NEOAVATARA

You got to love the definition of ‘liberal smart power’. Obama’s entire foreign diplomacy is dependent on the concept that smart, intelligent dialogue with our enemies will get them to realize the ill of their ways, and change decade long course in the direction of war.  Additionally, the key was to use the international community [...]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/01/us.iran.nuclear/index.html Anybody remember the December 2007 National Intelligence Estimate?  Anyone? Well, just to remind everyone, this was the NIE that gained a lot of media attention. Why?  Because it was, first, made public.  Second, because it declared, with high confidence, that Iran suspended its nuclear weapons program in 2003, and with moderate confidence declared that [...]

In all likelihood, the Obama Economic Stimulus Plan will be passed, reconciled, and signed by the end of the week.  And although some spending has been removed (estimated at around $100 Billion, though new spending was added as well), largely this bill is the same as the one passed by Congress a week ago. I [...]

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/20/africa/20nuke.php Well, as if Barack Obama doesn’t have enough problems, the IAEA and others now believe Iran has enough material to produce its first nuclear weapon. Things are getting better by the second!