Monthly Archives: August 2005

"The Bush administration is significantly lowering expectations of what can be achieved in Iraq, recognizing that the United States will have to settle for far less progress than originally envisioned during the transition due to end in four months, according … Continue reading →

"Iran’s new president nominated a Cabinet on Sunday that has hard-liners in all key ministries and is likely to lead to more confrontation in the country’s dispute with the Washington and Europe over its nuclear program."  Yahoo News In the … Continue reading →

"Chief Iranian Nuclear Affairs Negotiator Hosein Musavian: The Negotiations with Europe Bought Us Time to Complete the Esfahan UCF Project and the Work on the Centrifuges in Natanz."  MEMRI In this interview the chief Iranian Negotiator in the matter of … Continue reading →

"Al Qaeda 2.0: Transnational Terrorism After 9/11: Session 52:00 pm The United States vs. Al-Qaeda: An Assessment" This Meeting was put on by the "New America" Foundation at the Senate. This session features the wit and wisdom of Dan Benjamin … Continue reading →

I have decided to continue my commentary on the decline of the quality of the editorial page of the Washington Post and its leadership.  This is todays leading editorial in the WashPost. "WITH THAT statement, which appeared on an al … Continue reading →

The invasion and occupation of Iraq was essentially conceived by academics, people with PhDs or JDs and names like Paul Wolfowitz, Michael Rubin, Douglas Feith, Fouad Ajami, Victor Davis Hanson and many others well known to us all. These are … Continue reading →

If this source is not George Casey I would be surprised.  Anyone else who said this would be on his way out of Iraq by now.  Pat Lang “Both Americans and Iraqis need "to start thinking about and talking about … Continue reading →

This is an interesting piece on Iran which appeared in US News and World Report and which the author forwarded.  Pat Lang better? Download iran.pdf

The "Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq,"  (SCIRI) has now deposed the secular leaning mayor or governor of the city of Iraq and pult in place one pf their own.  This was done by force in broad daylight. … Continue reading →

by Larry C Johnson and W. Patrick Lang Republicans and democrats need to put aside partisan differences and take measure of the threat Iran poses to our national security. This threat goes beyond supplying explosives that are trickling into Iraq … Continue reading →