Jim Lobe doesn’t buy Elliot Abrams “route” for weapons shipments from Iran to Hamas in Gaza.
… shipments landing in Somalia would have to be smuggled through Djibouti (where the U.S. has a major military presence) or Ethiopia, whose border with Eritrea is heavily militarized, as both countries have still not settled the border over which [...]

…nobody knows what he’s supposed to be doing. Or where he’s supposed to be doing it. Steve Clemons is still burning the candle for him, but I for one think it’s far past time to put some new people in the game and George Mitchell and Chas Freeman are good choices.  Ross simply isn’t going [...]