Gathering Storm
How We Treat Our Friends
Thursday, March 11, 2010
The Obama Administration seems to believe that the best way to make new friends internationally is to offend old reliable ones. [Read More]
Venezuela's Abuse of Human Rights Exposed
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
According to a report released on February 24 by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a branch of the Organization of American States, there has been a steady erosion of human and civil rights in Venezuela under President Hugo Chavez. The 300-page report concludes: [Read More]
A Nuclear Iran Eyes Military Dictatorship
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Last Thursday, Iranian President Ahmadinejad announced that Iran has the capability to produce weapons-grade uranium and threatened yesterday that "If anyone does anything against Iran, then our response won't be the same as in the past. No, we will definitely react and make them regretful." [Read More]
"Week of Testing" and Iran's Possible Nuclear Warhead
Thursday, February 11, 2010
According to a German newspaper and cited on Michael Ledeen's blog posting on Pajamas Media:"Iran has developed a nuclear warhead, according to an article in the German newspaper "Sueddeutsche Zeitung". A foreigner alleged to have helped Iran towards developing nuclear weapons is from the former Soviet Union...The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has already mentioned the employment of a foreigner in the nuclear programme. [Read More]
Russia Sought to Leverage Chinese Holdings to Force a U.S. Bailout
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
While attending the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson learned that Russia was encouraging China to dump its Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds in an effort to force another U.S. bailout. In his memoir, "On the Brink", Paulson writes, "The report was deeply troubling -- heavy selling could create a sudden loss of confidence in the GSEs and shake the capital markets... I waited till I was back home and in a secure environment to inform the president." [Read More]
