Summary: Our conflict with Iran is complex, multidimensional, with deep roots in history. On the FM website we’ve provided a series of posts examining aspects of this conflict, each with summaries (and links) to primary sources and expert analysis. This is especially important since so much of what the mainstream media report is incorrect or misleading. Here …
Exhibit 1 Excerpt from “Just Like Ike (on Deterrence)“, Campbell Craig (Pro of international politics at Aberystwyth U), op-ed in the New York Times, 8 April 2010 IN the spring of 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower made a sweeping change in the American approach to nuclear war. Henceforth, the United States would rule out waging nuclear …
Polls show that support for the Af-pak war is fading. The standard rationals for the war — prevent another 9-11, nation-building — are demolished. The debate has shown the war’s advocates without an substantive reasons for the war. We will soon see if the American public notices. Or cares. Or can make its voice heard. …
Today’s must-read article about the war: “The Case for Afghanistan: Strategic Considerations“, Joshua Foust, Registan, 27 August 2009. The second in this series (the first was discussed here); it deserves to be read in full. Please do so, as the Af-pak war may have vast effects on the US and the world. Here are Foust’s …
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