Russia fights back, Western rights groups weaken
The Russian government, along with China, Iran and other major violators of human rights, has adopted an aggressive defense strategy. Post-modernism has simultaneously weakened the human rights community in the West
- 27 January 2014
Iranian supreme leader's Holocaust denial not a mistranslation
Iran's smiling, moderate, foreign minister, who just charmed the world at Davos, exposed as a liar about the lies of his Holocaust denying supreme leader. Would you trust these people?
- 26 January 2014
More holes than Swiss cheese: Policy on Iran and Syria
In Geneva and Montreux, Switzerland played host to major conferences featuring Iran and Syria. Nothing was resolved. Our leaders either kick the can down the road or miss all the important points entirely
- 26 January 2014
BBC smothers reports of Iran's "moderate" president rubbishing Geneva nuclear deal
In yet another example that a piece of news that does not fit politically correct narratives does not get covered by the BBC, Iran's declaration that the West "surrendered" over nuclear talks is smothered
- 15 January 2014
The Rouhani delusion
Thanks to sanctions, the West was winning the race against a nuclear Iran. There is a good chance now that Iran will be the victor due to our own incompetence and naivety
- 29 December 2013
Twilight zone between international law and morality
In the case of Iran -- where the country has consistently lied -- the question of infringing sovereignty versus ignoring basic morality can't be divorced from stated political aims of the regime as proclaimed by President Ahmedinejad when in office: the destruction of a member state of the UN, Israel. The lesson applies widely; the dilemma is real
- 21 December 2013
No deal with Iran
The United States and other powers appear resigned to conceding, in the final stage of a future agreement with Iran, that Tehran has a right to enrich uranium. They're wrong to be
- 9 December 2013
Cheering crowds in Tehran, and Obama's delusions
If Obama does have a coherent foreign policy it is one of non-intervention, and fear of military entanglements. Certainly the US, as Saudi Arabia has made clear, is no longer a leader in Middle Eastern affairs
- 26 November 2013
Obama's Iran deal and a pattern of incompetence
Obama's limited experience and lack of serious interest in anything other than getting the US out of foreign wars was always going to create some serious shortcomings in US foreign policy
- 25 November 2013
An Iran deal brokered by EU's Catherine Ashton, former apologist for communism, has to be suspect
UPDATED: The lavish praise over the Iran nuclear deal being heaped on EU foreign policy supremo Catherine Ashton, who failed to back the West during the Cold War, is itself a signal we should be deeply worried
- 24 November 2013
Obama's four point, blundering plan on Iran
1. Sideline Israel; 2. Advance US/Muslim relations; 3. Establish formal US/Iran relations as part of his legacy; 4. Divert attention from the meltdown that is Obamacare
- 21 November 2013
A civilisationally exhausted West in mortal danger over Iran
The eager pursuit of Iran by Kerry and others is all too reminiscent of events concerning Nazi Germany, especially the infamous 1938 Munich agreement, now the symbol of inherent appeasement
- 16 November 2013
Chronicle of a death foretold: A very Iranian murder
The assassination was a warning to President Hassan Rouhani from the Revolutionary Guard. It should also serve as a warning to those in the West who blinded by Rouhani’s electoral victory think his power in Iran is unopposed
- 15 November 2013
French cheese-eating surrender monkeys no more
In contrast with America, France has detailed knowledge of Iranian nuclear programmes, and far better familiarity with Iranian negotiating psychology. That's why they've been so tough. No more monkeys; no more cheese
- 14 November 2013
Obama's catastrophic moves on Iran
Obama's desperately eager posture towards the smiling Mullahs has doomed any negotiation to failure by signaling that the U.S. fears confrontation more than anything else
- 12 November 2013
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