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Consequences Of An Israeli Strike On Iran: Still Very Bad

In each case, Israel attacked only after a long period of procrastination. In 1967, Washington’s hands-off posture tipped the balance in the cabinet in favor of preemption. In the case of Osirak, the Carter and Reagan administrations’ unwillingness or ...

From M. DUSS, Think Progress,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Ronald Reagan,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Anthony Zinni

Support Iran’s Opposition Or Bomb Iran: You Can’t Do Both

Washington Times national security editor Barbara Slavin has an article on Iranian filmmaker and dissident Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who has become a spokesperson for Iran’s Green Movement in the wake of the June 12 elections. Makhmalbaf called upon President ...

From M. DUSS, Think Progress,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Washington Times,  Barack Obama,  Mohsen Makhmalbaf

When Do We Stop Pretending Netanyahu Is A Partner For Peace?

[W]hile Bibi had a number of “conventional” options for dealing with the issue, he chose to go nuclear by making this issue — and his defiance of US concerns — a top story. In doing so, he has undermined the prospects for the very negotiations he ...

From M. DUSS, Think Progress,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Benjamin Netanyahu,  Barack Obama

The Fruits Of ‘Dithering’ In Afghanistan

Given that the charge that President Obama is “dithering” on Afghanistan originated with former Vice President Dick Cheney, one can and should dismiss it out of hand as a transparent attempt to distract Americans from the fact that the Bush-Cheney ...

From M. DUSS, Think Progress,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dick Cheney,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  European Union,  Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Only Thing That Can Destroy Us Is The Terror-Industrial Complex

That’s why I want to see Guantánamo closed. It’s so harmful to what we stand for. We literally bang ourselves in the head by having that place. What are we doing this to ourselves for? Because we’re worried about the 380 guys there? Bring them here! ...

From M. DUSS, Think Progress,  13 Nov 2009

WSJ’s Henninger: Bush Critics Enabled Ft. Hood Shootings

In our time, nothing was bigger than the nearly 3,000 killed on September 11. But anyone who got involved with the development of public policy then knows that for the next seven years the battle never stopped over the details of the Patriot Act, the ...

From M. DUSS, Think Progress,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Dick Cheney,  Federal Bureau of Investigation

What Does A Conservative Have To Do To Be Considered ‘Unserious’ On National Security?

My friend Rob Farley recently recorded an interesting diavlog with John Mueller, author of the new book Atomic Obsession. In his book, Mueller argues that fears of nuclear holocaust during the Cold War, and now of nuclear terrorism, are overblown. ...

From M. DUSS, Think Progress,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Washington Post Company,  U.S. Republican Party,  Mike Huckabee,  Al-Qaeda

Was It Terrorism?

Jeffrey Goldberg writes that “Elite makers of opinion in this country try very hard to ignore the larger meaning of violent acts when they happen to be perpetrated by Muslims,” and suggests this “simple test“: If Nidal Malik Hasan had been a devout ...

From M. DUSS, Think Progress,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nidal Malik Hasan,  Planned Parenthood,  Michelle Malkin,  Scott Roeder,  James Joyner

Panel: Iran Will Look To Repair Regional Appeal Damaged After Election

The unrest and repression in Iran following the country’s controversial elections is reversing some of the regional political gains that the Islamic regime enjoyed as a result of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, according to a panel at the University of ...

From M. DUSS, Think Progress,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Stanford University,  Hezbollah,  Rush Limbaugh,  Shibley Telhami,  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Report: Israeli F.M. Lieberman Walks Out Whenever Mitchell Raises E. Jerusalem

The Palestinians are weak and divided. The Israelis have been difficult, as always: whenever Mitchell raises East Jerusalem in talks with the Israeli Foreign Minister, the Israeli stands up and walks out of the room. Despite Netanyahu’s momentary, ...

From M. DUSS, Think Progress,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Palestinian Authority

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