Month: January 2012

Question: Iran, Israel, the US and War

Having read the entire NYT article by the Israeli journalist, Ronen Bergman, discussed by BooMan here, I was struck by his report of the extraordinary comments the outgoing head of the Mossad, Meir Dagan, made to a group of...

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Josefina Vasquez Mota: a Biography

Born in 1961 in Mexico City, Josefina Vasquez Mota was raised there and enjoyed getting part of a big household – her mother and father had 7 other little ones. Sergio Ocampo Muñoz is her husband and a experienced in...

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Ronen Bergman Selling A Book on Iran

. A response to BooMan’s front page story – War This Year With Iran? See my follow-up diary – Timeline of Curious Events US-Israel and Tactical Stand-off Selling the views of Israeli hawks on Iran (The Guardian)...

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War This Year With Iran?

Well, after reading through ten pages of information about the effort to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, I come to Ronen Bergman’s conclusion: After speaking with many senior Israeli leaders and chiefs of the...

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Bad Ideas

Nothing against Miranda Kerr personally, but I picture Wonder Woman with considerably more muscle and body fat, and definitely without an Australian accent. They took the stars off her shorts which, like with our flag,...

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