I posted something here last night about the assassination of Iranian general Qassim Soleimani. In that post, after having said what a terrible man that Soleimani was, and acknowledging that he likely deserved his fate, I said that I found the timing suspect. Well, as some of you have written to say that you disagree […]
Tag Archives: nuclear proliferation
Why take out Soleimani now?
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Agnes Callamard, assassination, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Colin Powell, deescalation, Donald Trump, imminent attack, Iran, Mike Pompeo, Qassim Soleimani, retaliation, targeted killings, terrorist, war 49 Comments
I hereby officially withdraw my Nobel Prize nomination for Donald “There is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea” Trump
A Trump-suporting relative of mine pretty much told me not too long ago that, if my son lived into adulthood, I’d have Donald Trump to thank for it. He said this in response to my criticism of Trump, which, as I’ve come to learn, is somewhat easy to find on the internet. When I responded […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alro, ballistic missiles, CIA, dictators, Donald Trump, FOX News, international relations, Iran, Kim Jong Un, legitimizing dictators, negotiations, Nobel Prize, North Korea, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, Pyongyang, sanctions, Sean Hannity, Singapore, South Korea, the draft, war 27 Comments
Ripping up the Iran deal… And why Trump can’t answer the very simple question, “How does this make us safer?”
About a week and a half ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, where he stood in front of an enormous “Iran lied” graphic, and talked of the country’s covert nuclear arms program. What wasn’t clear to everyone watching, however, was that none of […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged abortion, anti-Muslim, AT&T, Benjamin Netanyahu, bribery, China, Christiane Amanpour, Donald Trump, fast food, fat shaming, Hassan Rouhani, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, JCPOA, Jean Henry, John Brennan, John Kerry, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, lies, Lynn, madness, McDonald’s, Michael Cohen, national security, nuclear weapons, post-truth, quotes, Russia, sanctions, Valerie Plame, Viktor Vekselberg 122 Comments