I have been sort of amused that one news outlet after another keeps sending reporters to Site F near Sabha, where the Libyans store their stockpile of uranium yellowcake. CNN, Daily Telegraph, Reuters. Am I missing anyone? Anyway, I figured I would post the coordinates of the site: 27° 4’0.10″N, 14°34’18.62″E
Deterrence Under Sequestration
by | 2011-11-16 | 25 Comments
Secretary of Defense Panetta has sent a heartburn letter to Senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham that outlines a series of cuts to the US nuclear force that may occur under sequestration. Speaking about the totality of cuts — not just the nuclear ones — Panetta warned that sequestration would have “devastating effects.” It is …
Gerard C. Smith
by | 2011-11-14 | 2 Comments
“Gerry” Smith had the look of a bulldog wearing a well-tailored, pin-striped suit. No diplomat’s jaw seemed more able to take a solid punch. Ambassador Smith took more than his share during the first strategic arms limitation talks. The SALT I negotiations were a model of irregularity, with the US bureaucracy and Smith’s negotiating team …
At The Crossroads With Iran
by | 2011-11-07 | 165 Comments
An observer, who wishes to remain nameless, sends along this dispatch on the recent drumbeat to war with Iran: For some reason, everyone and his cousin are suddenly seized on the idea that there must be an urgent need to (at a minimum) contemplate whether to bomb Iran. No one can quite say why now, …
