The International Court of Justice in the Hague will release its decision later today. I won’t be able to comment about it until Sunday. What I can comment about is the war. CNN, in particular, spends an inordinate amount of time talking about Gazan casualties. They also view the conflict threw a seriously distorted lens. … More Gaza War 26 Jan
It looks to me like the little dispute between Iran and Pakistan will dry up and go away. If there is a lesson to be learned from it, I would think it’s one the USA should take to heart. If someone uses force against you, or your territory or citizens, then you need to respond … More Gaza War 19 Jan
The sad news released last night was that 4 hostages were killed while held by Hamas, apparently by Israeli strikes that killed a Hamas division commander. Hamas may not have dropped the bomb, but I see them as entirely responsible; first, because the hostages should have been released over 3 months ago, and second, because … More Gaza War 18 Jan
There are over 50 warships in the Red Sea – Persian Gulf – Indian Ocean area. The US and UK have attacked Yemeni/Houthi installations involved in interfering with merchant shipping in the area. The response, so far, has been for the Houthis to threaten the Americans, Iran even got into the picture by seizing a … More Gaza War 14 Jan
Israel is among those being blamed for yesterday’s bomb blasts in Tehran at the memorial for the 4th anniversary of the assassination of Iranian General Soleimani, It’s probably just a knee jerk reaction. Soleimani was killed by an American drone strike. But it’s convenient to blame Israel. Even the US said Israel was behind the … More Gaza War 4 Jan
Despite American efforts to keep the Gaza war from spreading, Iran keeps pushing proxies to get involved. The Houthis in Yemen have been particularly compliant. They use Iranian supplied missiles to attack Israel (not always effective, some have landed in Jordan and Egypt) and to disrupt international shipping through the Red Sea and Suez Canal. … More Gaza War 28 Dec
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu conferred with Russian dictator Putin and came away feeling he would get support from Russia for Israel in the Gaza conflict. But then Russian foreign minister Lavrov made a statement condemning Israel for “collective punishment” of Palestinians. One cannot help but wonder what he thinks his own country’s behavior toward Ukrainian … More Gaza War 11 Dec
The Media seems full of reports on murders, assassinations, and mass killings. I’m going to focus on just part of them. I mentioned Shireen Abu Akleb in a previous post. The main change is that CNN decided to blame Israel after an investigation that consulted ONLY proponents of the Palestinian claims. Small wonder that they … More Assassinations !?
Despite the declarations and posturing, the United States is NOT preventing Iran from making a nuclear weapon. The Mullahs have increased their level of making weapon quality Uranium (much more concentrated than what is needed for civilian applications) and current estimates are that Iran already has enough to manufacture at least 2 nuclear weapons. Having … More Bomb, Bomb, Who’s got the Bomb?
In a previous post I pointed out that media discussion about that portion of Israel that was once occupied by Jordan seems to assume that history started in 1967. There’s another aspect to this. people (and institutions, like the UN and EU) tend to also forget that resolutions that call for negotiations between Israel and … More In Need of an Eye Doctor
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