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2019

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Episode32 min

Abadeh

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking just days before an election, revealed an alleged new nuclear site in Iran, dubbed Abadeh.  On this week’s episode, the ACW trio talk about the revelation, what the satellite pictures show may be happening…

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Taking a closer look at the Abadeh site

On September 8, Benyamin Netanyahu revealed yet another site that he alleged to be associated with Iran’s nuclear weapons effort. Unlike Bibi’s previous wonk porn parties, this time the Israeli Prime Minister offered only a few vague details about the…

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Chauncey Gardner Has a Sore Back

Verse of the week: “Now ‘tis the spring, and weeds are shallow rooted; Suffer them now, and Grow o’ergrown the garden And choke the herbs for Want of husbandry” –Shakespeare, Henry VI Long-time readers of these posts will be familiar…

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Les Gelb

Lyric of the week: “Hark, now hear the sailors cry,Smell the sea, and feel the sky,Let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic.” — Van Morrison Quote of the week: “Fail alone; succeed together.” — Les Gelb Les Gelb,…

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India Fuzzes Up No First Use

Quote of the week: “Foreign policy is the face a nation wears to the world.” — Arthur Schlesinger The Press Trust of India ran this story on August 16th: NEW DELHI — Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said India…

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Russia’s Mysterious Nuclear-powered Missile Accident

Russia tested something and maybe kinda sorta told the truth about a subsequent spike in radiation.  What happened? who knows? In this episode, the ACW trio discuss the explosion in Nenoksa and why it may have been a test to support…

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India, Another Exceptional, Illiberal Democracy

Quote of the week: “When you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Perfect it. Pass it on.” — Thurgood Marshall My idea of India is dated, like…

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Kashmir’s Escalatory Potential

Quote of the week: “Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.” — Mahatma Gandhi I was relatively sanguine after the last spike…