Like all delusional disorders, the U.S. administration's and the media's delusions regarding Iranian Hassan Rouhani's "reformist" agenda seem cureless. His snubbing of Obama at the U.N. General Assembly was excused as "too complicated" for Iran. His … [Read more...] about Hassan Rouhani’s Offensive Charm
U.S. Policy
Don’t Believe Your Eyes!
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani openly bragged of shepherding a major expansion of Iran's uranium enrichment programs a decade ago, when he led Iran's negotiations with the West that were seeking to limit those programs. He still serves the … [Read more...] about Don’t Believe Your Eyes!
The War on Terrorism Goes On
If the Boston Marathon Massacre and the growing Syrian Civil War jihadist outrages were not self-evident, the bloody attack on innocents at the Nairobi, Kenya, mall provide new evidence that the international terrorist conspiracy continues virtually … [Read more...] about The War on Terrorism Goes On
Why Syria’s chemical weapons agreement will succeed
Much of the current debate on Syria of the current debate on Syria centers on whether Assad will in fact give up his chemical weapons. Not to worry. The chemical weapons agreement will be a resounding success. This is not because all or most of the … [Read more...] about Why Syria’s chemical weapons agreement will succeed
The Futility of WMD Inspections
On September 12, Robert Einhorn, until recently a senior nuclear negotiator for the Obama administration appearing before the Atlantic Council chapter in Washington D.C., remarked casually that "President Obama's flexibility on Iran" will be affected … [Read more...] about The Futility of WMD Inspections
Meet the Next Peace Laureate
On September 12, two days before the announcement on the agreement between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on a plan to destroy Syria's chemical weapons--an agreement that has yet to be approved by Bashar … [Read more...] about Meet the Next Peace Laureate
September 11, 2013 & Obama’s “Soft War” on Terrorism
It took only four-and-a-half years to undermine the stature of the U.S. as a superpower. This was achieved not by Osama bin Laden and the September 11, 2001, attacks on America, but by our "change"-seeking elected president. Squandering America's … [Read more...] about September 11, 2013 & Obama’s “Soft War” on Terrorism
Hold Your Horses!
The old cliché has it that history is written by the victors. But the victors' historians, too, are human. In an effort to write a narrative that the rest of us can follow, they pick up what we diginiks call a "thread". Until someone identifies a … [Read more...] about Hold Your Horses!
Iran Threatens Reprisals Against the U.S.
There seems to be no end to Western self-delusion when it comes to Iran. On September 4, President Hassan Rowhani allegedly sent Rosh Hashanna greetings to "all Jews, particularly Iranian Jews," on a defunct Twitter account. Shortly after, this was … [Read more...] about Iran Threatens Reprisals Against the U.S.
The Hobgoblin of Little Minds?
For years, I misquoted Churchill as saying "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" ... He may have, but if he did he surely would have credited Ralph Waldo Emerson who wrote a century earlier, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little … [Read more...] about The Hobgoblin of Little Minds?