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Obama Learns of Malaysian Aircraft Destruction form Putin?!
The Malaysian aircraft destruction is tragic, but not unique. Commercial Airliners have been shot down before. In 1983 the Soviet air defense fighters shot down a Korean Airlines 747 that had strayed off course, impinged on Soviet airspace and the … Continue reading
Don’t Trade Iraq for an Iran Nuclear “Agreement”
There will come a time, and that may be right now, when Washington has to decide if any deal on Iran nuclear programs is more important than the risk faced from ISIS in Iraq. So far it looks like we … Continue reading
Extremists at Former Saddam CW Facility
The Wall Street Journal reports ISIL extremists at a former Iraqi CW facility. The Muthana State Establishment was a huge facility where the Saddam government produced tons of anthrax and sarin. Most of it used against the Iranians in the … Continue reading
Give the Sunnis an Alternative NOW!
Unless President Obama says something fast to give secular Sunnis some hope that the US will take their interests seriously this time, they have no alternative to ISIS. Say something to the Sunnis! Give them an alternative! And it has … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Sunni, United Nations
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Iraq – So What to Do?
A possible path ahead is to take advantage of the post election negotiations and configure a leadership that accommodates Sunni interests. This would by necessity mean someone other than Maliki becoming Prime Minister. Someone (possibly an American, but I doubt … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Iraq, United Nations
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Maliki is the problem, not the solution
Prime Minister Maliki, who is in midst of negotiating a government in aftermath of the recent Iraqi elections, has asked for US support including airstrikes. The last thing we should do now is further imbed ourselves with Maliki. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Wars, Iran, Iraq, United Nations
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Cascading Chaos in Iraq
Watching the disintegration of Iraq is a horror. Many predicted this. There were Iraqis reaching out to the US and others pointing out that there were large numbers of Iraqis who, if continually cut off from a role in the … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Iraq, United Nations
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Syria CW – Success, but so what?
Syria has missed its latest deadline to finish removing Chemical agent and precursors from its territory. However, they almost made it–about 92% done. Bashar al-Assad clearly has moved to fulfill his obligation to get rid of his CW capability. There … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Russia, Syria CW
Tagged Intelligence, Iran Nuclear, Iran Nuclear Agreement, Lavrov, Syrian CW, Ukraine, WMD
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Syrian CW – The Slow Road to Latakia
Syria has will miss both target dates to remove its chemicals. The most toxic amounts were due out at the end of the 2013 and the less dangerous components due out February 5th. Security is not an excuse for the … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Syria CW, United Nations, WMD
Tagged Saudi Arabia, Sergey Lavrov, UN Security Council
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Iran Nuclear Talks – Progress?
The announcement of the new elements coming from the talks with Tehran represents progress of a sort. Basically there is a trade between Iran’s ongoing ability to enrich uranium (and produce plutonium) that could be used in a weapon and … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligence, Iran, United Nations, WMD
Tagged Iran Nuclear, Iran Nuclear Agreement, Weapons Inspections
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