What if Israel strikes Iran from the air? – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in October 22nd, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Iran, Israel, iaf, Iran Air, Iranian Leaders, Israel, Israeli Population, Missile Defenses, Missile Force, Population Centers, Population Israel, Probability, Range Ballistic Missiles, Washington Times

But to Israel it must appear the world does not take very seriously two famous words – “never again!”
When the IAF attacks, Iranian leaders have promised to unleash their missile force. Some intermediate-range ballistic missiles have a high probability of getting through anti-missile defenses and hitting Israeli population centers.
TIMPERLAKE: What if Israel strikes Iran [...]

We’ve Been Talking to Iran for 30 Years – WSJ.com

Posted by Matt in September 30th, 2009 | no comment

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The Obama administration’s talks with Iran—set to take place tomorrow in Geneva—are accompanied by an almost universally accepted misconception: that previous American administrations refused to negotiate with Iranian leaders. The truth, as Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said last October at the National Defense University, is that “every administration since 1979 has reached out to [...]

Plagued by optimism

Posted by Matt in July 13th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Array, Commentators, Corruption, Exculpate, Face Of The Earth, Germ, Grave Danger, Iranian Leaders, Iranian President, Iranian Regime, Iranian Tv, Joshua Teitelbaum, Juan Cole, Marg, Minimise, Optimism, Plague, Realised, State Of Israel, Study Pdf, Thanks To God

Like Camus’ Oranians, who refused to believe in the plague, we are in grave danger of underestimating Iran
Have some commentators responded to the Iranian regime’s threat to the state of Israel in the same way as Oranians? The question is raised in a new study (PDF) by Joshua Teitelbaum, an academic who lays out exactly [...]