Iran

Obama’s Missile Defense Decision Wrong-Headed, Says Gaffney

September 18, 2009

President Obama’s decision to scrap the plan to establish a new system of missile defense in Poland and the Czech Republic to protect U.S. allies in Europe as well as to protect the United States from intercontinental-range...

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A Persian Friend’s Take on Women’s Roles in Iranian Uprisings

July 18, 2009

Recently my close friend, who emigrated from Iran when she was 10, told me what she has learned about the uprisings in that country from speaking with relatives and listening to Persian radio.  She says brave women in particular are playing a...

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Let Iranian Demonstrators Know We Stand With Them

July 12, 2009

My thoughts tonight are with the courageous Iranian demonstrators who are showing more courage than the leaders of the free world in fighting for their freedom, and against a regime that threatens the civilized world.

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“I Realized I Do Not Fear Death. I Fear My Daughter Will Not Be Free When I Die”

June 19, 2009

Tonight Bret Stephens, foreign affairs columnist for The Wall Street Journal, had some fascinating comments about Iran – its race toward nuclear capability, its connections with North Korea, and the bravery of Iranian people giving...

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Seven Peaceful Protestors Killed, 50 Injured in Iran Yesterday as Demonstrations Continue

June 16, 2009

Demonstrators in Iran today continue to demand a recount of what they charge was a fixed vote that handed Iran’s election to Ahmadinejad. The mullahs have begun drastically restricting press coverage, but citizen journalists in Iran...

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Hear Securefreedom Radio’s Maiden Broadcast Here

June 16, 2009

Caroline Glick, Ralph Peters, and Rick Santorum were the lineup tonight on Securefreedom radio, the new radio show covering national security issues that will begin airing nationally in two weeks on 30 am stations across the country....

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Let’s Find Out What it Means To Us

June 4, 2009

In his speech last Thursday in Cairo, President Obama emphasized his respect for the Muslim world. While the notion that, with superior  diplomatic skills, Obama can sweet talk fanatics like Iran’s Ahmadinejad into becoming statesmen...

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Durban II Would Have Been Good Comedy, Were Abuses by the Self-appointed Arbiters Not So Appalling

April 23, 2009

Serious defense of Israel shone alongside clever and zany protest at the United Nations Conference Against Racism in Geneva, Switzerland earlier this week.

For representatives of countries like China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Cuba to sit on...

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Elliott Abrams predicts Obama, Bibi faceoff

March 23, 2009

From Center for Security Policy

by HEATHER ROBINSON

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Elliott Abrams, former deputy national security advisor to President Bush, speaking Saturday morning in Fort Lauderdale at the winter meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, said he thinks the Obama administration may be able to successfully...

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Satrapi on the Arbiters of Moral Purity in the Ayatollah’s Iran

January 16, 2008

Marjane Satrapi’s excellent film “Persepolis,” the true story of a girl’s coming of age in 1970’s and 1980’s Iran, examines the misogyny and general brutality of the 1979 Iranian...

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