Is it possible that it’s dead in the water for now? Dare we hope? Perhaps: The US is moving toward ending its efforts to return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, as Tehran continues to make demands without showing … Continue reading →
We still don’t know for certain what’s going on with the Biden administration’s Iran Deal negotiations. One thing we do know, however, is that we heard recently that the deal was a day or two from completion, and that was … Continue reading →
The policies of the Biden administration have done a lot for Israeli/Arab relations: A summit was held in Israel over the weekend between Bahrain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Israel and the United States. The meeting was designed to … Continue reading →
Once again, I’m resorting to a roundup because there’s so much important news. All of the following are such big stories that I may revisit one or more of them some time in the future: (1) Please read this Victor … Continue reading →
The Iran Deal and how it relates to Ukraine and to the Middle East in general:
Continue reading →I’ve read a lot about what might be behind this deal, and I’ve even written about what might be behind it (see this as well as this). But I’m still having trouble believing it, because it is so terrible. In … Continue reading →
I hope they’re sincere about this: Forty-nine Senate Republicans are threatening to derail the Biden administration’s efforts to secure a new Iran nuclear agreement within the coming days. Any new agreement that “does not have strong bipartisan support in Congress … Continue reading →
I wrote “postponed” because I believe that the Biden administration has not given up on this pernicious endeavor. But here’s the news: For the last several weeks, reports of a new JCPOA “nuclear” deal with Iran being imminent have surfaced. … Continue reading →
Till today, I hadn’t done research on Robert Malley, the Iran Deal’s chief negotiator (new deal as well as old deal). But I’ve been curious, and today I finally managed to do some brief research on him. I think it’s … Continue reading →
As Obama himself reportedly said: “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to F*** things up.” And yet Joe’s ability in that regard is so prodigious that it’s hard not to underestimate it. And Biden’s Iran deal is so astoundingly awful that it’s … Continue reading →
I know; I know – the jokes write themselves. Biden’s mind? What’s that? But I continue to think that Biden has more input into all of this than most people believe. And of course, whether he does or doesn’t, the … Continue reading →
…that I haven’t made many specific predictions about what will happen in the war in Ukraine, or about details such as bombings and casualties and the like. I leave that to others, and there’s plenty of it to go around … Continue reading →