http://www.cnionline.org Advocating Middle East policies that serve the American national interest. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:41:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.cnionline.org/current-policies-of-unconditional-support-for-israel-are-profoundly-damaging-to-americans/ http://www.cnionline.org/current-policies-of-unconditional-support-for-israel-are-profoundly-damaging-to-americans/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:17:29 +0000 Alison Weir http://www.cnionline.org/?p=1589 For decades the Israel Lobby, the most powerful special interest on behalf of a foreign nation in the United States, has dominated U.S. policy-making in the Middle East. As a result, American policies under both Republican and Democratic administrations have been created that do not represent American strategic, economic, or political interests. They are also [...]]]> http://www.cnionline.org/current-policies-of-unconditional-support-for-israel-are-profoundly-damaging-to-americans/feed/ 0 http://www.cnionline.org/full-page-ad-in-new-york-times-demonstrates-who-is-pushing-for-war-against-iran/ http://www.cnionline.org/full-page-ad-in-new-york-times-demonstrates-who-is-pushing-for-war-against-iran/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:12:26 +0000 Frederick http://www.cnionline.org/?p=1572 The above advertisement ran in the New York Times in April. The sponsors listed in the ad indicate who is pushing for attacks against Iran. The same groups also pushed for war against Iraq, despite the fact that Iraq had no “weapons of mass destruction” and was uninvolved in 9-11. See Jeffrey Blankfort’s article, “A [...]]]> http://www.cnionline.org/full-page-ad-in-new-york-times-demonstrates-who-is-pushing-for-war-against-iran/feed/ 0 http://www.cnionline.org/intelligence-professionals-warn-that-israel-may-attack-iran-this-month-authors-to-be-on-cni-call-in-radio-program-today/ http://www.cnionline.org/intelligence-professionals-warn-that-israel-may-attack-iran-this-month-authors-to-be-on-cni-call-in-radio-program-today/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:18:19 +0000 Frederick http://www.cnionline.org/?p=1558 High level former U.S. intelligence officers, including CNI Executive Director Philip Giraldi, have just published an analysis warning that Israel may plan to attack Iran as early as this month (full length article below). They detail the evidence for this possibility and warn that such an action would quite likely drag the U.S. into yet another tragic, needless, and disastrous war. Fortunately, they also describe actions that President Obama could take to prevent this.]]> http://www.cnionline.org/intelligence-professionals-warn-that-israel-may-attack-iran-this-month-authors-to-be-on-cni-call-in-radio-program-today/feed/ 0 http://www.cnionline.org/chas-freeman-israel-is-an-extreme-liabililty-for-the-u-s-financially-strategically-politically/ http://www.cnionline.org/chas-freeman-israel-is-an-extreme-liabililty-for-the-u-s-financially-strategically-politically/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:45:40 +0000 Frederick http://www.cnionline.org/?p=1550 Ambassador Chas Freeman – prepared remarks, Nixon Center debate, “Israel; Asset or Liability? [Ambassador Freeman was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1993-94, earning the highest public service awards of the Department of Defense.  Full bio] Is Israel a strategic asset or liability for the United States?   Interesting question.  We must thank [...]]]> http://www.cnionline.org/chas-freeman-israel-is-an-extreme-liabililty-for-the-u-s-financially-strategically-politically/feed/ 0 http://www.cnionline.org/who-voted-for-war-with-iran-mr-obama/ http://www.cnionline.org/who-voted-for-war-with-iran-mr-obama/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:25:27 +0000 Frederick http://www.cnionline.org/?p=1546 By Philip Giraldi, CNI Executive Director House of Representatives resolution 1553, introduced by Congressional Republicans, and currently working its way through the system will endorse an Israeli attack on Iran, which would be going to war by proxy as the US would almost immediately be drawn into the conflict when Tehran retaliates.  The resolution provides explicit US [...]]]> http://www.cnionline.org/who-voted-for-war-with-iran-mr-obama/feed/ 0 http://www.cnionline.org/who-owns-general-petraeus/ http://www.cnionline.org/who-owns-general-petraeus/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:21:41 +0000 Frederick http://www.cnionline.org/?p=1541 By Philip Giraldi, CNI Executive Director Antiwar.com Anyone who has ever served in the military would confirm that to become a general in the armed forces of the United States requires highly developed political skills.  One must be politically astute to guide large military forces while at the same time answering to largely ignorant constituencies [...]]]> http://www.cnionline.org/who-owns-general-petraeus/feed/ 0 http://www.cnionline.org/punishing-turkey/ http://www.cnionline.org/punishing-turkey/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:48:10 +0000 Alison Weir http://www.cnionline.org/punishing-turkey/ Philip Giraldi Antiwar.com Does anyone remember the movie The Boys from Brazil? It told the story of how a group of top Nazis had moved to Brazil where they made a number of clones of Hitler-as-a-child that were being strategically placed around the world to eventually bring about a Fourth Reich. The movie ended ambiguously, [...]]]> http://www.cnionline.org/punishing-turkey/feed/ 0 http://www.cnionline.org/council-for-the-national-interest-names-alison-weir-president/ http://www.cnionline.org/council-for-the-national-interest-names-alison-weir-president/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:01:33 +0000 Frederick http://www.cnionline.org/?p=1520 After a months-long search, the Council for the National Interest (CNI), a two-decades old Washington DC institute that advocates for “Middle East policies that serve the American national interest,” has named former journalist and Executive Director of If Americans Knew Alison Weir as its new President. Weir will replace retiring President Eugene Bird, a former [...]]]> http://www.cnionline.org/council-for-the-national-interest-names-alison-weir-president/feed/ 0