U.S.A. or Russia: Who Will Blink First?

The world is waiting to see who will be the first to blink: Uncle Sam or the reawakened Russian Bear?On one side of the equation, the United States seems to be inching closer and closer toward “pulling the...

Thoughts on John Wayne’s Birthday and Jimmy Carter Values

In his 1977 album, America: Why I Love Her, John Wayne summed up his beliefs well:"“If we want to keep these freedoms, we may have to fight again. God forbid, but if we do, let’s always fight to win…Face the...

BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan Launches Nuclear Capable Missile

Reported in the Australian this morning and without any fanfare in other media, Pakistan has successfully test-fired it's first nuclear-capable medium-range missile."According to reports from Associated...

US Readiness for Flu Outbreak "Spotty"- RapidRecon

Putting aside for a moment whether an outbreak of Pandemic avian flu (H5N1) is on the horizon or not, the recent outbreaks in China (where no concrete connections have yet been proven) and in Pakistan (where a small chain of human to human transmission has occurred...

Bush Adds Another Gem to Lie Log

"“In August, I think it was … [National Intelligence Director] Mike McConnell came in and said, we have some new information. He didn’t tell me what the information was …” (2007-12-04)x60 President Bush...

Bush: No change in Iran policy

From the Guardian: George Bush today ruled out a change in Washington's Iran policy following the declassification yesterday of a US intelligence report that concluded Tehran had abandoned its nuclear weapons...

'Mideast atomic programs apocalyptic'

Are we headed toward a Nuclear Armageddon?  There is, by definition, no winner in a nuclear war. The bomb, is first and foremost, a political weapon. The reason that the former U.S.S.R. and the United...

Alleged Site of Israeli Attack on Syria Cleared

A mysterious Syrian military facility that was reportedly the target of an attack by Israeli jets last month has been razed, according to a new satellite image that shows only a vacant lot in the place where Syria...

Iranian Nuclear Weapon Unacceptable, War Possible, French Foreign Minister Says

The issue over nuclear weapons in Iran continues to heat up as the French Froeign Minister lays down his terms, bluntly."The world should brace for a possible war over the Iranian nuclear crisis but seeking a...

Terrorism Expert Says Pentagon Planning 3-Day Iran Airstrikes Blitz

Why is Alexis Debat announcing Pentagon plans? Is this a disguised warning to Iran delivered via a messenger? Or is his information solid? Or is he delivering what seems to be news but actually was one of several hypothetical models run in military planning?With just quotes...

This is a news story that the world must read

THIS is the unexpurgated transcript of a press conference in Munich on Tuesday, June 5, during the G8 Conference. The world press was invited to question Russian President Vladimir Putin about his views on current...

If the US attacks Iran....: George Bush's "Samson Option"

If the US attacks Iran....: George Bush's "Samson Option"The Samson Option is terminology used to explain Israel's intention to use its nuclear arsenal as an ultimate defense strategy if its leaders feel threatened enough to think they have no alternative. It comes from the...

Report: 3 Gulf states agree to Israeli overflights en route to Iran

By Yoav Stern and Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondents Three Arab states in the Persian Gulf would be willing to allow the Israel Air force to enter their airspace in order to reach Iran in case of an attack on its nuclear facilities, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyasa reported...

Return of the Soviets

" Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay had an interesting slip of the tongue while being interviewed on CTV's Question Period yesterday. When asked about Putin's charge that American Unilateralism was responsible for increasing world tensions around nuclear weapons,...

Ahmadinejad: Britain, Israel, and U.S. will vanish

According to Iranian news agencies, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicted that Britain, Israel, and the U.S. will eventually vanish from the world, just like the pharaos have. Sources quote him as saying that it's...

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