Intelligence Failure – by Alan M. Dershowitz | FrontPage Magazine

Posted by Matt in October 1st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Bait And Switch, Conclusion, Frontpage Magazine, Hook Line And Sinker, Intelligence Failure, Line And Sinker, Military Option, National Intelligence Estimate, Nuclear Weapons Program, Sanctions Against Iran, Stupid, Tactic

In December of 2007, I wrote an article about the National Intelligence Estimate that had just concluded that Iran had abandoned its nuclear weapons program back in 2003. The immediate effect of this Pollyannaish report was to diminish the need for tough sanctions against Iran and to take the military option off the table.
We now [...]

Exclusive: Israel’s air maneuver did not simulate possible Iran strike strategy

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

Published in Iran, Israel, Military, Attack, Blitz, Capability, Conjunction, Crete, Greek Air Force, helicopters, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Israel Nuclear, Israeli Air Force, Long Distance, Maneuver, Military Sources, natanz, Nuclear Facilities, Reactor, Rehearsal, Tactic, Uranium Enrichment Plant, Warplanes

DEBKAfile’s Western military sources do not believe that if Israel does attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, it will resort to the old-fashioned aerial blitz tactic employed in 1981 for bombing Iraq’s Osirak reactor. They therefore challenge the US officials’ conclusion that Israel’s aerial exercise in conjunction with the Greek Air Force over Crete in early June [...]

More Chinese submarines in South China Sea

Posted by Matt in May 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Military, Art Of War, Bamboo Curtain, Buddhist Culture, China Investment, Chinese Art, Chinese China, Chinese Submarines, Christian Buddhist, Cleverness, Competitor, Copper, Country Curtain, Ethics, Former Soviet Union, Hong Kong China, Morality, Opponent, South China Sea, submarines, Tactic, Traditional Chinese Culture, Traditional Culture

Hong Kong, China — Over the past 20 years, China’s military investment has grown faster than any other country. The bamboo curtain that formerly enveloped the country has become a copper curtain.
Furthermore, China has become more difficult to negotiate with than even the former Soviet Union. The tactic of deceiving one’s opponent or competitor is [...]