The US has a rare window of opportunity to make productive air strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities. It shouldn’t be necessary at this point, but given the pockets of feigned disbelief that remain abroad, it deserves repeating: The Iranians are developing nuclear weapons. Rhetorically, they continue to maintain the pretense of pursuing peaceful nuclear power, [...]
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Bomb ‘em
Posted: 12th February 2010 by Keith Yost in Defense, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, United NationsTags: foreign policy, Iran, nuclear proliferation
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“All Talk, no Action…as usual”
Posted: 28th September 2009 by Keith Sipmann in Barack H. Obama, Defense, Foreign Affairs, International Relations, Iran, N. Korea, Nuclear Non-ProliferationPresident Obama promotes the decreasing of weapons of mass destruction, yet how exactly can we stop a country from developing (and possibly using) Nuclear weapons if we ourselves aren’t willing to confront them head on? This administration needs to take a real hard look at how Reagan handled the Cold War, because we are headed [...]
Is Obama following in Eisenhower's footsteps?
Posted: 11th July 2009 by Keith Sipmann in Defense, US GovernmentTags: Barack H. Obama, Military-Industrial Complex, National Defense
President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address on January 17, 1961 has been considered by many historians and political scientists as one of the most memorable Presidential farewell addresses in recent history. However the message is understood differently depending on your own ideas and preconceived notions about the government’s role, society’s responsibilities and the relationship between [...]
Liberals on Security and Realists on the Economy
Posted: 8th May 2009 by Keith Sipmann in Defense, Economy, Foreign Affairs, International RelationsTags: Barack H. Obama, Bush, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Liberals, Realists, Security
With the election of a new president, many concerns and issues have surfaced as to how the new administration will stand on national security and defense and the issue of the economy. President Bush and the Republican Party made national security and national defense the main issue for a majority of his presidency, much of [...]