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Following a strike, would Iran close the Straits of Hormuz?
In most discussions about what would happen following a strike on Iran it is taken as a given that the…
Libyagate: first denial, then silence now contradictions
The Times has obtained confidential correspondence suggesting that, in 1999, Robin Cook assured Madeleine Albright that those found guilty of…
Dan Hannan and Enoch Powell: make your own mind up
Here’s footage of Dan Hannan’s month-old US interview in which he cites Enoch Powell as an influence, and which has…
Senator Edward Kennedy, 1932 – 2009
Teddy Kennedy has died aged 77 after a battle with brain cancer. Kennedy was a towering member of the senate for nearly…
The language of political debate
A great spot by Tim Montgomerie over at ConservativeHome, who highlights this Wall Street Journal graphic on the words that…
The NHS isn’t free
If we are going to have a sensible debate about the NHS in this country, we need to deal with…
A new world order – don’t be silly
Go to any international think-tank conference and you will hear one complaint repeated ad nauseam: the intenational system, built after…
Aung Sang Suu Kyi, a victim of the post-American world
Today the Burmese junta convicted pro-democracy campaigner Aung Sang Suu Kyi to a further 18 months under house arrest after…
The trials of being in a power couple
It seems Hillary Clinton is smarting from her husband’s Korean coup. Exhibit A: her Q&A session with Congolese students yesterday,…
Another example of why the US needs more troops in Afghanistan
The Wall Street Journal’s write up of its interview with the new US commander in Afghanistan, General McChrystal, demonstrates why…
35 years ago today…
…Richard Nixon announced his resignation as President of the United States. Here’s complete footage of his televised address, one of…
Will the Obama administration deny requests for more troops in Afghanistan?
Frederick and Kimberly Kagan, two of the people involved in devising the surge strategy in Iraq which so transformed the…
The West must prepare contingency plans to bomb Iran
Chuck Wald, a retired US Air Force General who was the air commander for the US response to the 9/11…
Mehsud’s death is a massive blow to the Taliban
If Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, has been killed that is a major success which should help…
Damaging revelations make the CIA more risk averse
The latest revelations about the CIA’s prospective covert assassination program is yet another nail in the coffin of US intelligence…
Who watches the watchmen?
In the US, a storm is brewing over Dick Cheney’s alleged role in concealing an intelligence programme from Congress. Whatever…
Not a patch on our scandals
Inspired, perhaps, by The Spectator’s list of the top 50 political scandals, Bloomberg has run a list of the ten best…
Is General Jones on his way out?
With Obama’s administration gradually filling up, problems appear to be brewing at the centre. Though picking ex-General James Jones as…
The consequences of Johnson’s cowardice
There was great excitement here in Old Queen Street when Lord Carlile, the Government’s own adviser on anti-terror law, announced…
Obama’s bear-hug
Presidents Obama, and Medvedev (and Prime Minister Putin) seem to be having a good summit. Nuclear talks look like they…
Gary McKinnon is a victim of injustice
Well done to the Mail for their continued support for Gary McKinnon, whose case featured on their front page a…
The greatest edit in history
Seeing as it is the Fourth of July, I hope Coffee Housers will indulge me in a quick post on…
Palin resigns. Pundits ask, what did she mean by that?
Sarah Palin’s decision to quit as governor of Alaska is perplexing. It is hard to see how she can be…
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