Israel, the United States, and the Danger of War with Iran | Cato @ Liberty

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

Published in general, Iran Sanctions, Nazi Germany, North Koreans, Sanctions Against Iran, Trump Card, Un Sanctions Against Iran, Unilateral Sanctions

The rise of Iran is like another Nazi Germany. Are we going to sit around and wait until it’s too late again? Ultimately, I think the answer is yes. No one is going to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. If Iran is allowed to acquire nuclear weapons then we could see the deaths of [...]

How Obama’s policies may lead Japan to finally go for the nuclear option

Posted by Matt in August 11th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Japan, Bush Administration, Cold-War, Decades, Defense Alliance, Element, Failure, Japanese Interests, Korean War, Negotiations, North Koreans, Northeast Asia, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Option, Nuclear Umbrella, Obama, Outbreak, Peninsular, Small Minority, South-Korea, Suspicion

But the newest element in the northeast Asia equation is the growing suspicion that the American nuclear umbrella which protected Japan and South Korea during the decades of The Cold War may not be reliable. That suspicion took root long ago — fed, ironically, by the Japanese left which had always opposed the American defense [...]

Militant Possibilities on the New-Old Front

Posted by Matt in September 17th, 2008 | no comment

Published in New Cold War, Russia, Confrontation, Espionage, Fred Burton, FSB, Hallmark, Intelligence Agencies, Islamist Rebels, KGB, Military Action, North Koreans, North Vietnamese, Propaganda Campaigns, Proxies, Rebels In Afghanistan, Resurgence, Russia And The United States, Russian Power, Russian Strategic Bombers, Soviet Support, Sphere Of Influence

By Fred Burton and Scott Stewart
Over the past several months we have written quite a bit about the Russian resurgence. This discussion predates Russia’s military action in Georgia. Indeed, we have discussed the revival of Russian power since at least 2005, the implications of the FSB’s return since April and the potential return of the [...]

South Korea plans farm development in Sudan to aid starving North Koreans

Posted by Matt in June 5th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Aides, Cooperation, Farmland, Food Aid, Food Crisis, Grain Storage Facilities, Lee Myung-Bak, North Koreans, North-Korea, Omar El Bashir, President Lee, South Korean President, South-Korea, Sudan, Sudanese President

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak hopes to develop farmland in Sudan as part of efforts to secure offshore grain resources to help North Korea cope with its worsening food crisis.
Meeting with visiting Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir, Lee discussed the proposed cooperation, which includes building grain storage facilities, Lee’s aides said.
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Escape from North Korea

Posted by Matt in June 4th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Brother And Sister, Brother Sister, Checkpoints, China, Chinese Border, Chopping Board, Collapse, Darkness, Desperate Choices, Exclusive Report, Execution, Exodus, Immigrants, Informants, Journey, Korea Government, Kwan, North Face, North Koreans, North-Korea, Obstacle Course, Perilous Journey, Refugees, Safe House, South-Korea, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Tors, Tumen River, Underground Railroad, Wall Border

So many people have defected from North Korea that the government is now building a wall along the Chinese border. This exclusive report follows one family’s dangerous exodus.
At a safe house in China, a brother and sister collapse into each other arms. For months, ‘Uncle Jung’ has been trying to smuggle his sister and her [...]

Building an atomic bomb

Posted by Matt in December 17th, 2007 | 1 comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Atomic Bomb, beijing, Cartel, China, Criminal Elements, Israel, jews, Middle East, moscow, Mullahs, North Koreans, Nuclear Bomb, Oil Resources, Peking, Powerbroker, Syrians, tehran, United States

The die is now cast. In 2010, an Iranian nuclear bomb will detonate in an American city, fabricated with the help of the Syrians, the North Koreans and the A.Q.Khan network, with financing from criminal elements in both Moscow and Peking. The mullahs will threaten further attacks if the United States does not completely pull [...]