What can we learn about Iran’s nuclear program from the items its trying to illegal acquire? That’s the subject of a Wall Street Journal piece today discussing District Attorney Robert Morgenthau’s prosecutions against Iranian Arms procurers. (h/t In From the Cold): Mr. Morgenthau’s information is corroborated by a staff report for the Foreign Relations...
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An interesting opinion piece in the Washington Post today, as John P Hannah traces what history tells us about manners in which states’ efforts to acquire nuclear weapons can be prevented, and how that relates to Iran:History’s lesson for the Obama administration seems straightforward: Short of regime change or military attack, the method most...
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“There’s no use trying,” she said; “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen…. “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Lewis Carroll, “Alice in Wonderland” As I write these words, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is about to enter into the oval...
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From Michael Young of Lebanon’s Daily Star (h/t daily alert): Nevertheless, there are three reasons (other than Mr Assad’s backing) why engaging Islamists, particularly armed Islamists, should be viewed with caution, their words of reassurance and those of their western apologists notwithstanding. Conflicts Forum offers a clue to the first reason: its website tells...
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Caroline Glick with a summary of the AIPAC conference and an analysis of the administration’s Israel Policy: Arctic winds are blowing into Jerusalem from Washington these days. As Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s May 18 visit to Washington fast approaches, the Obama administration is ratcheting up its anti-Israel rhetoric and working feverishly to force Israel...
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I’m a bit slow on getting this Bolton piece on Pakistan up, but if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s worth giving your undivided attention: Often known as Pakistan’s “steel skeleton” for holding the country together after successive corrupt or incompetent civilian governments, the military itself is now gravely threatened from within by rising...
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Geopolitics, like nature, abhors a vacuum: But in its campaign for regional hegemony, Tehran expects Lebanon as its first prize. Iran is spending massive amounts of cash on June’s general election. It supports a coalition led by Hezbollah, and including the Christian ex-general Michel Aoun. Lebanon, now in the column of pro-U.S. countries, would...
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This week, Israel has celebrated its 61st birthday. The miracle of its existence, let alone its robust emotional, ethical and economic health and its unparalleled contributions to the disciplines of medicine, of science and of the humanities is simply astounding. This, despite the seven brutal wars, the intifada, the economic boycotts, the systematized anti-Semitism...
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From the Chicago Tribune on Sunday comes the scary, but perhaps predictable story, of Obama administration officials lobbying congress to loosen terror finances rules for Hamas if that Islamist terror group joins a unity government with the Palestinian Authority. (h/t Daily Alert): The Obama administration, already on treacherous domestic political ground with its outreach...
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An excellent piece by Walid Phares over at Counter Terrorism Bog. Dr. Phares is one of our Speaker of the Truth Award recipients for this year’s Rays of Light in the Darkness Dinner. The piece is regarding the Taliban’s operations in Pakistan: As the U.S. administration and its allies are devising a new strategy...
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