As the US media focuses on Romney’s comments about “the 47%”, is it his private comments on Israel and Palestine that are at complete odds to his public statements that may cause the biggest problems for his credibility
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has dismissed a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, claiming Palestinians have “no interest in peace”
The Bush administration long claimed to have only waterboarded a hanful ofterror suspects, but new information has come to light form Human Rights Watch that appears to show these claims to be false
Whilst Yemeni President Hadi has always been in support of the US drone strikes in his country, his symbolic “opposition” to the arrival of 50 US marines is a useful political tool to quieten his critics.
Freedom of speech is close to the hearts of many Americans, but even when that freedom is abused, as in the controversial “Innocence of Muslims” film, then censorship is a difficult question