Tag: Iran
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When Israel Attacks Iran, Will It Help Obama or Romney?
Three assumptions are implicit in the headline, and I feel pretty confident about all three.
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When Victor Davis Hanson Talks, I Listen — and He’s Got Me More Worried About a Nuclear Iran
"An Iranian theocrat’s supposed willingness to use his sole nuclear weapon to wipe out tiny Israel — at the cost of losing 30 million Iranians from retaliation — yields a cheap way to obtain not just parity with Israel, but potentially a nuclear advantage."
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Reporter Has Front-Row Seat as Navy Rescues Iranian Ship from Pirates
If you read only one news article today, you must read the dramatic NY Times account of the U.S. Navy’s rescue of Iranians from Somali pirates. As luck would have it, a Pulitzer-prize winning reporter and photographer were embedded on one of the naval vessels. It’s hard to pick the best aspect of this story. […]
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Obama Will Not Stop Iran’s Nuke Program — But Surely Israel Will Try
William Kristol argues persuasively that “President Barack Obama [has] made it clear that he’s resigned to a nuclear Iran.” Appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America, Obama told George Stephanopoulos: If the question is do we have a guarantee [that] the sanctions we are able to institute at this stage are automatically going to change Iranian […]
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Ahmadinejad Seems to Have a Death Wish
It has become hard to imagine a peaceful ending to the Iranian nuclear problem. I’ve gone back and forth on this, but it seems highly likely that Israel, which twice before has launched pre-emptive attacks on nuclear facilities in hostile countries, will do so again.
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Obama Pays for Gates-gate in the Rasmussen Poll
President Obama has slipped to the worst rating of his young presidency in the daily Rasmussen Presidential Tracking Poll, weighing in at -11 points. That’s based on likely voters with strong opinions. He fares better when you look at total approvers vs. total disapprovers — although for the first time, or at least the first […]
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Rethinking an Israeli Attack on Iran’s Nukes
Will the Sunni Saudis side with the Jews against Shiite Iran? The Sunday Times today reports that Saudia Arabia has quietly let Israel know that “that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran’s nuclear sites.” Israel’s Prime Minister promptly denied it. But […]
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Pace Bolton, I’m Betting Against an Israeli Air Strike on Iran’s Nuke Facilities
Osirak was quite a hike, and Iran is even farther In today’s Washington Post, former UN Ambassador John Bolton stops just short of openly rooting for Israel to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities: Iran’s nuclear threat was never in doubt during its presidential campaign, but the post-election resistance raised the possibility of some sort of […]
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The Perilous Implications of Bush’s Third Term
While much of Barack Obama’s national security policy has, thankfully, looked like a continuation of the Bush administration, his rhetorical response to the crisis in Iran thus far contrasts sharply with what we would have expected from his predecessor. Bush turned the heat up under Iran by naming the regime to his “Axis of Evil.” […]
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Jonesing for My Iran Fix — Did They Strike or Not?
Andrew Sullivan posted his latest update from the #iranelection Tweetstream at about midnight last night, indicating confusion about whether the national strike is planned for Tuesday or Wednesday. Now it’s 8:15 a.m. on the US East Coast — 8.5 hours later in Iran means the normal work day must be almost over. No sign of […]