I was in San Francisco for a week, and never before have I seen such an uninterrupted stretch of beautiful weather in a city known for fog and cold even in summer. It’s spring, and the blooming flowers were out—some … Continue reading →
In my post yesterday I talked about the propaganda value the hostages had for Iran: As I’ve written before, [the propaganda of the event] is a winning situation for the Iranians, both for internal consumption and external. They are made … Continue reading →
Well, Kenneth Timmerman seems to think that the stick for the Iranians was the USS Nimitz “steaming” towards the Persian Gulf. “Steaming” is a bit of an anachronism, but you get the idea. Timmerman’s sources for inside info about the … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I’ve got an exceptionally busy day today, and so this will be briefer than usual, despite the importance of the news.] The British hostages have been freed (or are in the process of being freed) by Iran. This is … Continue reading →
The Sanity Squad has another podcast up at Pajamas, this time on the topic of negotiating from strength. Join Siggy, Shrink, Dr. Sanity, and me for a discussion of the perplexing decline of the Western spine. [Lyricist extraordinaire Dr. Sanity, … Continue reading →
Candidate Clinton seems to think a President ought not to exercise the veto power given the holder of the office by the Constitution. Today she criticized Bush for suggesting he would veto a troop withdrawal bill. That, said Hillary, would … Continue reading →
Armed Liberal is doing some important work here and here. All who oppose the Congressional drive for a precipitous troop withdrawal from Iraq should take a look.
Continue reading →Via Horsefeathers, a reprint of an important interview with Marek Edelman, who fought in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Please read it.
Continue reading →Some of you have written to say that our podcasts can’t be downloaded through iTunes anymore. My apologies. It’s apparently some sort of technical problem that Pajamas is working on fixing, rather than a new policy. So it should be … Continue reading →
Now the Iranians are saying the British sailors might be tried: If Britain continued its current approach to the standoff, Larijani told Iranian state radio, “this case may face a legal path. British leaders have miscalculated this issue.” I think … Continue reading →
Here‘s the Sanity Squad’s latest podcast. Join Siggy, Dr. Sanity, Shrink, and me as we tackle the topic of Iran’s most recent game of high-stakes poker with Britain, the West, the UN, and the lives of fifteen British sailors and … Continue reading →
No surprise, really; those British hostages are being shown on Iranian TV apologizing for straying into Iranian waters. There’s nothing like the propaganda value of a few show confessions in an effort (vain, I hope) to shore up sagging support … Continue reading →