Saudi Arabia’s New Missile Force

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=6660 A recent article in Newsweek reported that “according to a well-placed intelligence source,” in 2007 Saudi Arabia began to purchase CSS-5 (DF-21) ground-to-ground missiles from China. While similar reports appeared in the past, the...

Obama’s foreign policy is a mess, says the New York Times

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2014/03/17/obamas-foreign-policy-is-a-mess-says-the-new-york-times President Obama (R) meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) in the White House on Monday. (EPA/ALEX WONG / AFP) Despite replete evidence of the mendacity of our foes and the recalcitrance of the Palestinian...

U.S. Government Contractors Attend Iran Oil Show

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-government-contractors-attend-iran-oil-show/ At least five companies with U.S. government contracts were in Tehran last week to attend the Iran Oil Show, a several day conference that enables international corporations to hobnob with top Iranian officials and...

There Must Not Be a Ceasefire

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4513/gaza-hamas-ceasefire With their usual mixture of human rights concern and hypocrisy, several countries have stepped into the fresh Israel-Gaza conflict by demanding a cease-fire. Egypt has played an important role in this demarche; Hamas has...
Uranium-enriching centrifuges on display in Tehran (Caren Firouz/Reuters)

Dealing with a Bad Iranian Nuclear Agreement

The Obama administration and the rest of the P5+1 will likely agree soon on a limited-duration agreement with Iran that aims to provide around one year of warning time before any breakout to nuclear...

The Fatal Flaw in Obama’s Dealings With Iran

‘Extraordinarily reasonable,” President Obama called it in an interview aired on Sunday, referring to the multiparty deal being negotiated on Iran’s nuclear-weapons program. When the talks began, Mr. Obama said it was “unacceptable” for...

Iran Is America’s New Iraq

Ten days after the Iraq War began, I happened to be in Washington on a work visit. I had the chance to observe up close the imperial capital that had just embarked on the...

Obama’s Iran Deal Has the Makings of a Catastrophe

Barack Obama has repeatedly signaled during the past six and a half years that that his No. 1 priority in foreign affairs is not China, not Russia, not Mexico, but Iran. He wants to...

Mideast Expert: Iran Never Approved Nuclear Deal; Western Politicians and Media in Denial: Ruthie...

Reprinted from the Algemeiner. “When people stand before the complete collapse of what they believe in, they enter a state of denial,” wrote Yigal Carmon, in a Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) article titled “The...

[The Debate] Before The House of Representatives on 5th August, 1998

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, and Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations act, 1999 (House of Representatives - August 5, 1998) Mr Saxton: Mr Chairman, I offer an amendment. The Chairman: The Clerk will designate the...