International Affairs

ISRAEL’S BIG DECISION – TO BOMB OR NOT TO BOMB

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Should Israel Bomb Iran? Better safe than sorry BY Reuel Marc Gerecht July 26, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 42 There is only one thing that terrifies Washington’s foreign policy establishment more than the prospect of an American airstrike against Iran’s nuclear-weapons facilities: an Israeli airstrike. Left, right, and center,

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WINSTON CHURCHILL – “A PERIOD OF CONSEQUENCES”

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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WHY HASN’T ISRAEL BOMBED IRAN (YET)?

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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FAULTY INTELLIGENCE RE NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES

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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NUCLEAR WEAPONS INSPECTIONS-A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN

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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