TagsTagsFormer UN ambassador John Bolton’s assessment of the Bush administration’s Iran policy: naïve, dangerous, clinging to empty notions of diplomacy. Indeed. “The current approach of the Europeans and the Americans is not just doomed to failure, but dangerous,” he said. “Dealing with [the Iranians] just gives them what they want, which is ...
LGF, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, US, State Department, Appeasement
I admit I feel a bit better about that US-Iranian diplomatic meeting after reading Pat Dollard’s post today: What No One Is Telling You About Our Talks With Iran. (I would have felt better still if the Navy had sailed into the Straits of Hormuz without the meeting part.) Watching the pundits ...
According to a new survey from Globescan, a large percentage of the world’s population is completely unable to think rationally: Israel, Iran top ‘negative list’. A majority of people believe that Israel and Iran have a mainly negative influence in the world, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests. It shows ...
Here’s a terrific advertisement from Britain to counter the demented anti-Americanism endemic in Europe. This video was produced by 18 Doughty Street, whose motto is “Politics for Adults.” [Video] In the comments for this video at YouTube, America Derangement Syndrome is raging out of control: YouTube - A World Without America. haha, you ...
Last week, we noted the report that two Americans had been arrested in Kenya, fleeing the jihad in Somalia. New details are emerging tonight about one of those Americans: Ex-Texan Charged With Aiding Terrorists. HOUSTON Feb 13, 2007 (AP)— A former Houston man arrested in Kenya last month has been charged in Texas with ...
Somalia, Radical Islam, Al Qaeda, Shari'a, Jihad, Kenya, US, Houston, Texas
A criminal nation continues buying more time for its Manhattan Project, playing to sympathetic audiences in the European Union and the US House of Representatives with another call for “dialog:” Iran says talks can end atom standoff. MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Iran insisted on Saturday an escalating dispute with the West ...
Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Islam, Nuclear Proliferation, UN, EU, US
Good riddance to this terrorist scumbag: American Hizbollah fighter buried in Lebanon. YAROUN, Lebanon (Reuters) - Hizbollah held a funeral on Tuesday for one of its Lebanese fighters who was also an American citizen, witnesses said. Radwan Saleh, 35, was killed in July during a war between Israel and Hizbollah, sparked after ...
Here’s a good post by Dan Riehl summing up the rumors (so far unsubstantiated) of an impending Al Qaeda attack involving some sort of nuclear material: Al-Qaeda And The Nuclear Threat. More at Hot Air: Report: Al Qaeda planning nuke attack for Ramadan.
The “Nonaligned Movement,” a relic of the Cold War given new life by the recent alliances between radical Marxists and radical Islamists, and given lots of coverage by a media eager to publicize anti-American views, wants to “redefine terrorism.” And you know where that’s going. HAVANA - Iran, Syria, North Korea and ...
Lebanon appeals to the United States to pressure Israel into lifting their blockade, so that Hizballah can restock their arsenals. They also want more money from us. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon urged the United States on Wednesday to make Israel remove a sea and air blockade it imposed at the start of ...
Lebanon, Israel, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hisbollah, Ceasefire, Cease-fire, cease fire, UN, US
(From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.)
Iran, United Nations, Nuclear Proliferation, Incentives, Appeasement, EU, US
Iranian designated madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is gloating: Ahmadinejad: Iran to talk, U.S. gave in. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s president said Thursday his regime is ready for talks over its nuclear capabilities, but he sent mixed signals on how much is open for negotiation and suggested Tehran has the upper hand in ...
Iran, United Nations, Nuclear Proliferation, Incentives, Appeasement, EU, US
Someone please tell me I’m still asleep, and having a nightmare about a world where John Kerry was elected in 2004: US to give Iran nuclear technology.
Iran, United Nations, Nuclear Proliferation, Incentives, Appeasement, EU, US
Penraker asks the question: if war breaks out between Iran and the United States, how effectively could Iran launch attacks inside America? The answer is not comforting. Hezbollah’s Presence in the United States. (Hat tip: stuiec.) From another article, this one from 2004: In early 2002, the FBI concluded in an internal ...
If you can believe this, the EU and the US strike different tones on Iran. Kinda like B flat and E. As different as tones can be. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union struck different tones on Saturday on how to respond to Iran’s nuclear defiance while insisting ...
Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, John McCain, Brussels, US, EU
Conventional wisdom asserts that Iran’s nuclear facilities are so dispersed throughout the country and have such well-hardened defenses that it would be very difficult to take them out quickly. But a former senior CIA operative has told The Jerusalem Post that the United States could put a stop to Iran’s ...