Author: Jeff Huber

Another False Iran Alarm

So this guy with an odd name writes an article in the Asia Times that says Bush plans to run an air strike on Iran by August.  Do we ignore it or do we start squirreling away canned pears in the family fallout shelter? Self...

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Memorial Day: War and Peace and Hegemons

A regular visitor at Pen and Sword posited last week that a naval blockade of Iran wouldn’t be an act of war if the UN sanctioned it.  I replied that no, acts of war aren’t defined by whether or not the UN or...

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Olmert to U.S.: Let’s You and Iran Fight

Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported on May 21 that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has proposed to speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi that “a naval blockade be imposed on Iran as one of several ways...

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The Sky in Tom Friedman’s Flat World

Tom Friedman of the New York Times thinks we’re in a cold war with Iran.  He’s correct that we’re in a cold war, but he’s two Friedman units and change late coming to that conclusion, and he’s...

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MSM Drops Ball on Iran Again

The story that most likely would have knocked the bottom out of the Bush administration’s case for war with Iran occurred over a week ago, and the mainstream media hasn’t reported it.   While flipping through...

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