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 Iran. Or just skip entirely...The modern nation state is an extremely efficient killing machine. We...
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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.
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 by forty points. Such views are not, as they say, reconcilable. Could be trouble on...
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.
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 forces are structured to form a “triad” of air, land, and sea-based systems. Israel’s long-range...
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.
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 new administration. Unfortunately, the rest of the world is aware that the United States holds...
The main point here seems to be that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says many things about Israel, and that the sum total of these things is incoherent contradiction. As such, it doesn't.
Is Iran a threat to the existence of the United States? Joltin' Joe Lieberman says yes:Obviously Israel is first in the line of Iranian fire. And it represents an existential.