sense that the worst national security fears of the U.S. were behind us

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  Sep 10, 2013

  Russia May Have Helped Obama Dodge the Syrian Bullet

  Any diplomatic initiative on Syria coming from Russia, whose UN votes have perpetuated Assad's killing machine for over two years, should be viewed with extreme suspicion. Nevertheless, the latest Russian proposal merits serious consideration.

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  Sep 3, 2013

  Obama: Spineless on Syria

  On August 20, 2012 President Obama warned against chemical weapons' use in Syria, declaring it a "red line." On Dec. 3, 2012, Obama repeated his warning to Assad, saying "The use of chemical weapons is...totally unacceptable. And if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and you will be held accountable."

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  Aug 25, 2013

  India and Israel Must Prevent An Iranian Nuclear Attack

  At first glance, Hindu-majority India, with approximately 1.2 billion people and an entire subcontinent, would seem to have little in common with Jewish-majority Israel, which has only about eight million people living on territory that's just roughly 15 times the size of India's capital city. While full diplomatic relations were established between Jerusalem and New Delhi as recently as 1992, the two countries actually have much in common.

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  Aug 20, 2013

  Christians: On the Front Lines of Muslim Violence

  Unfortunately, the persecution of Christians is nothing new in Egypt or other Muslim-majority countries. But thanks to the mainstream media, few Westerners understand the true scale or nature of the horrors involved.

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  Aug 1, 2013

  The Five Flaws of Kerry's Mideast Peace Process

  Here are my thoughts on why Secretary Kerry's Mideast peace process is wrong.

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  Jul 19, 2013

  European Union Showcases 'Broken Compass' in Mideast Peace Process

  If this is how the EU chooses to spend its limited diplomatic and political resources "to help" the Middle East, then its moral compass is badly broken.

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  Jul 15, 2013

  Iranian Nukes Must Be Stopped, Not 'Hoped' Away

  President Obama's Middle East policy has been an ever-worsening train wreck because it lacks credibility and strategy, as Egypt, Libya, and particularly Syria, have shown.

• Jul 5, 2013

  Kudos to Egypt for Mending the Morsi Mistake

  Critics who call the recent coup by the Egyptian army "undemocratic" are placing form over substance and forgetting that the election of Mohamed Morsi was itself arguably undemocratic.