John Bolton *still wants to bomb Iran
[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.855715&w=425&h=350&fv=] The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night featured former Bush Administration UN Ambassador John Bolton, who is now a senior fellow at the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC. Bolton has been busy lately, penning op-eds on the need for harsh action against Iran, lest Tehran obtain a nuclear weapon and destroy […]
Nuclear disarmament in exchange for US relations: North Korea official
Kyodo News has reported that North Korea would consider disarming its nuclear arsenal in exchange for a renewal of diplomatic relations with the United States. For those not familiar, North Korea developed nuclear weapons after it pulled out of the NPT in 2003, tested a weapon in October of 2006, and is currently estimated to […]
NYT: Bush rejected Israeli request for Iran attack; authorized covert action
From today’s New York Times: WASHINGTON — President Bush deflected a secret request by Israel last year for specialized bunker-busting bombs it wanted for an attack on Iran’s main nuclear complex and told the Israelis that he had authorized new covert action intended to sabotage Iran’s suspected effort to develop nuclear weapons, according to senior […]
Video: “Secret War on Iran”
[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.735244&w=425&h=350&fv=] (h/t Iranian.com): From Current TV, an in-depth look at some of the militant groups operating against the Iranian government, with an eye toward whether any of these groups receive American assistance. Very interesting.
US Military’s Cultural Intelligence on Iran
The Center for Public Integrity, on its blog “Paper Trail,” reports on what the US military gives to Marines so they can be familiar with Iranian culture in the event of a military conflict: PaperTrail has obtained an exclusive copy of the military’s field guide for cultural intelligence for possible military operations in Iran, which […]
Debating Iran Policy – Republican experts don’t hold back
Within an hour of having landed at Minneapolis airport (and having to pass up our golden opportunity to visit it’s infamous bathroom), Patrick and I found ourselves going through 3 layers of security and 5 iterations of having our names checked off of the RSVP list for the IRI panel. No, I promise that […]
Fallon’s Retirement has unclear implications for US-Iran War
On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced that Admiral William Fallon, the 41-year navy veteran and commander of US Central Command (CentCom) requested permission to retire, and that Secretary Gates approved his request. Last week, Thomas Barnett of Esquire Magazine published a revealing piece speculating that Fallon might be pushed out because he “was the strongest man […]