[The Obama administration] must repeat the techniques it used to win in 2008: door to door canvassing, phone calls, Facebook, Twitter … and show the visibility of the results to this generation. Make an electorate who has a tendency to abstain go to the polls.
While the number of countries, including Algeria, wishing to acquire nuclear technology for civil purposes continues to grow, Washington is opting for a strategy of fear to limit those aspiring to it.
While Barack Obama had his hands full with his recent blitz to pass health care reform in the United States, Israel made a splash in the Middle East by announcing it would start to build again in the Jewish settlements.
Statements by Ehud Barak, which were intended for internal use to convince Netanyahu of the necessity to negotiate with Damascus, have been 'misinterpreted.'
For, in reality, what assurances can Washington or Paris offer that no American or French national will ever highjack a plane, and that none will ever be recruited by Bin Laden himself?