Iran has promised a punch that will stun world powers this week to mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Could that punch be a nuclear test to announce Iran’s joining the world nuclear club?
Tag Archives: Nuclear Proliferation
Arms and Taiwan: The US Must Respond to China’s Nuclear North Korea
February 1, 2010 – 9:56 am
If we’re really serious about putting pressure on China, boosting Taiwan’s security, and giving Taiwan a deterrent that doesn’t depend on the U.S. Navy, then we should quietly assist Taiwan to acquire the technology to develop its own ballistic missiles, and do nothing to discourage its acquisition of nuclear weapons. Just like China did for North Korea.
We Can’t Trust Kim Jong Il, Or the People Who Do
January 11, 2010 – 1:25 pm
Who still denies that the North Koreans are trying to develop a uranium bomb? Two groups, mainly: inflexible North Korea apologists, and those who are still so obsessed with hating George W. Bush that they’re willing to overlook Kim Jong Il’s flaws. The latter group is rapidly fading into irrelevance. The former group ought to.
Iran Moves Closer to the Bomb
November 10, 2009 – 1:15 am
If Iranian engineers are testing static and un-fueled devices, they are very close to being ready to conduct their first test. Whatever action the world is going to take, diplomatic or military, must happen soon — or the world will have to cope with a nuclear armed, fundamental Islamic state.
The One Solution to North Korea’s Nuclear Crisis
November 2, 2009 – 10:59 am
The end of the current North Korean regime is the only plausible solution to the North Korean nuclear crisis, and to the humanitarian disaster Kim Jong Il has inflicted on the North Korean people. The solution to all of the problems we face in North Korea begins with a subversive outreach to its people.
So Much For Getting Tough When Toughness Is Needed
September 10, 2009 – 12:53 am
There is a reason so many American Jews look askance at an outfit like J Street.
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