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#IranDeal repercussions

WEEKLY STANDARD What Next? By Dr. Michael Makovsky September 25, 2015 …On Monday, September 21, Iran self-inspected a key suspect nuclear weapons site without international inspectors present. “This deal is not built on trust,” President Obama had told us. “It … Continue reading

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Pentagon confused about Russia’s military buildup in Syria

AMERICAN INTEREST Russia’s Third Circles by Adam Garfinkle September 17, 2015 ….Just as attacking a Baltic State [Ukraine] hoping to politically destroy NATO would be a high-risk undertaking, turning Syria into a free-fire zone in the hope of politically destroying … Continue reading

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What six years of ‘reset’ have wrought

WASHINGTON POST by Charles Krauthammer August 27, 2015 On September 5, 2014, two days after President Obama visited Estonia to symbolize America’s commitment to its security, Russian agents crossed into Estonia and kidnapped an Estonian security official. Last week, after … Continue reading

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Russia Confirms Sale of S-300 Missile Systems To Iran

DEFENSE NEWS by Agence France-Presse May 26, 2015 Russia on Tuesday confirmed its decision to deliver S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran, but said it could not yet announce a date. “The decision on delivering S-300 to Iran has … Continue reading

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The Thirty One Years

From a friend: After the fall of the Iron Curtain, what was mistaken for the end of history was nothing more than our ignorance of history.  It never left us, though too many still do not know it. PJ MEDIA by … Continue reading

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Israel analysts shocked by Obama’s comments on sanctions, S-300 supply

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Staff April 17, 2015 Israeli analysts expressed shock and amazement Friday night at US President Barack Obama’s stated openness to Iran’s demand for the immediate lifting of all economic sanctions, and his defense of Russia’s agreement … Continue reading

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The Iran Deal’s Fatal Flaw

POLITICO by Charles Duelfler April 2, 2015 Nothing can work without tough inspections and enforcement. And for that we must rely on…Vladimir Putin. We don’t yet know all the details of the nuclear agreement that Iran, the United States and … Continue reading

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George W. Bush’s Graceful Silence

BLOOMBERG by Cass R. Sunstein December 22, 2014 In the domain of foreign affairs, 2014 has brought heated national debates on an impressive range of subjects: Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Syria, Ebola, immigration policy and, most recently, torture, North Korea and … Continue reading

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The Koran and Eternal War

MIDDLE EAST FORUM by Raymond Ibrahim November 26, 2014 News recently emerged that Russia was banning key Islamic scriptures—including Sahih Bukhari—on the charge that they promote “exclusivity [supremacism] of one of the world’s religions,” namely Islam; or, in the words … Continue reading

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Cornered but unbound by nuclear pact, Israel reconsiders military action against Iran

JERUSALEM POST by Michael Wilner November 22, 2014 Israeli official cites “sunset clause” in proposed comprehensive deal, which guarantees Iran a path into the nuclear club and may corner Israel into war. Historic negotiations with Iran will reach an inflection point … Continue reading

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