Dive into the archives.
- Iran: Nuclear Hedging or Acquisition?
In the spirit of my last post, I’d like to pose a very simple question to readers: Is Iran attempting to acually acquire nuclear weapons or employing the tried and true strategy of nuclear hedging?
The acquisition of nuclear weapons needs no explanation so let us begin with a definition of “nuclear hedging” taken from [...]
- Deterence And the Missile Shield
As is common with most things dominating the news cycle, important background explanations and underlying principles are often if not always left inadequately answered or not touched on at all. One such example is the US missile shield which now has the official backing of NATO and the issue of Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. [...]
- The effects of dropping the bomb
Chuck Spinney, one of the Boyd Acolytes, discusses the problems of a strategic bombing campaign on Iran.
Though he doesn’t say the words he is criticizing the EBO logic that dates back to Douhet. I think it is a solid point. To get the other side of the argument see John Robb’s year-and-a-half old post Collapsing [...]
- Turkey Looking to Iran
Disappointed with the weak show of support from America and Europe, Turkey is now looking further east for support for its planned operations in Iraq. And they need look no further than Iran, also battling its own Kurdish independence movement. Al Jazeera reports that the foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey are increasingly expressing their [...]
- Unsubscribing
I used to be quite a fan of Hoder and what he has done, but I have found over the past few months that his views are beginning to become a bit, how do you say, “off-kilter”? Take his latest statement for example:
I’m proud to be Iranian, not because of Cyrus, but because of Khomeini, [...]
- Dress for success… or else!
The great debate over Islamic dress is not only happening in France and the UK, but also in Islamic countries. The war against cultural imperialism seems to start with outward appearances. I mean one of the great symbols of globalization is American bluejeans, and the imams know this. Heck, jeans were worn by rebellious youth [...]
