Iran Threat

April 20, 2010

• Confused On Iran

  The Washington Post  reports: President Obama’s official position is that “all options are on the table,” including the use of force. But senior officials regularly talk down the military option in public — thereby undermining its utility even as an instrument of intimidation. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, offered more [...]

April 13, 2010

• Tehran: If Attacked, Nuclear Devices Go Off In US Cities

  Debkafile’s Military sources report: Tehran: If Iran is attacked, nuclear devices will go off in American cities. This warning, along with an announcement that Iran would join the world’s nuclear club within a month, raised the pitch of Iranian anti-US rhetoric to a new high Tuesday, April 13, as 47 world leaders gathered in Washington for [...]

February 11, 2010

• When Will Obama Get Serious About Iran?

  HOW MUCH LONGER WILL ISRAEL WAIT UNTIL THEY’RE FORCED TO ACT? – Buried most of the way through this New York Times report is a disturbing reminder of how unserious Obama is about imposing sanctions on Iran that might impact the mullahs’ decision to proceed with their nuclear-arms program: During the campaign he raised the [...]

February 9, 2010

• How to Save The Obama Presidency – Bomb Iran

  ACT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE – I do not customarily offer advice to a president whose election I opposed, whose goals I fear, and whose policies I work against. But here is an idea for Barack Obama to salvage his tottering administration by taking a step that protects the United States and its allies. He needs [...]

January 21, 2010

• The Soft Power Solution in Iran

  TIME IS RUNNING OUT – Al Qaeda bombers on U.S. airliners need prompt attention, but it is Iran, a supporter of terrorism now developing the capacity to fire nuclear-tipped missiles, that may pose the greatest threat to global stability and American security. That threat can be diminished three ways: by military action, by compromise by [...]

January 2, 2010

• U.S. Loan Effort Is Seen as Adding to Housing Woes

  From the NY TImes: The Obama administration’s $75 billion program to protect homeowners from foreclosure has been widely pronounced a disappointment, and some economists and real estate experts now contend it has done more harm than good.  Some experts argue the program has impeded economic recovery by delaying a wrenching yet cleansing process through which [...]