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							<title><![CDATA[Too Big to Fail and Too Big to Jail Continues]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The readers of my commentaries know how incensed I am that no CEO of a major corporation or major figure in the banking industry who is alleged to have contributed to the Great Recession has been pursued criminally. All of us have read and heard the phrase, &ldquo;Too big to fail.&rdquo;...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why I Support the Reelection of President Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/05/21/why_i_support_the_reelection_of_president_obama_114217.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The campaign for president &ndash; to be decided in the election in November 2012 &ndash; is going to be decided, most people believe, by the state of the economy and its impact on each of us as we enter the voting booth. I believe while the economy will hold a high priority with the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tom Friedman's Skewed Vision of Non-Violence]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/04/11/tom_friedmans_skewed_vision_of_non-violence_113801.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In an April 4th New York Times op ed article, Tom Friedman endorsed what he designated to be &ldquo;non-violent resistance by Palestinians&rdquo; against Israel. He added that Palestinians need to &ldquo;accompany every boycott, hunger strike or rock they throw at Israel with a detailed...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/04/03/the_chickens_are_coming_home_to_roost_113714.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The chickens are coming home to roost in the Middle East. The experts who supported the removal of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, e.g., The New York Times&rsquo; Tom Friedman and many others, are perhaps now wondering if they were right to do so.
Hosni Mubarak was certainly an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Are We Still in Afghanistan?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is no rational reason for us to be in Afghanistan. Our original goals were to end the government of the Taliban which had given Osama bin Laden a base from which he could launch worldwide terrorist attacks and commit his greatest horror and catastrophe: the blowing up of the World...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich: Liberals' Nightmare]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I have watched about a half-dozen events involving the Republican presidential candidates, including their appearance this week before both the Republican National Jewish Coalition and the Iowa debate moderated by Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos.
In the beginning of the early...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mr. President, Please Read This Before Thursday]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/09/07/mr_president_please_read_this_before_thursday_111229.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mr. President, your supporters along with the truly independent voters believe you are an excellent speaker, logical and forthright. Your detractors respond that your speeches lack passion and are glib. Your speech this Thursday could be one of the most important you have ever delivered....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Americans Are Fed Up With Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/06/27/why_americans_are_fed_up_with_afghanistan_110370.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One June 24, 2011, President Barack Obama told our nation of his plans for withdrawing U.S. military forces from Afghanistan.  He told us, "We will be able to remove 10,000 of our troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year, and we will bring home a total of 33,000 by next summer." ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No One Is Above the Law]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/06/21/no_one_is_above_the_law_110293.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Imagine what the public response would be if former President George W. Bush, during his term of office, had engaged in armed conflict with some country without securing Congressional authorization under the War Powers Resolution, adopted in 1973.  That resolution allows the President to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Hostility to Israel Continues]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/05/24/obamas_hostility_to_israel_continues_109970.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not since 1973 and the Yom Kippur War when Egypt and Syria - with logistical help from other Arab countries -- joined forces in an attempt to crush Israel has the survival of Israel been in question.  Today, however,  Israel is in danger.
In 70 AD, the Jewish nation was sold into slavery...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Thoughts on Immigration From a Liberal With Sanity]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/05/17/thoughts_on_immigration_from_a_liberal_with_sanity_109887.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Those who support amnesty for illegal aliens and want to provide them with "a path to citizenship" are engaged in a new effort to make those goals a reality before the next election.  President Obama is leading the way.  He deserves credit for keeping his word to support programs that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Intervening in Libya Rebellion a Strategic Mistake]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/03/31/war_in_libya_not_in_us_national_interest_109398.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I listened intently this week to the speech given by President Barack Obama explicitly intended to explain to the American public why the U.S. decided to engage in military activities in Libya.  The speech was substantive and delivered superbly, but when it was over, I was not convinced...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The War Against the Jews Goes On]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/03/21/the_war_against_the_jews_goes_on_109290.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The latest Palestinian violence against Israelis, and the continuing abandonment of Israel by most of the international community, inevitably bring to mind the abandonment of the Jews during the Holocaust. Just this past week, a document emerged which raises disturbing new questions...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Libya: The Arab League Should Conduct the No-Fly Zone]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/03/15/libya__the_arab_league_should_conduct_the_no-fly_zone_109222.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many in the international community are pushing President Obama to authorize war against the regime of Libyan dictator, Muammar el-Qaddafi.  I think to undertake a third war in the Middle East would be downright foolish.  We are now bogged down with 50,000 American soldiers apparently...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Islamic World]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/02/01/the_islamic_world_108730.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Next week, I will be taking a 2-week vacation.  My commentary and film reviews will not be arriving until I return.  It is my first extended vacation in years.  Hopefully, I will return reinvigorated.
The Muslim world is on fire.  Mobs are filling the streets of Cairo;  the people of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Palin Holds High Ground Over Harsh and Unfair Critics]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/01/18/palin_defeated_unfair_critics_at_nyt__msnbc_108561.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As I see it, in the current battle for public opinion Sarah Palin has defeated her harsh and unfair critics.
