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Sun. Sep 24, 2006
Pieces of October
Over the past week or two, there’s a series of events, some related, some seemingly not related, that my puny brain is having a hard time processing and reconciling. The pieces don’t fit. Or perhaps they do and my brain simply refuses to acknowledge the resulting shape. These “pieces” all seem to involve Pakistan or Iran, and the characters contained therein. Fit or not, I’m just going to lay them out, spin them around, and possibly end up sounding really foolish.
Sun. Jul 16, 2006
Old Fires, New Smoke?
Fires in the Middle East are not exactly a rare occurrence during the (nearly) forty eight years I’ve been alive. Nor are arguments about who started the most recent fire. But the smell of the smoke from this one seems distinctly different to me.
Tue. Jan 17, 2006
On The Couch Watching Iran
Last week Iran removed UN seals on a reactor, said they were going to resume research on enriching uranium, and caused Britain, France and Germany to give up their 2.5 years of diplomatic efforts with Iran. Over the past several days, it seems everyone is asking, “what to do about Iran and nukes?” Or rather, “how can our party best position itself on the issue of Iran to make the Other Guys look foolish,” and “how can we save face over the failure of diplomacy, yet not try anything more than diplomacy?” And other questions which, even if answered, don’t address the real world.
Mon. Oct 03, 2005
Nuclear Religion
You might have read Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent threat that if Iran’s nuclear program was sent to the UN Security Council for possible action, they would stop selling us oil. OK, fine, Sparky, whatever. But there was another quote in the article that I found intriguing.
Tue. Feb 22, 2005
Free Mojtaba and Arash
Why are these two men suffering imprisonment, solitary confinement, and torture? For exactly what I’m doing tight now … blogging.
Fri. Dec 03, 2004
Mixed Iranian Messages
You’d think that an “authority� that claims a religious mandate wouldn’t have such problems with the truth. You’d think they feel silly, maybe even ashamed, to make such transparent lies. But in the case of Iran, you’d be wrong. The are the Masters of Mixed Messages.
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