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IRANIAN AND HEZBOLLAH FLOTILLAS ARE SAILING
June 16, 2010Islamist may demand respect for their own religion but they show none to others. Once again, they are doing their best to make sure that the Jewish and Christian Sabbaths will be disrupted. Iran war on Israel is focusing on the efforts to break the blockade on Hamas ruled Gaza. Success would enable Iran to [...]
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Takin’ It To China
June 14, 2010While China has wavered over whether to participate in the American-led march to hang sanctions on Iran, officials of the Jewish Country have been pushing their own mum campaign to convince the Chinese that Iran should be disciplined for their renegade nuclear program. Last February, an Israeli delegation made their way to Beijing to present [...]
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Eli Lake Calls for Regime Change in Gaza, Strategic Communications War Against Hamas
June 13, 2010The NY Times features excerpted conversations with political bloggers on various topics via an agreement with BloggingheadsTV. Very infrequently, they will host a discussion about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. My friend, Helena Cobban has been a guest I know. Today, the Times features a rather shocking “debate” (more like mutual admiration society) between Heather Hurlburt of [...]
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IRAN WANTS SOME JIHADIST GLORY, TOO
June 7, 2010Iran cannot tolerate Turkey getting all the Islamist glory. The relationship between Turkey and Iran is quite reminiscent of the relationship between the Soviet Union and China during the sixties. Unable to let Turkey reap all the Jihadist glory, Iran jumps into the fray by vowing to challenge Israel’s blockade After all, Iran has [...]
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Gary Bauer Launches Keep Israel Safe, Attacks Obama for Coddling Iran
May 2, 2010With Mahmoud Ahmadinejad scheduled to speak at the UN in the coming days, the pro-Israel warlocks are out in force. The Israel lobby yesterday took out a full page N.Y. Times ad saying that ending U.S. use of foreign oil would stop Iran from getting the bomb. Not to be outdone, the Republican [...] Related [...]
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Laura Bushs Crisis of Christian Faith: Why God Doesnt Do Favors
April 29, 2010I don’t usually write about subjects like Laura Bush’s personal life, but the N.Y. Times report on her new book struck me as particularly banal and troubling in terms of how she views the way God should work in the world. When she was a teenager, she caused an auto accident that killed a popular [...]
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Has Obama Reconciled Himself to an Iranian Bomb?
April 5, 2010The Wall Street Journal thinks so:As for the potential threat of military strikes to assist diplomacy, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has made his doubts about their efficacy very public. The President’s two-week public attempt to humiliate Benjamin Netanyahu has also considerably lessened the perceived likelihood of an Israeli strike on Iran, thereby further diminishing whatever [...]
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New Moral Politics Video on Iran War Game Scenario
April 2, 2010Watch Israeli War Game Predicts Disaster for Iran Strike in News Recently, I wrote a post about a Nahum Barnea story which described a war game scenario produced by Begin-Sadat Center researcher, Moshe Vered.
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Iraqi Parliamentarian Warns of Fixed Election
March 18, 2010Today the New York Post published my piece on Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi’s contention that Iran is tampering with votes to fix the Iraqi election. Mr. Alusi believes Iran is likely behind the fix because discrepancies between the Iraqi Electoral Commission’s count and the counts of independent monitors are showing up in particular for liberal [...]
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The trouble with deterrence
March 11, 2010Unless conditions change drastically, Iran will have the atomic bomb. Maybe sooner, maybe later, but the Iranians will have it. It doesn’t matter, say some analysts. Iran can be deterred, as was the Soviet Union. Some say it might even be easier to deter Iran as the Soviets had a vastly greater military capability. The [...]
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Bronner Prepares NY Times Readers for Israeli Attack on Iran
March 7, 2010Ethan Bronner has published yet another softball story about Israeli policy towards its enemies, in this case Iran. The story is a curious jumble of bellicosity and caution supposedly meant to mirror the current state of affairs among western allies in relation to Iran and its nuclear policy. If you ever wanted to judge Bronner’s [...]
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Fight for Iranian Freedom, Not for Bombs or Sanctions
March 2, 2010There are ways to support human rights in Iran with advocating for neither shock and awe nor estrangulation of civilians. In Congress now are two brilliant bills supported by Americans for Peace Now which help human rights activists in Iran: HR 4301 – the Iran Digital Enhancement Act (IDEA) would help give the Iranian people the [...]
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Is an Attack on Israel an Attack on Canada?
February 18, 2010Apparently so. The Toronto Star reports:
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“Bogie” Ya’alon Speaks at the Herzliya Conference
February 4, 2010Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Threats Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon, spoke yesterday, on the last day of the Herzliya Conference. Addressing a panel on the strategic implications of a nuclear threshold Iran, he spoke of the threat Iran poses to the world, and Israel, in particular. If Iran were to obtain nuclear weapons, Ya’alon [...]
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When Dan Pipes Gives Advice, Run as Fast as You Can the Other Way
February 3, 2010Dan Pipes really really cares about Barack Obama. The proof is in the helpful advice he proffered to “save” Obama’s presidency: bomb Iran. In the blog world we call people like this “concern trolls,” people who offer advice out of faux concern for your reputation, but who really hate your guts. As proof that the [...]