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Newsflash: Iran May Be Making a Nuclear Bomb!

February 18, 2010

I know, I know!  It’s so shocking and such a surprise — news that just seemingly appeared from nowhere!
Mind the sarcasm, but Captain Obvious strikes again:  the IAEA has just released a report indicating that it seems like Iran is making a nuclear bomb.  Hans Blix was nowhere to be found in the report, so [...]

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Iran: We’re Nuclear! … Almost

February 11, 2010

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s “big” proclamation which was supposed to scare the pants off the West happened to be a pretty predictable one.  Iran is now in possession of some highly-enriched uranium with the capability of enriching higher.  You need 90% enrichment for weapons, but Mahmoud admitted their capabilities range from 20-80%.  Meaning, not much has changed [...]

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Something Brewing in Iran

February 1, 2010

A couple of stories that have surfaced today make me wonder if something is brewing in Iran.  First, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced yesterday that Iran would “deliver a harsh blow to the ‘global arrogance’ on this year’s anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.” The anniversary, which takes place on February 11, marks the beginning of [...]

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Hillary Clinton: Talking to Iran Didn’t Work

December 16, 2009

Iran is on the verge of developing a nuclear bomb, and all we’ve been doing for the past 11 months of the Obama Administration is trying to talk without preconditions.  Well, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton now admits that talking has basically yielded jack:

Now, to be fair, the Bush administration wasn’t doing much more than [...]

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Putin: No Quid Pro Quo on Sanctions

October 14, 2009

President Obama’s latest version of “peace in our time” (taking back our promised anti-ballistic missile shield in Eastern Europe) really hasn’t yielded much from the Soviets Russians, who we had tried to please by the move especially regarding the biggest looming international security threat of our age — Iran.  Wasn’t such a gesture in Eastern Europe [...]

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Why The United Nations is Useless

October 5, 2009

Conservatives for years have been contending that the United Nations is a useless, ineffective organization that caters to dictators and rogue nations.  In an interview yesterday International Atomic Energy Agency (an independent organization that reports to the UN) director-general Mohamed ElBaradei spoke about the security in the Middle East.  He also identified what he saw [...]

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Rush On The Olympics

October 3, 2009

With the news that Chicago would not get the Olympic games in 2016 (and in fact, came in last place in the voting by the IOC), despite Obama’s lobbying for it, Rush Limbaugh gave one of his brilliant opening monologues on the subject.  Rush’s sentiments express pretty much what I am feeling, a “serves him [...]

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Iraq and Afghanistan: An Exit Strategy

September 29, 2009

Vanderleun over at American Digest has come up with a simple and effective exit strategy that the U.S. could employ for the Afghan and Iraqi wars.  I must say, his plan is compelling, given recent world events.

Unfortunately, I don’t think this strategy fits into the HopeAndChange strategy of talking to dictators and thugs.  Sorry [...]

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Netanyahu Calls Out the UN

September 25, 2009

Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech to the United Nations stating plainly that Iran is insidiously destabilizing the region through proxy wars, openly threatening Israel while denying the Holocaust, and thumbing its nose at the IAEA (not big deal there, but an honorable mention seemed obligatory).  Hence, a stronger hand is needed by [...]

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Obama Sell-Out on Missile Defense

September 17, 2009

In Obama’s short political career he’s thrown Bill Ayers, Reverend Wright, Israel, Van Jones, Grandma, etc. under the bus to advance his political agenda — it’s a bumpy ride in the Obama Nation!  Well, today he’s thrown two more entire countries under the bus: Poland and the Czech Republic! 
Obama and crew have decided to end American plans to [...]

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Beat It and Iran’s Green Revolution

June 26, 2009

Most people would agree that the media has gone overboard in their coverage of Michael Jackson’s death.  That’s not to say his death isn’t newsworthy.  After all, no one can deny the impact Jackson had on our popular culture.  It’s just that the more important events unfolding at the moment, like the Iranian protests, deserve [...]

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Fox News Smackdown

June 24, 2009

No wonder President Obama doesn’t like Fox News.  They are the only media outlet doing their jobs by asking tough questions of the one on a consistent basis.  At yesterday’s press conference (which admittedly contained more substinative questions than Obama’s last press conference; there were no “what excites you, what humbles you” type questions), Major [...]

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Neda, the New “Voice” of Iran

June 22, 2009

A young woman, Neda Soltan, (whose name means “voice” or “calling”) was protesting with her dad on Saturday when she was shot in the chest by the basij, the plain-clothed Iranian secret police.  Video of her death has leaked out and spread across the Internet and some of the protest leaders have called for Thursday to be [...]

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Violence in Iran Escalates

June 20, 2009

The word out of Iran is this:  violence.  The pro-Mousavi protesters decided not to acquiesce to Supreme Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s meaningless recount gesture, which reinforced Ahmadinejad’s victory.  Nor have they disappeared after Khamenei promised to crack heads if the protests didn’t disappear.
Well, the head-cracking has begun.  Word out of Iran at this moment is that nearly [...]

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“Meddling” in Iran

June 17, 2009

Earlier this week, Obama gave a high-profile speech not defending the democracy movement in Iran saying that given our history with Iran, an American President should not meddle with them. 
I know that he’s trying to wait and see, not turning Iran into Obama’s version of Hungary in 1956, but in principle he should have shown more solidarity [...]

