Iran
« Previous EntriesObama’s India Policy & The China Factor
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009As the world’s largest democracy, economic behemoth and nuclear power, India’s continued emergence as a bulwark of stability in Southeast Asia is pivotal to Barak Obama’s foreign policy portfolio. Since George Bush brokered the U.S.-India nuclear agreement in 2006, the U.S has decisively tilted toward an expanded strategic relationship with New Delhi over Pakistan. Vital [...]
Ahmadinejad’s Defeat in Iran’s 2009 Presidential Elections May be Obama’s Chance to Change Course
Friday, January 2nd, 2009When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is defeated in Iran ’s 2009 presidential elections, Barack Obama may have the best opportunity to recast U.S.-Iranian relations of any American leader since the 1979 Khomenei-led revolution. Despite Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s dominion over economic, military and judicial matters, and dissenting candidates nullification from seeking office by the Guardian Council, Iran [...]
2009: Obama’s Year of Living Dangerously in Iraq
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008The Iraq War is over. Other than some occasional bombings and shoes thrown at President Bush in press conferences, the end game is coming to Iraq . The Pro-Iranian Shiite majority and the Kurds have won. After battling U.S. troops, the Shiia and Al Queda, the Sunni have lost. What is left is a partitioned [...]
More Desperation From McCain-Palin
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008Instead of telling us what they would do in the White House to improve the lives of Americans, the McCain-Palin dynamic duo spent another day (thankfully there are only six days left of this neverending nightmare) telling Americans what a dangerous and bad person Barack Obama is because in 2003 he attended a party for [...]
Why Obama Must Secure Iran’s Cooperation to Withdraw Troops in Iraq
Monday, October 20th, 2008Should Barak Obama become America’s 44th president, his plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq in sixteen months and “end the war†will require the cooperation of Iran. While the presidential campaign debate narrowly focused on the troop surge, the reduction of violence in Iraq has obscured one fundamental truth; the Iraqi government will continue [...]
Iran Moving Missiles Right Now?
Monday, June 30th, 2008An interesting thing happened on the way to the forum.
I was doing some late night reading and came across this article from the Times of London stating, in ominous words, that Iran was moving missiles into launch position and targeting Israel’s Dimona power plant.
I bookmarked the link in del.icio.us and went on my way. Soon, [...]