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What does it take to get Russia on board with sanctions against Iran? Russia links Iran sanctions to US missile change. NEW YORK – With a diplomatic wink and nod, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opened the door Wednesday to backing potential sanctions against Iran as a reward to President ...
Russia, Missile Defense, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Diplomacy, Tightrope
Daniel Freedman has a good commentary piece at Forbes, on Iran’s ’Dictaplomacy’.
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Barack Obama, Unclench, Diplomacy
The Jerusalem Post cites unconfirmed reports from Iran that the regime has begun hanging supporters of Mousavi. As the Iranian authorities warned the opposition on Tuesday that they would tolerate no further protests over the disputed June 12 presidential elections, a report emerged of the hangings of six supporters ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Diplomacy, Execution
Yesterday I asked if Barack Obama would still carry on with his naïve plans for diplomatic engagement with Iran, even as the blood of Iranian demonstrators was still warm on the streets of Tehran. Today we have the answer: Obama officials say talks with Iran still possible. Both Rice ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Diplomacy
Iran’s thug in chief says he’s surprised at Barack Obama, in an openly contemptuous statement. Iran’s hardline president lashed out anew at the United States and President Barack Obama on Saturday, accusing him of interference and suggesting that Washington’s stance on Iran’s postelection turmoil could imperil Obama’s aim of ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Diplomacy
MEMRI has translations of Reactions in the Arab World to Obama’s Cairo Speech. Some are pretty reasonable, and others are ... well ...
Barack Obama, Egypt, Diplomacy, Speech, Arab World, Media, MEMRI
Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak are praising Barack Obama’s speech to the Muslim world: Israel: We hope Obama speech heralds new era in Mideast. The Israeli government praised U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech to the Muslim world Thursday, saying it shared his hopes for Middle East peace, but stressed ...
Andrew Malcolm has posted the full text of Barack Obama’s speech this morning: What Barack Hussein Obama told Muslims in Egypt. I was struck by this quote, a straightforward rebuke of the conspiracy theories that are so prevalent in the Arab world (especially in Egypt): The situation in Afghanistan ...
No matter how you look at it, this seems like a stunningly bad idea: ‘Brotherhood’ Invited To Obama Speech By U.S. A sign that the Obama administration is willing to publicly challenge Egypt’s commitment to parliamentary democracy: various Middle Eastern news sources report that the administration insisted that at ...
Barack Obama, Egypt, Diplomacy, Muslim Brotherhood, Militant Islam, Hamas
After much consultation and an entire research team’s worth of expertise, Barack Obama has decided to address the Muslim world from Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship: Obama to Address Muslim World From Egypt. Hosni is relieved he won’t have to put up with any more of that annoying “democracy” talk. President ...
No surprise from me over this news; during the campaign, Barack Obama’s ties to numerous radical Palestinians and leftists made it very clear that this was in the cards if he were elected: Jerusalem worried over breakdown of U.S.-Israel cooperation under Obama. Obama’s foreign policy plan seems to be to ...
Unbelievable. The first appearance by a sitting president on “The Tonight Show” may well end up being the last. President Obama, in his taping with Jay Leno Thursday afternoon, attempted to yuk it up with the funnyman, and ended up insulting the disabled. Towards the end of his approximately ...
Barack Obama, Diplomacy, Disabilities, Special Olympics, Crass
When British PM Gordon Brown visited the US recently, Barack Obama responded to his gift of a penholder carved from the timbers of an anti-slavery ship by giving Brown a boxed set of 25 classic American movies on DVD. Movies that won’t play on European DVD players. While not ...
It’s the Steve Martin State Department: We forgot!
Barack Obama, Diplomacy, Palestinians, Bulldozer, Terrorism, State Department, Hillary Clinton
Joltin’ Joe Biden warned that Obama would be tested; now it’s China’s turn. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon charged Monday that five Chinese ships shadowed and maneuvered dangerously close to a U.S. Navy vessel in an apparent attempt to harass the American crew. Defense officials in the Obama administration said ...
Michael J. Totten on President Obama’s shockingly inept and graceless handling of the visit of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown: The U.S. Needs a Reset Button for Britain. While President Barack Obama tries to improve U.S. relations with rogue states like Syria and Iran, he might want to ensure ...
Our new President ran for office on a promise to use the power of diplomacy much more effectively than George Bush; indeed, he seems to believe diplomacy alone can solve almost any problem, from the Taliban to Iran’s nuclear program. So what does it portend that his first major diplomatic ...
Interestingly, the Washington Post editors apparently toned down the title on Charles Krauthammer’s latest op-ed, from Obama’s ‘Kick Me’ Diplomacy (still visible in the print version) to Obama’s Supine Diplomacy (but they forgot to change the page title). With a grinning Goliath staggering about sporting a “kick me” sign ...
Barack Obama, Charles Krauthammer, Diplomacy, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, Supine
Michael Ledeen is spot on: But, but . . . We’ve DONE All That. There are two “stories” about Iran/U.S. relations bubbling around. One has to do with direct talks, the other with Ahmadinejad’s demand that we apologize for our many past sins. I know this is spitting into ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, Barack Obama, Diplomacy
The Obama team is planning to create a new administration post, dedicated to Iranian Outreach. How will this differ from the past 30 years of “Iranian outreach,” that’s resulted in a virulent Islamic dictatorship openly ranting about destroying Israel and on the brink of achieving nuclear weapons? Well, this is ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Diplomacy, Politics, Barack Obama, Outreach
But don’t worry, because they’re “not sure” Iran actually knows how to build a weapon: Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon. Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the latest report ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Diplomacy, Politics, Barack Obama, United Nations
In an excellent, detailed article, Michael Rubin asks: Can a Nuclear Iran Be Contained or Deterred? Read it all, but here’s the bottom line: It may be comforting to Abizaid, Mullen, and the electorate to believe that the United States can deter or contain Tehran’s worst ambitions, but absent ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Diplomacy, Politics, Barack Obama, Ahmadinejad
Associated Press writer Nasser Karimi (who, by sheer coincidence, happens to live in Tehran), is happy to report: Iran leader offers Obama landmark congratulations. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday congratulated Barack Obama on his election win — the first time an Iranian leader has ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Diplomacy, Politics, Barack Obama, Ahmadinejad
Looks like Joe “Nostradamus” Biden’s prediction of an international crisis if Obama is elected may come true even sooner than he thought: Top Iran officials recommend preemptive strike against Israel. Senior Tehran officials are recommending a preemptive strike against Israel to prevent an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear reactors, ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Diplomacy, Politics, Barack Obama, Israel