‘Green on blue’ is what the U.S. military calls it. Afghan troops shooting at their supposed American allies. It’s a horrifying threat to U.S. service members that has been growing in recent years. It has become an even greater menace now in the wake of public outrage over the burning of copies of the Qur’an [...]
Archive for February, 2012
End the insanity in Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan/Pakistan on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
What to do with Iran
Posted in Iraq and Iran, Nuclear Disarmament, Sanctions and Security on February 16, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Iran announced a nuclear ‘achievement’ on Wednesday. President Ahmadinejad was present at the Tehran Research Reactor for the loading of uranium fuel enriched to 20 per cent purity. Ahmadinejad also claimed that Iran has 3,000 new centrifuges for enriching uranium. Reactions in the United States ranged from hysterical warnings of imminent nuclear doom to suspicions [...]
Sanctioning Iran
Posted in Iraq and Iran, Nuclear Disarmament, Sanctions and Security on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The conventional wisdom in Washington is that tougher sanctions are necessary to prevent Iran from building the bomb. My view is the opposite. The imposition of punitive sanctions has failed to change Iranian policy in the past, and there is little prospect that more of the same will succeed now. Don’t get me wrong. I [...]
