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McChrystal Clear : More Boots on the Ground
Gen. Stanley McChrystal: Repeating the cliches.Do the numbers:500,000 troops for Pashtunistan? McChrystal repeats the clichés of classic counterinsurgency… American generals used the same vintage phrases in Vietnam, where efforts to ‘protect the population’ led to forcing rural peasants into fortified … Continue reading
Obama Plays Nuclear Chess with Iran
President Obama discusses talks with Iran in Geneva, at White House Oct. 1, 2009. Photo by AFP.Is Obama putting Ahmadinejad on the defensive?The complex question of Iran’s nuclear plans By Steve Weissman / The Rag Blog / October 4, 2009 … Continue reading
Iran’s Covert Nuke Sites : How Many Are There?
Uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom in Iran. Photo from Reuters.How many secret nuclear sites does Iran have? Secret facilities that evade the IAEA’s cameras and measuring devices can have only one purpose — to create nuclear … Continue reading
Obama’s Nuclear Gambit : Savvy or Softy?
Above, John Bolton: a neocon looks backward. Below, Barack Obama with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. Photo by Dmitry Astakhov / AFP / Getty Images.Obama’s nuclear gambit:Cold warrior Bolton says he gave too much These views never made much sense during … Continue reading
Iran, Cyber Warfare and the CIA : The World is Watching
Twitter and the new Iranian revolution. Cartoon by Ian D. Marsden / truthout.Iran: The world is watching [The media] give wall-to-wall coverage of the protesters, whose heroism is very real. But the TV cameras and front-page headlines completely ignore how … Continue reading
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Iran and the USA : Who’s Diddling Democracy?
The Persian Service of Voice of America (VOA) is said to have sided with the anti-Ahmadinejad candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. Photo by AP from BBC News.Who’s Diddling Democracy in Iran? Does my reading of the tea leaves prove conclusively that … Continue reading
Stopping Israeli Settlements : Can Obama Deliver?
Can Barack Obama succeed in pressuring Israeli’s Netanyahu to stop the expansion of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land?Can Obama Stop Israeli Settlements? As Obama and his advisors see the issue, American interests in reigning in nuclear proliferation, reducing terrorism, and … Continue reading
There Is More Than One Way to Interpret Ahmadinejad
On Ahmadinejad and Progressive MyopiaBy Nima Shirazi / The Rag Blog / April 29, 2009 Please see links to previous Rag Blog posts on this subject, Below. Whenever Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a public appearance, the airwaves, papers, and … Continue reading
Biden in Munich : America’s Eurasian Empire Takes Shape
Vice President Joe Biden addresses the participants of the International Conference on Security Policy in Munich, on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. Photo by Frank Augstein / AP. Biden was telling the waiting world that Washington would continue to pursue its … Continue reading
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Warrior John McCain : Far More Dangerous Than Bush
John McCain at Forward Operating Base Warrior in Kirkuk, Iraq. Photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson‘McCain can see no alternative to military victory, no matter what the cost’By Steve Weissman / August 12, 2008 During the hottest days of the … Continue reading
Bomb Iran : Is It Time?
Ringo Starr. Bomb Bomb Iran by Summer’s End?By Steve Weissman / April 29, 2008 When Senator John McCain serenaded reporters last April with his “Bomb Bomb Iran,” I had to wonder. Was this a taste of his aging flyboy humor? … Continue reading
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