Mar 19 2010

Clinton Bows to Russian Support of Iran

So, let’s get this straight: On a visit to Israel by Vice President Biden, a lower-level, Israeli government agency announces its intent to build more housing units in East Jerusalem and the Obama administration goes nuclear, condemning the announcement as though it was a violation of some sacred agreement between the two countries—which of course [...]

Feb 23 2010

What, Me Worry?

Josh Rogin asks NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen if the alliance has any concerns about the proposed sale of several Mistral-class amphibious assault ships by France to the Russian Navy. The answer: 
"This is not NATO business, this is a bilateral question between France and Russia," he said, "So as such, NATO is not engaged in this."
As the [...]

Feb 10 2010

Putin Orders Obama Not to Defend America

Why do I have the awful premonition that Barack H. Obama is about to bow deeply from the waist again?
U.S. missile-defense plans are a threat to Russian national security and have slowed down progress on a new arms-control treaty with Washington, Russia’s top military officer said Tuesday.
Gen. Nikolai Makarov said that a revised U.S. plan [...]

Oct 14 2009

Is Obama A Fool?

Scott is on record as believing that he is; I have reserved judgment. President Obama’s apparently unilateral concession to Russia in abandoning our anti-missile defense system in central Europe, with no publicly-acknowledged quid pro quo, may support the view that in international relations, at least, Obama is a fool. But we need to [...]

Oct 14 2009

Barack the Magic Statesman

Thank goodness we have such an eloquent spokesman for America’s foreign policy! At last, we see the brave new world of hope and change wrought by Barack H. Obama. (And it has such people in it.)
Now that he has, for all practical purposes, taken off the table any military action against Iran — [...]

Oct 4 2009

TimesOnline: ‘Israel names Russians helping Iran build nuclear bomb’

According to a source close to the Russian defense minister, the reason behind Netanyahu’s visit to Moscow was to deliver a list and concrete evidence showing that Russians are helping the Iranians to develop a bomb:
[...] Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has handed the Kremlin a list of Russian scientists believed by the [...]

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