If you followed the news over the weekend, you would have come away with the impression that the Islamic Republic of Iran just elected a reform-minded moderate leader as president. “Iran: Moderate candidate wins presidential vote,” read USA Today’s headline. The New York Times reported, “Iran Moderate Wins Presidency by a Large Margin.” A Reuters … Continue reading »
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Whisky with the ayatollah
It’s happened a million times throughout the eons. You make one little comment to CBS about an openness toward détente with Iran and boom, it’s on the front page of every Hebrew paper in Israel. Of course, you are the White House chief of staff, and each and every one of your words are seen … Continue reading »
Israel could send Iran back to the stone age
Israel could send Iran ‘back to the stone age’ with electromagnetic bomb | The Times of Israel.By Aaron Kalman An American electromagnetic bomb being tested (photo credit: screen capture botanyfamily/Youtube) Israel could destroy Iran’s electric network with a specially designed electromagnetic bomb in the event of a military conflict between the countries, The Sunday Times … Continue reading »
Iran must be President Obama’s immediate priority
Henry Kissinger: Iran must be President Obama’s immediate priority – The Washington Post.
#Iran: The Red Line
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#Iran Sends a Message. Is #Obama Listening?
Iran Sends a Message. Is Obama Listening? « Commentary Magazine. Many in the West interpreted the unrest in the streets of Tehran last week in the wake of the collapse the rial as a sign that the Islamist regime was shaken by the sanctions that have been imposed on its economy. The assumption is that … Continue reading »
#Pakistan: A most dysfunctional alliance
Of all the nations that have enjoyed a spam of orchestrated “outrage” over a soft-core pornographer’s unwitting experiment with Orientalist minstrelsy, Pakistan is the least deserving of Washington’s patience or indulgence. Five thousand protestors besieged or stormed the US Embassy in Islamabad on Friday, and at least 19 died in armed rampages in Karachi, Lahore … Continue reading »
Kim Jong-un’s first provocation—Why the U.S. should respond forcibly
In a less-than-shocking turn of events, North Korea has announced that it will launch a satellite into orbit next month. This launch, as with the last satellite launch, will amount to a ballistic missile test; United Nations Security Council resolutions have banned such launches. Better yet, Pyongyang has said it will launch the missile southward—potentially … Continue reading »
Iranian general urges Afghanistan to fight U.S.
Mullah’s are starting to really push their luck… (AP) TEHRAN: A senior Iranian military commander urged Afghans on Saturday to use force to kick American troops out of their country, hinting that “new resistance groups” could launch attacks on U.S. interests in Afghanistan. Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri, a senior figure in the powerful Revolutionary Guard … Continue reading »
What if moment: A nuclear detonation over Washington DC
It is perhaps unsurprising that a nuclear bomb set off in the nation’s capital would cause devastating and widespread damage. Yet the simple conclusion did not put the government off, and they commissioned a report to assess the impact of a potential terror attack on Washington, D.C. The results are far from comforting: the half-mile … Continue reading »
Deep in the heart… of Saudi Arabia
From the kings of conspiracy theories and all things Wabbism comes.. The veiled Zionist plot BY DR. SADAKA YAHYA FADHEL writing for The Saudi Gazette.. This should be good… Israel is planning to trigger a war in the region and has been encouraging the world to take action purportedly to stop Iran from developing nuclear … Continue reading »
Iran’s pervasive n persistent assaults on human rights
While the world is understandably focused on the threat posed by Tehran’s nuclear weaponization program, we cannot abandon the Iranian people. While the world is understandably preoccupied with the slaughter of innocents in Syria– and when addressing Iran, is concerned primarily with its nuclear threat — Iran’s massive domestic repression has been passing quietly under the … Continue reading »
Will Hezbollah Attack Israel? Only if…
In the middle of a region experiencing unprecedented change, a question lingers: Will Israel attack Iran? As a result, a flurry of writings have appeared attempting to answer this pertinent question. A “yes” comes with a list of consequences of which the most troubling is the threat of an escalating regional conflict. In the middle … Continue reading »
Iran cut off from global financial system
BRUSSELS (AP) — Iran was largely cut off from global commerce on Thursday, when the company that handles financial transactions said it was severing ties with many Iranian banks — part of an international effort to discourage Tehran from developing nuclear weapons. The action is meant to enforce European Unionsanctions, as global financial transactions are … Continue reading »
Khamenei’s Strength Could Be a Vulnerability
At a time when the international community’s attention is focused on Tehran‘s nuclear program, Iranian politicians are more preoccupied by the country’s increasingly dysfunctional politics. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appears to undercutting many government institutions, including the presidency, leaving him more directly in charge. An important indicator of how far this process will go is … Continue reading »
Iran Senses Western Weakness
As the clock ticks closer to a nuclear-armed Iran, the Western powers are girding their loins for––more talks. Actually, they’re getting ready to talk to Iran about the conditions for talking some more. EU foreign policy head Catherine Ashton announced that the “P5 + 1” powers (the permanent Security Council membersplus Germany) hoped to persuade … Continue reading »
