Avatar photoQian on Bush

Former Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen has issued a scathing critique of the Bush Administration in the China Daily. Almost amusing was State Department flack Adam Ereli fumbling questions about the article: QUESTION: Adam, a former senior Chinese official, former Foreign Minister Qian Qichen has written a rather blistering attack on the Bush Administration’s foreign …

Avatar photoSafire is a total hack

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. …

Avatar photoParis Negotiations Update 4:Terms of the Iranian Enrichment Bill Still Unclear

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? …

Avatar photoSanguine About a Nuclear Armed Iran

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 …