William Safire is a hack: Bin Laden was the second outsider to try to influence our election in an ‘October surprise.’ I suspect the first was Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief U.N. arms inspector, said to be miffed at the Bush administration’s refusal to support his bid for an unprecedented third term. Apart from slandering Dr. …
Paris Negotiations Update 4:Terms of the Iranian Enrichment Bill Still Unclear
by | 2004-11-01 | No Comments
Confusion continues to reign over whether or not a bill recently passed by the Iranian parliament actually requires the resumption of uranium enrichment. The New York Times has a dreadful story, based on an Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) story, describing the bill as “supporting the resumption of uranium enrichment.” Supporting? (E-N-R-I-C-H-M-E-N-T, What’s that spell? …
Sanguine About a Nuclear Armed Iran
by | 2004-10-31 | No Comments
One of the research assistants over at CATO is suggesting that a nuclear armed Iran might be a good thing for US foreign policy. I don’t know anyone who thinks “lots of people are considering [this], but are unable to do so publicly and openly, because of think tank and foundation politics and the general …
Paris Negotiations Update 3: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
by | 2004-10-31 | No Comments
In an earlier post, I noted that the Iranian parliament passed a bill requiring the government to continue the peaceful nuclear program, but that “the bill does not direct the government to resume uranium enrichment or end U.N. inspections.” Reuters and AP are running contradictory stories: TEHRAN (Reuters) – To cries of “Death to America” …
