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- -: US Role in Gaza Crisis? - Richard North Patterson

January 28, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/08/Richard_North_Patterson_Eclipse Author and attorney Richard North Patterson argues that tensions have reignited in Israel because the US "left the table." "The last eight years have been a disaster," Patterson says, arguing that the Bush administratio...

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- -: Has the Neoconservative Moment Passed? - James Woolsey

January 29, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/14/Uncommon_Knowledge_James_Woolsey Former CIA director James Woolsey rejects the notion that the invasion of Iraq has triggered the end of neoconservativism in American politics, and argues the Iraq War was not a mistake. ----- James Woolsey discusses...

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- -: Turkish PM Storms Out of Gaza Debate at Davos

January 30, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/29/Gaza_The_Case_for_Middle_East_Peace Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reacts to comments from Israeli President Shimon Peres on Israel's military actions in Gaza. After implicating Israel in the killing of children, Erdogen walks out, promis...

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- -: John Bolton: Obama Should Declare Victory In Iraq

March 11, 2009 (about 15 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/23/Uncommon_Knowledge_John_Bolton Although John Bolton says the situation in Iraq is far from resolved, he hopes that President Barack Obama takes advantage of recent successes. "I think President Obama should declare victory, that would be the smart thi...

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- -: Was Iraq Worth It? - General Jack Keane

April 23, 2009 (about 15 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/25/General_John_Keane_The_Mastermind_Behind_the_Surge Retired Army General Jack Keane, co-architect of the U.S. "troop surge" in Iraq, argues in defense of the war. "We have, among the twenty-two Arab Muslim countries, the only one that elects its govern...

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- -: Condoleezza Rice: Mistakes in Iraq?

May 13, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/03/Condoleezza_Rice_Perspectives_on_Peace_and_War Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Bush administration was not prepared for the collapse of Iraq. "We were way too focused on Baghdad." "In my heart, I was worried," admits Rice. "I thoug...

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- -: Iraq and the Morality of War - Elie Wiesel

August 8, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/27/Elie_Wiesel_What_Makes_Us_Moral Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel argues that war is inherently immoral because of the suffering and destruction it entails. Weisel recalls how, in the run-up to the Iraq war, he counseled President Bush against an invasion. ...

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- -: Are We Obsessed with Safety? - Max Barry

August 26, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/15/Max_Barry_on_Risk Satirical author Max Barry discusses our society's increasing preoccupation with avoiding risk. He argues that this need for safety has led to everything from overprotective parents to the pre-emptive invasion of Iraq. ----- Bestse...

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- -: Iran's Nuclear Program: "A Problem from Hell" - Robert Mnookin

February 23, 2010 (about 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/12/Robert_Mnookin_Bargaining_with_the_Devil Harvard negotiation expert Robert Mnookin gives a grim prediction of Iran's nuclearization over the next 20 years. He says the United States should try to engage Iran, but posits that there is "no good military...

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- -: Weighing Strikes on North Korea, Iran, Pakistan

April 21, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/aba_spring_meeting_2011 Former CIA official Paul Pillar outlines a few possible consequences of a preemptive military strike on Pakistan, North Korea, or Iran, in the name of nuclear non-proliferation. ---- On the Rim of the Abyss: Military ...

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