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Iran Votes Against Change

June 13, 2009

Ha!  That’s a funny title since transparent democracy is quite foreign the closer one gets to the reins of power in Iran where a theocratic oligarchy tells their puppet (still Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) what to say and how to act.  Putting Mahmoud’s opponent, Mir Hossein  Mousavi, in power would have been like merely changing the label but [...]

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Obama on Iran: Trust ‘Em, While Isolating Israel

June 2, 2009

Our Leader has spoken (fast-forward to 2:26 for this money-quote, then his naivety on display thereafter):
“Iran has legitimate energy concerns, legitimate aspirations…”
Has anyone informed the Beneficent One that we tried this same appeasement approach to a belligerent nation seeking nuclear “energy” in the past?  That would have been North Korea!  But at least when NK was bamboozling [...]

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Obama Czechs His Instinct on Missile Shield in Eastern Europe, at Least for Now

April 5, 2009

President Obama has announced that the United States will push forward with the planned missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.  However, Obama also reserved the right to change his mind in the event Iran no longer posed a threat.
On the surface, Obama’s decision resembles a welcome departure from the mixed signals sent [...]

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Appeasement Update: Syria and Cuba

February 12, 2009

The new era of Capitulation and Appeasement is in full force.  The Obama administration plans to lift all sanctions against Syria as part of it’s unraveling of the War on Terror.  Syria is a state sponsor of terrorism.  They aided Al Quaida in Iraq against our armed forces, are building a nuclear reactor, and have [...]

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An Iranian Threat On The Horizon

February 11, 2009

Just what we need.  With all of the current domestic trouble with the economy, the last thing that we need is a major foreign policy crisis to enter the fray.  According to the Wisconsin Project, Iran is probably now only two months away from having a nuclear weapon.  All the while, Obama wants to hold [...]

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Obama’s Letter to Iran

January 29, 2009

Yesterday Ryan wrote on how Iran would like an apology from the Obama administration.  Well, the Obama administration is planning to send a letter to the Iranian Regieme (H/T:  Sister Toldjah), letting them know that we mean them no harm!  As part of the brave new age of capitulation and appeasement, the Obama administration will [...]

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Iran Wants an Apology Too!

January 28, 2009

Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked for an apology from the US because of “crimes” America has committed against them.  Of course, it’s both ridiculous and completely expected.  In fact, I expect the Obama Administration to be conciliatory toward the Iranian regime which is nonetheless running a proxy-war in Gaza, Lebanon, as well as killing US troops in Iraq.
All that and [...]

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Terrorists in Lebanon Attack Israel

January 8, 2009

Early this morning, missiles were fired into Israel by terrorists, likely Hezbollah, injuring two people.  Israel retaliated by firing rockets into Southern Lebanon.
This escalates the current conflict between Israel and Palestine into a second front, and will end up giving The One his first big foreign policy test.
The conflict between Israel and Palestine may be [...]

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Yearning for Freedom in Iran

December 8, 2008

A protest rally of five thousand people, mostly students, was held yesterday in Tehran, Iran.  The rally was held to protest Ahmadinejad and the Islamic theocracy, and demand a change to a democratic form of government.

Past protesters have met with imprisonment and have been barred from academic life.  These protesters showed extraordinary bravery to fight [...]

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Nabbing al Qaeda in Syria

October 27, 2008

In cross-border raids yesterday from Iraq into a border-town in Syria, word has it that Abu Ghadiyain, a significant al Qaeda planner of operations in Iraq, was nabbed by US forces.  Iran and Russia condemned the attack, but the Iraqis were not apologetic — they knew where the bad guys were. 
I think the US decided that since [...]

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Petraeus: Iraq “Spiraling Upwards”

September 3, 2008

David Petraeus indicated today that a pullout of MNF (Multi-National Forces) around the Baghdad area is probably possible by next summer due to conditions on the ground.  He also said that the area is “’spiraling upwards’ towards normal conditions” and “it gives Iraq new hope.”  What great news from a straight-shooter and American hero who’s shown [...]

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Moqtada al Sadr Ready to Stand Down

August 6, 2008

Little ”Mullah Atari” himself, Moqtada al Sadr, has signaled that the various factions of Sadr’s Madhi Army will put down their guns and become glorified ”community organizers” who will help rebuild Iraq when (or if) he issues his dictates this Friday.
Something that the above article brings home is the flood of good news out of Iraq lately:  most [...]

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Bush Speech Irks Obama, Dems

May 15, 2008

President Bush was giving a speech to the Israeli Knesset commemorating the 60th birthday of Israel.  One of the most traumatic events in the history of the Jews and an integral part of the history of the state of Israel was the Holocaust, which only happened because of the horrors of World War II.  That war [...]

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Sarko The American Also Supports Israel

March 11, 2008

When Jimmy Carter and other like-minded liberals fantasized about closer relations between America and France, I don’t think they were talking about the two countries seeing eye-to-eye on Israel and the Iranian threat. Fortunately for the civilized world, Nicolas Sarkozy is not your typical French President or incompetent American one.
During Shimon Peres’ recent visit [...]

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