A familiar coalition of hawks, hardliners, and neoconservatives expects Barack Obama's proposed talks with Iran to fail -- and they're already proposing an escalating set of measures instead.
Colin Powell could be the person asked to do the broad negotiating and arm twisting to achieve the Obama administration's foreign policy objectives with Iran and in Arab-Israel peace negotiations.
For Obama, the Mumbai attacks mean that we are on the verge of another major geopolitical crisis, with enormous implications for our already deeply troubled programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
President-elect Obama, Iranians are wonderful people. They don't deserve harm.
Ouhoud Al Fahad, is a strikingly attractive, coquettish, smart, articulate and ambitious brunette who lights up TV screens as a news anchor on a leading Arab satellite channel.
Last week a mix of water and sanitation experts gathered for World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden to mull over the world's biggest public health crisis. The problem is that not enough people paid attention.
It was reported this morning that Iranian-Canadian blogger and activist Hossein Derakshan, known as the "Godfather of the Iranian blogosphere," was arrested in Tehran.
I called my Mom on Thanksgiving, 9:00 p.m. Tehran time. Her first question -- per usual -- was whether I had any information about a U.S. attack against Iran.
No, it's not her infamous Russia answer nor her inexplicable financial bailout response. It's not her latest admission that she doesn't really read any newspapers. It's an overlooked clip from the original Couric interview about Hamas.
Outing Valerie Plame may be yesterday's news, but the consequences of losing a counterintelligence operation in the middle east because of Dick Cheney's pique may be significant for a long time to come.
A campaign by folks concerned about peace in the Middle East could help remove Dennis Ross from short lists for top positions supervising our diplomacy in the Middle East.
It wouldn't be impossible for U.S. politicians to talk about bombing Iran if "every schoolboy knew" what the United States did in Iran in 1953. But surely it would be more difficult.
Obama had said that he was prepared to hold tough presidential negotiations without preconditions with Iran; it seems that he may just have to do so earlier than he might have expected.
At the risk of sounding like an apologist for the Islamic Republic, the encounter with the U.S. Navy as described by the Pentagon just doesn't ring true.
Yesterday she voted to bring the country a serious step closer to war against Iran. And she did so for the same reason that she voted to authorize the war on Iraq.
Perhaps all that is needed is a good role model for soft power: someone who seeks to engage rather than stand off, capable of dialogue not just debate.
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folleoa... Re-Iran compliance with United Nation IAEA protocals, rules and resolutions.
The chief of IAEA in 2008 has effectively called the Bush-Admin "liars" as far as non-compliance charges. I believe in 2007 they called these charges as "Bush-Admin "Hype." No other IAEA-member nation has fulfilled more IAEA resolutions and demends that Iran, some other members have serious compliance problems. Do a websearch on keywords "US-Gov bribe Security Council member/s into non-compliance charge against Iran."
The CIA (in 2003) reports Iran stopped Nuclear Weapon research, the IAEA (after hundreds of hours of investigations) say Iran Uranium-enrichment is 3-5% grade suitable for Power Plants only. Also all uranium is accounted for, considerable supply is needed for 90%-grade enriched Uranium that Pakistan and Israel use to make Atomic Bombs.
It can be proven w/o doubt that since WWI every enemy American youth have been called upon to fight and kill, were part of regimes that the US-Gov (or elite Empire) had a hand in supporting, often financing and helping become armed (WMD comes to mind), in the case of Iraq having to remove (1982) US "Terrorist Supporting Nation" embargo-listing against Iraq in order to legally sell WMD/BioChem supplies.
Today the American voter does not elect individuals to Office, we elect individuals previously cleared by a power structure and upper-hierarchy, and unless these individuals bow to (Perk/PAC/Pork/Payola) they will never get a gov-position more important than hall-monitor.
Another way of saying Obama is no different than McCain, and America "wasted their vote" on people such as Obama that will never bring America back to a Constitutional-Gov of Law and Justice, and instead will simply be more of the SOS.
I am expect the same from the Obama Administration, Obama gas sold out one ethical stand after another. The plight of Palestinians vanished, joining the Bush-cabal with slander and lies against (dangerous) Iran appeared. Not many realize the only charge made against Iran, except frivolous and unproven claims, have all been dropped or forgotten (meaning proven false).
The new Obama Administration reminds me of the rebuilding of Iraq using an Int'l-thief Chalabi, also some of the same Saddam-regime personel, trained no doubt from 1992 in the converted Russian base near Kapsovar, Hungry. This is the military-base US (Cheney) took over to train 'Free Iraqi' (paramilitary) to start a false-flag sunni/shia religious war.
The Obama-Admin will be full of PNAC mindset-people that will no doubt keep Gen. Betrayus that finally (late 2008) dropped the false charges of Iran Weapons he had as evidence found in Iraq. Apparently the Farsi serial numbers freshly painted on this very small catch of new weapons said part of this evidence, apparently washed off revealing made in China (design & Mfg) sales that has been going on for some time now.
A Constitutional-Gov of Law and justice requires full and open investigation now. The United Nations (5-Pemanent Member) need lose their Nay (veto) powers they alone have and use to control, also threats and bribery such as making the 15-5=10 member Security Council members lie and say Iran is in non-compliance need end.
Well thought out! I believe after the inauguration, we will see a very different international climate............rouge nations and terrorist groups will encounter more internal and international resistance trying to challenge or subvert an American government led by a popular, NON aggresive leader with huge international support, and a populace demanding results vis-a-vis peace in the Middle East and Asia, progress fighting global warming, and a globa