Wash Times Soft Pedals Gates’s Antiwar Message

The Washington Times story on Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’s talk on Tuesday is missing a little something. Specifically, the Times omits any mention of his assessment of the unsavory outcomes of a U.S. military attack on Iran. Here’s the Times report,… Continue Reading →

Iran’s envoy to IAEA: Nuke bombs would be a ‘strategic mistake’

Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s envoy to the United Nations’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, told a press conference that an Iranian nuclear bomb would be a “strategic mistake” and create a “disadvantageous situation” for Iran. Many Western governments insist… Continue Reading →

Iran RSVPs to Nuke Talks, adds caveats

The European Union told reporters on Friday that Iran responded to it’s offer for P5+1 talks on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear stand-off with the West. The New York Times reports: In a two-paragraph letter answering an invitation offered more than… Continue Reading →

Lieberman draws up Israeli ‘day after’ plan for Iran

We’ve written about the hypothesis that all the fuss about Israel attacking Iran’s nuclear program is a means to encourage the United States to undertake such an attack in Israel’s stead. Jennifer Rubin of Commentary has implicitly made this argument, noting… Continue Reading →