More of the Same for 2010?

More of the same for 2010 ‘toon.

Will Iran Slap Obama's Peace Overtures?

The Middle East - and Iran issue specifically - lies at the center of so many foreign policy hurdles for the United States. The pursuit of peace in the Middle East and the reestablishment of a legitimate U.N. entity...

The World Smells U.S. Weakness. Dismantling Begins!

The scent of blood is in the water. The U.S. is on its knees and its enemies are taking bite-sized chunks out of the perception of the invincibility, stability, and confidence that has been the United States of...

China’s 21st Century War to Destroy the U.S. | We Are Losing!

Our beloved mainstream media reported today on China's plans to increase its defense spending by a whopping 15%. Quote, "China is to increase official military spending by almost 15 per cent this year as it...

Obama, Putin, Iran's S-300 Missiles ... and Face Saving.

Based on President Obama's rocking speech last night ... an economic, social and foreign policy home-run... it is very easy to understand why foreign states - allies and adversaries - continue to celebrate the departure of Bush 43. Obama's candid and unabashedly...

China to U.S. | Pot, Meet Kettle.

When U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, concluded her East Asian tour with a highly visible visit to China she demonstrated how times have truly changed. For a 'Hyper-power' like the U.S. is forced to bring...

Saudi Arabia | It's Complicated!

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates trip to the Middle East and the subsequent and substantial $63 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and a handful of smaller Arab states...

Cold War II | Russia Gives Iran Long Range Offensive Capabilities

Reports today in the Jerusalem Post of fresh new sales to Iran by Russia of cutting-edge military hardware lends support to the notion that a frigid new Cold War is emerging between Russia and the West. The JPost...

The End of the Iran-Iraq War and U.N. Resolution 598

Yesterday the Persian Journal published a very succinct but insightful article on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, who helped to end it and how. You can understand the not wholly misplaced distrust the Iranians hold...

U.S. Domestic Surveillance | a Lack of Intelligence?

By Richard Buchanan | The Opinionist Blog Domestic surveillance of citizens and residents within the United States has and will always remain an uncomfortable and highly controversial practice. Outsourcing...

Iran’s Ahmadinejad | Running Out of Time

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is literally running out of time - politically, militarily, and rather frighteningly, spiritually! Iran is teasingly close to an all-out war with the United States and the...

‘UN Watch’ Condemns UN’s Anti-Israeli Hyprocrisy

On March 23 2007, Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of U.N. Watch in Geneva, Switzerland launched a long-overdue criticism of the hypocrisy that is the United Nation’s Human Rights Council. As a consequence, an...

Russian General Suggests U.S. to Strike Iran April 6

Russian News & Information Agency (RIA Novosti) - a state run media outlet - published a report last week in which retired Russian General [Leonid] Ivashov proposes a detailed report on U.S. plans to strike...

Vladimir Zhirinovsky | Ultra-Nationalist, Anti-American & Dangerous.

Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky is a Russian politician, deputy and vice-chairman of the State Duma (the Russian parliament), and a lawyer. Zhirinovsky is (also) the founder and the leader of the Liberal...

British P.M. Tony Blair Threatens Iran Over Arrested Sailors

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has issued a thinly veiled threat to Iran over the 15 sailors snatched by Iran last Friday. AP reports Tony Blair as saying Britain is prepared to move to a “different phase”...

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