When it became clear last Friday that the outcome of Iran's election was going to be controversial, I IMed a friend that there was roughly a 1 in 4 chance that the regime would be gone in a week. The timing was certainly optimistic, and...
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Michael Ledeen has a curious way of approaching the social form "accusation":You're going to be accused of meddling anyway, since out there in the real world you are believed to.
What follows is a long, largely unoriginal rumination on the state, coercion, the Odessa Steps, and Tank Man. Skip to the end for trivial observations about the current situation in.
So, I'm trying to find out something about what's going on in Iran, and on CNN I can watch a rerun of Larry King interviewing several gentlemen without shirtsleeves who apparently assemble choppers. On Fox Mike Huckabee is trying to explain why Jesus hates credit...
Great post on Iran by Gary Sick. Hat tip to Ackerman.
Mahmound Ahmadinejad is a billion times worse than Hitler, unless he loses the election, in which case he was always irrelevant.... each major candidate seem to believe that he won.
Kevin Coleman at Defense Tech:In any contest there is an outside chance a long-shot could come from behind and win. The race for cyber warfare dominance is no different. In the recently updated "Cyber Warfare Capabilities Estimate" (2009 version) those who could break out of...
Much of interest here:Early in 2008, the Israeli government signaled that it might be preparing to take matters into its own hands. In a series of meetings, Israeli officials asked.
Peter Juul makes the case:Israel’s nuclear deterrent is shrouded in secrecy, but it is estimated to have between 100 and 200 nuclear warheads. Like the United States, Israel’s nuclear delivery.
Appalling from a variety of perspectives:Hundreds of endangered African monkeys are being taken from their natural habitat and sold for scientific experiments, as well to a “secretive” biological laboratory in Iran, London's Sunday Times reported.In an undercover investigation by the Times, animal trader Nazir Manji...
I hate to show weakness in front of the Russians, but it's hard to argue with this:Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said the results of Iran's missile tests prove.
Dan Nexon has a good post about the frenzy of dealmaking that the Bush administration is pursuing in an effort to "lock in" policy preferences before the transition to a.