Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Yes, A Period of Consequences The time for evasion is over. BY William Kristol July 26, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 42 Last month, we published an editorial under the title “A Period of Consequences.” The phrase was taken from a speech in the House of Commons in late 1936 […]
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JULY 20, 2010 The military risks are large; the political risks could be even bigger. By BRET STEPHENS Why hasn’t Israel bombed Iran yet? It’s a question I often get from people who suppose I have a telepathic hotline to Benjamin Netanyahu’s brain. I don’t, but for a long time I was confident that an
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JULY 19, 2010 Avoiding Another Intelligence Failure on Iran The disastrous 2007 National Intelligence Estimate on Tehran’s weapons program cost us dearly. Only an independent inquiry can assure the country that the new estimate underway will be better. By GABRIEL SCHOENFELD U.S. intelligence has already had two horrendously costly lapses this decade: the failure to
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JULY 17, 2010 Stoned in Iran Justice in the Islamic Republic. If an Iranian prosecutor has his way, a 43-year-old mother of two will soon be taken from her cell in Tabriz prison, wrapped in a white shroud, buried up to her chest in a dirt pit, and stoned to death. In accordance with Iran’s
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JULY 17, 2010 Weapons Inspectors Can’t Disarm Iran Hostile regimes have too many ways to hide their clandestine nuclear programs. by DAVID KAY Tehran’s belligerent rhetoric about its nuclear program ratchets up daily, while the international community continues to push for tougher sanctions. The hope is that economic pressure can force Iran to the bargaining
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JULY 14, 2010 Iran and the Missile Defense Imperative U.S. intelligence now sees Tehran developing intercontinental missiles by 2015. If we continue our current strategy, we will not be able to counter the threat. By R. JAMES WOOLSEY AND REBECCAH HEINRICHS EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Further, if the Iranians were to detonate even a primitive
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Book Review – One Second After by William Forstchen This is a book you will never forget as it tells the story of the aftermath of an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) Weapon attack on the United States. It is a book of fiction but is based on factual possible nuclear attack information. This book review is being posted in conjunction with an
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JULY 13, 2010 Beyond the Obama Nuke Policy How Congress and opinion leaders can counter administration weakness on North Korea and Iran. By JOHN R. BOLTON After considerable behind-the-scenes squabbling, late last week the U.N. Security Council finally condemned the unprovoked March 26 attack on a South Korean ship that killed 46 sailors. Unfortunately, Chinese
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WASHINGTON TIMES GABRIEL: Master puppeteers World misses new report on mullahs’ nuclear capability By Brigitte Gabriel Friday, June 18, 2010 Illustration: Free Gaza by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times While world media and political attention is focused on the Israel-“Freedom Flotilla” incident, Iranian mullahs in Tehran are celebrating their brilliant war strategy in advancing
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A Turkey of a Policy Obama makes the Middle East an even more dangerous place. BY Elliott Abrams June 21, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 38 The Gaza flotilla incident is not over. American demands for some “international role” in investigating Israel’s conduct (but not, it seems, Turkey’s) and for
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