The Harvard Law Record – Noam Chomsky: Iran pursuing nuclear weapons out of fear

Posted by Matt in March 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, general, Communism, Conclusion, Countries, Fear, Harvard Law Record, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Marxism, National Safety, Noam Chomsky, Nuclear Weapons, Posture, United States, Way Of Thinking

This is typical Leftist thinking. Troublemaker countries like Iran are truly victims. Who is the victimizer? Countries that are successful and powerful like America and Israel.
This is a sick and dangerous way of thinking that literally says bad is good and good is bad. This thinking is just as dangerous as Marxism/Communism.
His conclusion is [...]

China eyeing perks of ice-free Arctic: study – Yahoo! News

Posted by Matt in March 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Arctic, Chinese Officials, Countries, Fear, Free News, Free Yahoo, global warming, International Peace Research, News China, Peace Research Institute, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Sipri, Yahoo, Yahoo China, Yahoo News

China has started exploring how to reap economic and strategic benefits from the ice melting at the Arctic with global warming, a Stockholm research institute said Monday.
Chinese officials have so far had been cautious in expressing interest in the region for fear of causing alarm among the five countries bordering the Arctic, the Stockholm International [...]

Iran to build enrichment sites inside mountains – Yahoo! News

Posted by Matt in February 22nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Fear, Mountains, New Challenge, News Iran, Nuclear Program, tehran, Uranium Enrichment Facilities, weapons, Yahoo, Yahoo News

Iran said Monday it plans to build two new uranium enrichment facilities deep inside mountains to protect them from attack, a new challenge to Western powers trying to curb Tehran’s nuclear program for fear it is aimed at making weapons.
Iran to build enrichment sites inside mountains – Yahoo! News

The New Poor – Despite Signs of Recovery, Long-Term Unemployment Rises – Series – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in February 20th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Economy, American Economy, Economists, Fear, Jobs, Long Term Unemployment, Nytimes, Rebound, Recession, Recessions, Signs, Unemployment Benefits

Even as the American economy shows tentative signs of a rebound, the human toll of the recession continues to mount, with millions of Americans remaining out of work, out of savings and nearing the end of their unemployment benefits.
Economists fear that the nascent recovery will leave more people behind than in past recessions, failing to [...]

DEBKAfile, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism, Security

Posted by Matt in February 1st, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Ashkelon, Beaches, bombs, Containers, Espionage, Explosives, Fear, Fisherman, Gaza, Israeli Ports, Terrorism Security

The beaches of Ashkelon and Ashdown, twin Israeli ports up to 25 km north of Gaza, were evacuated Monday, Feb. 1 for fear that two large containers packed with explosives which drifted ashore were floating bombs with more on the way. One was detected by an Israeli fisherman who alerted the police.
DEBKAfile, Political Analysis, Espionage, [...]

In China, fear of a real estate bubble – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in January 29th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Economy, Financial, 1980s, Acting, Banks, Bubble, Bubble Pop, Bubbles, China, Crashes, Economists, Fear, Global Growth, Japan, Real Estate Bubble, Residential Real Estate, United States

Some economists and bankers fear that they have read this script before. In Japan at the end of the 1980s and in the United States in 2008, residential real estate bubbles ended in big crashes, battered banks and slow recoveries. With China acting as a key engine of global growth, a bursting of the Chinese [...]

‘Know the Enemy’: DARPA Develops Simulation to Thwart Cyber Attacks

Posted by Matt in January 12th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Military Tech, Chinese Military, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Range, darpa, Defense Advanced Research, Fear, Military Strategist, Ncr Program, Simulation, Sun-Tzu

The great Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu observed, “If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.”
This appears to the thinking behind the US Defense Advanced Research Agency’s (DARPA) new National Cyber Range (NCR) program.
‘Know the Enemy’: DARPA Develops Simulation to Thwart Cyber Attacks

After Attack on Danish Cartoonist: The West Is Choked by Fear – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in January 4th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Islam, Attempt, Danish Cartoonist, Fatwa, Fear, Illustrator, Intellectuals, Kurt Westergaard, Muslims, News International, Online News, Protests, Salman Rushdie, Spiegel, Spiegel Online, Thinkers, Western Writers

The attack on illustrator Kurt Westergaard wasn’t the first attempt to carry out a deadly fatwa. When Muslims tried to murder Salman Rushdie 20 years ago, the protests among intellectuals were loud. Today, though, Western writers and thinkers would rather take cover than defend basic rights.
After Attack on Danish Cartoonist: The West Is Choked by [...]

Tehran’s Biggest Fear – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in December 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Ayatollahs, Azeri, Contributor, Democratic Opposition, Ethnic Minority, Fear, Generals, Islamic Republic, Nytimes, Opposition Movement, Persian Iran, Population, Separatist Groups, tehran

The biggest threat to the ruling ayatollahs and generals in multi-ethnic Iran does not come from the embattled democratic opposition movement struggling to reform the Islamic Republic. It comes from increasingly aggressive separatist groups in Kurdish, Baluch, Azeri and Arab ethnic minority regions that collectively make up some 44 percent of Persian-dominated Iran’s population.
Op-Ed Contributor [...]

‘No to warship sale to Russia’

Posted by Matt in December 23rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Acquiesces, Fear, France, French Ambassador, moscow, NATO, Nato Allies, Neighbors, Pierre Vimont, Regional Stability, Republicans, Russia, Senators

Six US senators have warned France against the planned sale of a powerful warship to Russia, saying the move has unsettled Nato allies and Moscow’s neighbors and risks upsetting regional stability.
“We fear this sale sends Russia the message that France acquiesces to its increasingly bellicose and lawless behavior,” the senators, all Republicans, said in a [...]