Middle East

GROUND ZERO MOSQUE – A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE ENLIGHTENED CLASS

AUGUST 4, 2010 Liberal Piety and the Memory of 9/11 The enlightened class can’t understand why the public is uneasy about the Ground Zero mosque. By DOROTHY RABINOWITZ Americans may have lacked for much in the course of their history, but never instruction in social values. The question today is whether Americans of any era […]

GROUND ZERO MOSQUE – A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE ENLIGHTENED CLASS Read More »

U.S. FED FALSE INFO ON IRAN’S NUKES

JULY 30, 2010 How the CIA Got It Wrong on Iran’s Nukes In 2007, U.S. intelligence said Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program. Analyst policy bias and disinformation from Iranian double agents may explain the mistake. By EDWARD JAY EPSTEIN In a stunning departure from a decade of assessments, the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate

U.S. FED FALSE INFO ON IRAN’S NUKES Read More »

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,

ISRAEL’S BIG DECISION – TO BOMB OR NOT TO BOMB Read More »

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

WINSTON CHURCHILL – “A PERIOD OF CONSEQUENCES” Read More »

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

WHY HASN’T ISRAEL BOMBED IRAN (YET)? Read More »

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

FAULTY INTELLIGENCE RE NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES Read More »

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

NUCLEAR WEAPONS INSPECTIONS-A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN Read More »

JOHN BOLTON – NORTH KOREA AND IRAN

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

JOHN BOLTON – NORTH KOREA AND IRAN Read More »

Scroll to Top