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 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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There is an amazing musician from Neve Daniel named Yedida Freilich. She has just come out with and extremely powerful song called “Only Israel.” If you would like to be one of the first to hear it and see the music video, here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaGHUZ-8DWw
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JULY 10, 2010 What You Can’t Say About Islamism American intellectuals won’t face up to Muslim radicalism’s Nazi past. By PAUL BERMAN In our present Age of the Zipped Lip, you are supposed to avoid making any of the following inconvenient observations about the history and doctrines of the Islamist movement: You are not supposed
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JULY 8, 2010 Israel: A Normal Country Hostility to the Jews has been a stain on the Western world’s honor for centuries. The following statement has been signed by Jose Maria Aznar, David Trimble, John R. Bolton, Alejandro Toledo, Marcello Pera, Andrew Roberts, Fiamma Nirenstein, George Weigel, Robert F. Agostinelli and Carlos Bustelo: Israel is
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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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