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Since the United States invaded Iraq five years ago, tensions between Iran and the U.S. have simmered and then receded, and then simmered again.  Indeed, there have been many points over the last five years in which war with Iran seemed inevitable.
Perhaps if the invasion and occupation of Iraq had been more “successful” from the American perspective […]

The American people and their leaders continue to avoid confrontation with a harsh but necessary truth.
Since World War II, Americans have assumed that their country has been the most powerful country on Earth. America’s economic strength, military might, and nuclear capability have presented an illusion of unparalleled supremacy.
Americans believe, even today, that no one […]

You may have heard that President Bush was in Saudi Arabia.
For the life of me, I cannot figure out why the United States is friends with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is one of the most repressive regimes on the planet. The ruling class of Saudi Arabia oppresses millions of people so […]

Word from Pakistan that former prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto was killed in a suicide attack.
Bhutto had recently returned to Pakistan to challenge (or perhaps ally) with current President Pervez Musharraf.  Elections for Parliament were two weeks away, and she had been busy on the campaign trail.
This is yet another blow for stability for […]

On Saturday, yet another sad day in Pakistani history took place as President Pervez Musharraf suspended the Pakistani Constitution and declared martial law.
Using his emergency powers, Musharraf sacked his chief political rival, the Chief Justice of the Pakistani Supreme Court, and replaced him with a loyalist. The Supreme Court was in the process of […]

Turkey’s prime minister announced today that he would launch an attack into Iraq “within a few days” if attacks by Kurdish militants against Turkey continue.
After meeting with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a press conference at Downing Street that his Government “cannot wait forever” for the raids by […]

There are many well-intentioned Americans who have confused themselves on the proper course of action in Iraq. These well-intentioned people believe that the war must eventually end, but argue that America has a duty to stay in Iraq so as to prevent something worse from happening — perhaps even leaving a garrison to keep […]

From the Sunday Times:

September 2, 2007
Pentagon ‘three-day blitz’ plan for Iran

Sarah Baxter, Washington

THE Pentagon has drawn up plans for massive airstrikes against 1,200 targets in Iran, designed to annihilate the Iranians’ military capability in three days, according to a national security expert.
Alexis Debat, director of terrorism and national security at the Nixon Center, […]

From the Washington Post:
Iranian Unit to Be Labeled ‘Terrorist’
U.S. Moving Against Revolutionary Guard
By Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 15, 2007; A01

The United States has decided to designate Iran’s evolutionary Guard Corps, the country’s 125,000-strong elite military branch, as a “specially designated global terrorist,” according to U.S. officials, a move that allows Washington […]