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Tag Archives: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iran and the Nuke
Instead of writing a threat assessment that would require hundreds of words and repeating what has already been written by others, here is a threat tree I put together as a visual reference of possible outcomes. Like if you a … Continue reading
America Still Exceptional in the Twenty First Century?
After reading, and admittedly conceding to, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s observation on US debt and the challenge it poses to American hegemony, I recalled some analysis I read a few weeks earlier. Walter McDougall on American Exceptionalism via Front Porch … Continue reading
Former Israeli Spy Chief Claims Iran Is Really A Rational Actor
Here is the 60 Minutes transcript. (CBS News) Meir Dagan has been described as “hard-charging” and “stops at nothing.” For more than eight years, Dagan made full use of those qualities as chief of Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, where he … Continue reading
Bombs Over Tehran?
Remember that line in Tombstone? Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) said, “You called down the thunder. Well now you got it!” It may be of some benefit for the Tehran regime to Netflix that Western action/drama because the world, as they … Continue reading
Iran Says Israel and US Responsible for Assassination of Nuclear Scientist
Let’s hope so. When sanctions and diplomacy fail, sometime it takes a stronger message to get across. Iran is currently, and has been, contributing to the deaths of US soldiers in Iraq. They continue to help Hezbollah and Hamas in … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy
Tagged Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Nuclear program of Iran, Tehran
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Iran’s Clinched Fist: Parliment denies Kerry’s entry
by Jason The Hill | Iran denies entry to Sen. Kerry “Members of the Iranian parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee (a subcommittee of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission) voiced opposition to the request after studying the issue,” Hassan … Continue reading
Challenges coming from all directions, in all forms, for President Obama
by Jason President Obama isn’t enjoying Labor Day with a lot of fanfare. The challenges and criticisms his administration and his policies are receiving are plenty. Other than the usual domestic problems he is facing that go without mentioning, listed are … Continue reading
Iranian elections are over, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the winner
I guess that circus will be leaving town now that President Ahmadinejad won reelection. The reports are back that he trounced Mir Hossein Mousavi, 63 to 34 percent. But, nothing is ever as it appears in Iran. Mousavi is already … Continue reading
Iran elections today
Interesting video with Mousavi and how his policies foreign and domestic differ from Ahmadinejad. But, I don’t see a lot of difference on the nuclear question though Mousavi may be more forthright and not so provocative in terms of what … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Affairs
Tagged Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Iran elections, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Iran emotionally and ideologically split ahead of presidential elections
The people of Iran have been dragged into the international spotlight under the leadership of Ahmadinejad. At times it has probably lifted the spirits of a proud people and distracted them from problems closer to home but most just … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Affairs
Tagged Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Iran elections, Iranian politics, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Is the Israeli-American relationship becoming strained?
It has been rather obvious that President Obama has taken a tougher approach with Israel, especially since a hard-line conservative government emerged during the country’s last election. Some have even accused the president of making things more difficult on Israel … Continue reading
Israel giving subtle ultimatums? Is President Obama running out of time on Iran?
Benjamin Netanyahu has a tough job. He is getting considerable pressure from the Obama administration and from members of the left in his own country to entertain a two state solution with Palestine – an area of land that is … Continue reading
Is America leading the West’s capitulation to Iran
Very painful to read but hard to refute. “The West’s Preventative Capitulation” – Der Spiegle President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad always assumed that once President George W. Bush was out of the White House, the United States would bite the bullet and … Continue reading
More nations follow America’s lead in boycotting UN racism conference
This is exactly what we don’t need at present. I have to admit that I was sweating over this one. President Obama and other Western countries have decided correctly in not attending the summit and giving credence to inflated grievances that some countries will undoubtedly … Continue reading
Posted in Western Society, World Events
Tagged Israel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, U.S., UN racism summit, United Nations, Zionism
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