Iran
Preparing for a Nuclear Iran
That’s the message of the US’s forthcoming $60bn arms-deal with Saudi Arabia. Or so says David Rothkopf anyway: [T]he reason that the U.S. government — that would not have done… Continue reading
29 CommentsOfficials: Better than 50 percent chance that Israel will strike Iran next year
The Iran issue has dropped down the news agenda in recent months. But that doesn’t mean it has gone away. Even with the difficulties that Iran’s nuclear programme has faced,… Continue reading
26 CommentsCameron’s slip-up over Iran
Another slip-up from the PM on international matters, but Labour risk looking ridiculous by overblowing it all:
65 CommentsThe debate begins in lively fashion
The initial exchanges of the Queen’s Speech Debate have just come to a close – and, I must say, it was all rather jolly. Harriet Harman came prepared with gag… Continue reading
6 CommentsThe Tories have their eyes on Iran
You may not have expected anything less, but it’s still encouraging to see the new government pay so much attention to Afghanistan. After David Cameron’s meeting with Hamid Karzai last… Continue reading
23 CommentsDoes Clegg go for a Love Actually moment?
The foreign policy portion of tonight’s debate offers Nick Clegg several opportunities to bracket Labour and the Tories together. Both of them supported the war in Iraq, both won’t take… Continue reading
4 CommentsThe Lib Dems’ Iran Gaffe
It’s a gaffe, of course, because it is both true and something you’re not supposed to say. Be this as it may, it strikes me that while political professionals and… Continue reading
12 CommentsNick Clegg and the 3 am phone call
Compared to many CoffeeHousers, I don’t find the Liberal Democrat’s foreign policy positions as problematic. Nick Clegg is smart, internationalist and has – unlike David Cameron and Gordon Brown (and… Continue reading
32 CommentsObama and the Jews
Granted there was something about George W Bush that sent plenty of otherwise reasonably normal people a little nuts too and perhaps the nature of politics and technology today is… Continue reading
9 CommentsThe neocons were right
When your face has been slammed into a concrete pavement, as you take cover from the mortar fire, you struggle to think the best of your fellow man. I certainly… Continue reading
36 CommentsTony Blair’s Foolish Sabre-Rattling
Here’s Tony Blair, speaking at AIPAC yesterday: We should be clear also. Iran must not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons capability. They must know that we will do whatever… Continue reading
17 CommentsThe Limits of American Power: Israel and Iran Editions
I agree with Melanie Phillips that the principle reason there’s no middle-east preace prcess worth the name is the Palestinian’s reluctance to recognise and guarantee Israel’s security. I believe there… Continue reading
48 CommentsFox News "Realism"
Roger Ailes redefines realism: I see myself between the Hudson River and the Sierra Madres. I do not see myself at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel or Le Cirque here in… Continue reading
8 CommentsMossad’s suspected actions in Dubai may be a crime, but will they help Israel?
One of Israel’s most potent weapons has been the mixture of awe and fear with which its spy services are held. Now that Mossad is suspected of killing Mahmoud al-Mabhouh… Continue reading
25 CommentsOnly War Can Save Obama
Still, if we want to talk about cynicism I offer you, as Exhibit A, Daniel Pipes who believes, apparently seriously, that Obama can rescue his Presidency by going to war… Continue reading
6 CommentsBecause of Blair, Britain will now be shaped by the world
It’s striking how Tony Blair, the most successful election winner in Labour party history, is now so despised in the country that gave him three landslides. This matters politically, because… Continue reading
41 CommentsBlair wants to tell Iranian tales
Iran. That’s the news story which poor Mr Blair is trying to spin to the panel – but they don’t pick up on his hints. It would have all been… Continue reading
9 CommentsThe Fox News Effect
According to James Carville there’d be 67 Democratic Senators if it weren’t for those ghastly chaps at Fox News. As with everything Carville says this must be taken with a… Continue reading
10 Comments