Wasn’t it conservative PJ O’Rourke who said “age and guile beat youth, innocence and bad haircut”? I missed this, but a couple of weeks ago Al Kamen danced on the grave of the nomination of John Rood, aka the poor man’s Bob Joseph, to be Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security: Rood Awakening? When …
ElBaradei Quotes On Iran
by | 2007-05-16 | 27 Comments
In two recent posts—Iran’s ‘Big Gains’ at Natanz and More on Iran’s ‘Big [Hairy] Gains’ At Natanz—I have taken issue with a story by David Sanger in the New York Times that “all the centrifuges [at Natanz] appeared to be enriching uranium and running smoothly…” One aspect of my objection was the Sanger took a …
More on Iran's "Big [Hairy] Gains" At Natanz
by | 2007-05-16 | 2 Comments
More cautious assessments on Iran’s progress, from the Los Angeles Times’ Bob Drogin and the Associated Press’ William Kole. Both carry balanced, sensible comments by David Albright: “Iran’s been making slow but steady progress,” [Albright] told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “We think Iran has been moving faster than (the U.S. government) has …
