Will either the US or Israel go to war with Iran?
Wolf Pangloss wrote an interesting and detailed reply to Part I of my series on The Long War. In it he describes why Iran is our enemy. As a timely rebuttal see “The Iranian Challenge” in 19 November 2007 issue of The Nation, by Trita Parsi (Wikipedia entry). He is the author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of …
I strongly recommend reading this. Gary Sick is someone to listen to; note bio below. “Musharraf and the Shah” by Gary Sick, Intenational Herald Tribune (26 October 2007) Excerpt: What is happening today in Pakistan takes me back to the time when the Iranian revolution was brewing, when I was the desk officer for Iran …
Is Pakistan’s Musharraf like the Shah of Iran? (if so, bad news for us) Read More »
Part V of this series provoked many emails requesting more symptoms showing the decline of the State (DOTS) in America. I wish all the questions I received were so easy to answer. This essay will give some general background and a specific example. The ur-text for DOTS is Martin van Creveld’s The Rise and Decline …
Summary: Part one of a four part series. Here is part two, part three, and part four. Expect more successful Al-Qa’ida operations, of increasing sophistication Rise of the Petro-Empires! Forecast #1: Expect more successful Al-Qa’ida operations, of increasing sophistication It’s easy to scorn Al-Qa’ida as bit players on the global stage, inflated by western Governments for …
Forecasts – Why wait? Read tomorrow’s news … today! (part I) Read More »
