Category Archives: Situation Report

Getting Used to a Nuclear Iran

Posted on August 15, 2005 by Tony

President Bush may reassure himself that “the world is coalescing around the notion that the Iranians should not have the means and the wherewithal to be able to develop a nuclear weapon,” but the more pertinent question is whether the … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima, Mon Amerique

Posted on August 5, 2005 by Tony

Four Thoughts on the Hiroshima Anniversary 1. Don’t Look Back I’ll admit, I was genuinely taken aback — gobsmacked, as they say — when after having been here for two years, the furor erupted over the Smithsonian Institute’s plans to … Continue reading →

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Why Iraq Is Not Vietnam

Posted on August 3, 2005 by Tony

Bruce Willis visits the troops As it becomes more and more obvious by the day that the U.S. simply cannot win in Iraq, the Vietnam comparison is inevitably going to be getting a lot more play in the media. Hey, … Continue reading →

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Sharon’s Gaza Initiative

Posted on July 22, 2005 by Tony

Sharon’s planned “disengagement” from Gaza is not connected to any peace process, not even President Bush’s “roadmap” which Sharon has made clear may or may not eventually go into effect – but only after the Palestinian Authority dismantles the militias … Continue reading →

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London and After: What al-Qaeda Fears

Posted on July 14, 2005 by Tony

Five Thoughts on the London bombing 1. God, I love the Brits! Prescient? ‘My Son the Fanatic’ Their collective response to the London bombings is infinitely courageous, infinitely dignified, unflappable, sober, inherently collective, and educated and worldly in their assessment … Continue reading →

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Bin Laden as a Brand

Posted on June 24, 2005 by Tony

First published March 2004 in South Africa’s Sunday Times It’s a safe bet that Osama bin Laden has no significant following in Mexico. So there was something incongruous about hundreds of soccer fans from that overwhelmingly Catholic country recently urging … Continue reading →

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