I don’t think Iran expected this, but it should have. Israel has capacities that till now it hasn’t fully used – but the Israelis are plenty motivated to not only end Iran’s nuclear program but to end its present regime. … Continue reading →
I don’t think much of this author’s observations on Trump, and I think he somewhat overstates the influence of the UN in the matter, but the following part is nevertheless intriguing and I would guess mainly correct: One person is … Continue reading →
Israel is not fooling around this time: Israel on Sunday attacked dozens of sites in Iran — including energy sites, radar systems, and ballistic missiles and their launchers — and killed Iran’s top intelligence officers on the third day of … Continue reading →
It was absolutely expected that Iran would retaliate against Israel, and that some of the missiles would get through and cause damage and deaths. And that’s what has happened – eight are dead, twenty missing, and many more wounded as … Continue reading →
I wonder what it would take to get Iran to give up on the idea of annihilating Israel, short of an Iranian regime change. At the very least, the events of the past few days should have convinced them that … Continue reading →
There were many many signs that this was going to happen, and soon. Last night Israel struck Iran, hard: Not only did Israel hit over a dozen nuclear sites in Iran, but they targeted the country’s top military leadership as … Continue reading →
But what? It seems to concern Iran. Reports and speculation here and here.
Continue reading →I think that basically the Trump administration is doing some very good things, but that doesn’t mean I approve of everything it’s doing. Nor do I completely understand what’s behind everything it’s doing; sometimes there’s a hidden agenda that’s good, … Continue reading →
Iran would dearly love to stall: Trump rightly would rather Tehran verifiably dropped its nuke quest than act militarily to end the nuke threat, but the regime needs to move a lot faster in offering detailed hard commitments to a … Continue reading →
I’ll start with RIP, as well as the observation that I voted for him twice. And yet I think he did a lot of harm as president. The harm was not driven by animus towards America, however; it was just … Continue reading →
Commenter “Dax” and others have pointed out this piece in Tablet by David Samuels entitled “Rapid-Onset Political Enlightenment: How Barack Obama built an omnipotent thought-machine, and how it was destroyed.” It’s very long, and quite a few bloggers are writing … Continue reading →
We certainly don’t know who the ultimate winner in Syria will be. But I think we can safely say a couple of things. The first is that the situation is fraught with peril. The second is that Iran looks like … Continue reading →