Iran’s New World Order – WSJ.com

Posted by Matt in February 28th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Ahmad, Bravado, Cleric, Clue, Global Prominence, Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Regime, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mentor, New World Order, Nuclear Program, Political Sphere, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sentiments, Terrorism, Wsj

Ahmad Khatami, an influential cleric and mentor to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, recently said publicly that the United States has to “regard Iran as a great power in the political sphere. The people of Iran have realized there is nothing you can do to us.”
The statement is part bravado, but it also offers an important [...]

Turkey and its anti-Americanism | EnerPub – Energy Publisher

Posted by Matt in September 1st, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Anti-Americanism, Turkey, Ankara, Bushism, Citizens, Embrace, George W Bush, New Administration, New Faces, Obama, Phenomenon, Polls, Publisher, Rise Of Anti Americanism, Sentiments, Turkey, Turkish Society, Washington Policymakers

Anti-American sentiments do not seem to have changed in Ankara, despite a change in the U.S. administration and Obama’s embrace.
Over the past years, some analysts have suggested that George W. Bush’s unpopular administration spawned the high levels of anti-Americanism in Turkey. Referring to this phenomenon as “anti-Bushism,” however, discounted the rise of anti-Americanism in [...]

Air Force Purge Stemmed From Future War Fights

Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, U.S., Air Force Chief, Air Force Chief Of Staff, Brother, Buzz, Chief Of Staff, China, Doubts, Future War, Gates, Interchange, Moseley, North Vietnamese, Outgoing Air, Peer Competitor, Purge, Russia, Sentiments, Surface To Air, Surface To Air Missile, Vietnam

Gates expressed doubts that the United States will get into a shooting war with a “peer competitor” like Russia or China any time soon. After he was fired, the outgoing Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. “Buzz” Moseley, echoed those sentiments. Not Wynne.
“My response to Secretary Gates in that interchange was my brother was shot [...]