The question is not how “soft” a science is “scientific polling” but how much Obama being “squishy soft” on “national security” will help America’s next “Reagan in waiting.” October surprise… how do you spell “trick or treat” in Farsi? Obama is not aking believers in “change you can believe in” to “get clean […]

Israel is banging the war drum again, for the umpteenth time. They are saying that Iran must be attacked if Iran does not give up it’s weapons program. I will say this again for the umpteenth time. There is no proof that Iran’s program is for anything but power generation. The […]

Here are some thoughts I wrote in response to people on the other forum I write on, Historic Battles.com. There are some people on that forum who very much approve of torture, basically they say that some people are bad and deserve it.
Americans are a little unique in thinking their culture is the […]

Nancy Pelosi seems to be trying to outdo George Bush.
On a visit to Israel, she said that if countries want to be friends with the US, they must treat Iran as a pariah nation, and totally support America’s aggressive policy towards Iran.
This has rankled Japan, a longtime American friend. America forced Japan to give up […]

In the last ten days or so, we have been treated to another spate of rhetoric aimed at Iran. Statements from Admiral Mullen that the US does have military resources in reserve, and other mouthings from various officials how, “all options are still on the table”.
As far as actual assets, all I could find […]

I think all of us who can recall the 1950’s (OK, I was a little tyke, but I saw the movies) know what the game of “chicken” is. Two cars full of screaming teenagers go at each other at high speed, the first one to pull the wheel and steer out of the […]

I just read the interview with Keith Olberman that occurred just before the Pennsylvania primary. Hillary’s attack ad tells us she is the one who should answer the phone at three in the morning. But she has very different memories of going to Tuzla than every one else there. There was no […]

General Petraeus has been chosen to head Centcom. While I think that the General has become very political, I am not sure he is so out and out in favor of attacking Iran. He seems to be very concerned with his career. He has never really promised that the surge would be […]

Our leadership is so deep into dreamland.
Now President Bush is prattling on about a diplomatic surge in the Middle East. He is saying that Arab governments are going to have to recognize the Iraqi Maliki government as a counter to Iranian hegemony. Well two things.
One. Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki and Iran are really good friends. […]

All right, I will go out on a limb here and say, “I don’t think so” In any society, there are behind the scenes people, powerful people who do not like the spotlight. I think those people in America have realized that a war with Iran would bring nothing good. The release of […]