After the January 8 shooting of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and the murder of six others in Tucson, Arizona, some television talking heads and members of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are U.S. Muslims Becoming Radicalized?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/01/04/should_hearings_be_held_on_the_alleged_radicalization_of_the_american_muslim_community_and_homegrown_terrorism__108417.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As a result of the November election, in which Republicans won control of the House of Representatives, Congressman Peter King is the new Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee.  I have no doubt that Peter King, who represents the 3rd Congressional District on Long Island, is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unfinished Business: The Great Recession]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/12/29/unfinished_business_the_great_recession_108372.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Looking back on 2010 and the Great Recession, I continue to be enraged by the lack of accountability for those who wrecked our economy and brought the U.S. to its knees.  The shocking truth is that those who did the damage are still in charge.  Many who ran Wall Street before and during...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Cry For Me]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/11/16/dont_cry_for_me_107964.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama traveled to Asia last week seeking to make a big splash and bring home trade agreements that help American exports.  Notwithstanding the election debacle at home, many observers still believed the president was hugely popular abroad.
The arrival of the Obama entourage in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Coming Political Tsunami]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/10/26/the_coming_political_tsunami_107726.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I predict a Republican victory of tsunami proportions on November 2nd.
For the last six months in various public forums, I have said that Republicans will take both the House and Senate.  Most political observers, citing statistics from various states, continue to say that, while it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On The Firing of Rick Sanchez By CNN]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/10/06/on_the_firing_of_rick_sanchez_by_cnn_107448.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rick Sanchez was fired by CNN last week.  The October 2nd New York Times reported that Sanchez was terminated, "...a day after telling a radio interviewer that Jon Stewart was a bigot and that 'everybody that runs CNN is a lot like Stewart.'  The latter comment was made shortly after Mr....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Must Rethink His Immigration Position]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/13/will_obama_rethink_his_immigration_position.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama does not believe that our borders can be protected against illegal entry.  He also does not believe that efforts by Arizona to clamp down on illegal immigration are proper.  As reported in Politico on July 2nd, President Obama said in a speech he gave at The American...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Cannot Win In Afghanistan And Should Withdraw As Soon As Possible]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/06/29/_we_cannot_win_in_afghanistan_and_should_withdraw_as_soon_as_possible_106132.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama did the right thing in firing General Stanley McChrystal.  Now, he should direct the armed forces to take the measures needed to leave Afghanistan by the end of this year.  When he authorized a 30,000 troop surge for Afghanistan - like the one used in Iraq - he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will We Defend Israel?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/06/17/shouldnt_we_defend_israel_105996.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Readers of my commentaries know that I usually send one a week. Last week, however, I sent two because the Helen Thomas incident occurred after I had finished my regular weekly article, and I thought the Thomas affair required a response from me. I called for her to step down, which she...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Americans Oppose Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/06/02/why_americans_oppose_amnesty_for_illegal_immigrants.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[According to the May 20th New York Times, a little girl asked First Lady Michelle Obama about immigration reform, stating, "My mom says that Barack Obama is taking everybody away that doesn't have papers."  The First Lady comforted the little girl, saying, "Yeah, well that's something...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Obama Stand Up for U.S. and Our Allies?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/05/25/_what_distinguishes_the_united_states_is_our_pluralism_and_tolerance_105705.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We are at war with radical Islam, and that war will go on for many years.
For me, the question is this:  will the secular Western civilization shared by America and Europe, which allows us to enjoy life and its creature comforts, still be standing at the end of that war?  Or will radical...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Call Them What They Are:  Illegal Aliens]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/05/05/call_them_what_they_are__illegal_aliens_105450.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The push is on for providing amnesty to the estimated 12 to 20 million illegal aliens in this country.  The supporters of this effort include President Barack Obama, former president George W. Bush, Senator John McCain, Majority Leader Harry Reid and New York Senator Chuck Schumer. ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Treatment of Israel is Shocking]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/29/never_again_will_we_be_silent_104961.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama's abysmal attitude toward the State of Israel and his humiliating treatment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is shocking.  In the Washington Post on March 24th, Jackson Diehl wrote, "Obama has added more poison to a U.S.-Israeli relationship that already was at its...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trust Is Gone: It Will Never Again Be The Same]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/23/the_trust_is_gone_it_will_never_again_be_the_same_104874.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I consider the Obama administration's recent actions against the Israeli government to be outrageous and a breach of trust.  I refer to the denunciations by Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other administration officials  The world knows what happened;...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Not Always Our Brothers' Keepers]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/10/not_always_our_brothers_keepers_104715.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Koch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The black community is reeling from the spate of attacks against major black officeholders.  The Republicans are seeking to destroy the first black president, Barack Obama, and prevent his reelection by denying him any political successes.  Every day, they show evidence of having become...]]></description>
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