TagsTagsDaniel Freedman has a good commentary piece at Forbes, on Iran’s ’Dictaplomacy’.
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Barack Obama, Unclench, Diplomacy
Iran’s thug-in-chief said today that his new government is going to “bring down Western arrogance.” How’s that Unclenching Initiative working out, President Obama? TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday his next government “would bring down the global arrogance,” signaling a tougher approach toward the West after ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Unclench
Two US journalists for Al Gore’s Current TV have been sentenced to 12 years’ hard labour in North Korea. I notice we aren’t hearing a lot of talk about “unclenching fists” these days. The US hinted at the weekend that, in response to the nuclear stand-off, it could rebrand North Korea ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation, Al Gore, Current TV
Today’s very bad news from the Korean hot zone: NKorea readies long-range missile test. SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea appears to be preparing to test an advanced missile designed to reach the United States, a U.S. official said Monday, ratcheting up tensions after its second underground nuclear test. The reclusive ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is warning North Korea, and pointedly not taking the military option off the table. SINGAPORE (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned North Korea on Saturday that the United States would respond quickly if moves by the communist government threaten America or its Asian ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation
Noah Shachtman on prepping for war with North Korea: Even the hawks say there’s not much America can do, in response to North Korea’s nuclear test. But that doesn’t mean the U.S. military isn’t prepping for a war with the Kim Jong-Il regime, just in case. In March, American and South ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation
North Korea Threatens Military Strike, End to 1953 Armistice. May 27 (Bloomberg) — North Korea threatened military action in response to South Korea joining an anti-proliferation program and said it’s no longer bound by the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War. South Korea’s actions are tantamount to a “declaration of ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shakes a finger at North Korea, and apparently the world is supposed to believe this absurd charade. Tehran - Iran said Monday it opposed the nuclear test conducted Monday by North Korea and called for international efforts toward global denuclearization. “Iran basically opposes nuclear weapons and favours international ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation
They’re still not unclenching. How much more nicely can we ask? Joshua Stanton at OneFreeKorea has a detailed report on North Korea’s latest nuclear test, and the news isn’t good for the rest of the world. Seismic reports from the U.S. Geological Survey tell us that the blast created a magnitude ...
Long War Journal is keeping close tabs on the disturbing advance of the Taliban into Afghan and Pakistani territory: Pakistani military, Taliban maneuver for position in northwest. The Taliban blocked a military convoy from moving into the main town in Swat as rumors swirl that the military will launch an ...
The militant Islamic throwbacks calling themselves the Taliban are on the brink of taking over one of Pakistan’s main cities: Taliban advance eastward, threaten Islamabad. Amazingly, they don’t seem to have responded to Barack Obama’s plea for them to unclench their fists. The Taliban are pushing past the districts of Swat ...
Here we see the people that Hillary Clinton thinks should be offered an “honorable form of reconciliation,” the Taliban, brutally whipping a teenaged girl because she left her house in the company of her father-in-law. Warning: it’s a disturbing video. [Video] A video showing a teenage girl being flogged by Taliban fighters ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Hillary Clinton, Unclench, Misogyny, Women's Rights
We reach out, and beg, and offer deals to get them to unclench, and this is our thanks. KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents reject a U.S. offer of “honorable reconciliation,” a top spokesman said on Wednesday, calling it a “lunatic idea” and saying the only way to end the war ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Hillary Clinton, Unclench
Apparently, Barack Obama didn’t ask them to unclench their fists nicely enough: Obama told: help Pakistan or risk a repeat of 9/11 in America or Britain. A team headed by Bruce Riedel, a former CIA Middle East expert, asked to overhaul US policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan, has concluded that ...
Pakistan, Militant Islam, Terrorism, CIA, Barack Obama, Unclench
Lurch says: “We want Syria to help with the disarmament of Hezbollah.” BEIRUT (AFP) – Senator John Kerry said on Wednesday that the new US administration will press Syria to help disarm Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as it forges ahead with a fresh diplomatic approach in the region. “We want Syria ...