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 site. He claimed Iran ‘conducted experiments to develop nuclear weapons’ at the facility without mentioning …
Chauncey Gardner Has a Sore Back
by | 2019-09-09 | No Comments
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 with Chauncy Gardner, a fountain of horticultural knowledge with whom this writer periodically consults. I …
Les Gelb
by | 2019-09-02 | No Comments
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, who died over the weekend, had a stunning resumé. The Pentagon. Brookings. The State Department. …
Abu Musa Island: The “Beating Heart” of Iran in the Persian Gulf
by | 2019-08-29 | No Comments
by Cyrus Jabbari, CNS Graduate Research Assistant Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, who commanded the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for eight years until April 2019, referred to Abu Musa Island as Iran’s beating heart at the beginning of this year. Recent military deployments and actions taken by the IRGC on the island indeed suggest …
